Josée Bélanger (born May 14, 1986) is a Canadian retired

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player who played for Orlando Pride in the

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and for the Canadian national team.

Club career

Bélanger signed with FC Rosengård in August 2015. On February 8, 2016, it was announced that Bélanger would play for the Orlando Pride for the 2016 season of the

via the

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. She retired in May 2017.

International career

She won a regional gold medal with Canada on two occasions, first at the

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and subsequently at the

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International statistics

International goals

:''Scores and results list Canada's goal tally first.''

Honours

Canada *

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: Bronze Medal,

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* 1986 births Living people People from Estrie Canadian women's soccer players Canada women's international soccer players Soccer people from Quebec French Quebecers USL W-League (1995–2015) players Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden Damallsvenskan players FC Rosengård players 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players Women's association football forwards Orlando Pride players National Women's Soccer League players Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic soccer players of Canada Olympic bronze medalists for Canada Olympic medalists in football Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada Footballers at the 2003 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games Pan American Games medalists in football 21st-century Canadian women Laval Comets players {{Canada-women-footy-bio-stub