Justine Rodrigues (born 17 March 1993) is a

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

for

Guelph Union Guelph United Football Club is a Canadian semi-professional association football, soccer club based in Guelph, Ontario that plays in League1 Ontario. The women's team is known as Guelph Union and competes in the League1 Ontario (women), League1 ...

League1 Ontario League1 Ontario (L1O) is a semi-professional men's soccer league in Ontario, Canada. The league began play in 2014 and is sanctioned by the Canadian Soccer Association and the Ontario Soccer Association as a pro-am league in the Canadian so ...

. Born in Canada, she represents the Guyana women's national team.

Early life

Rodrigues played youth soccer with Brampton Brams United.

College career

Rodrigues attended

Gannon University Gannon University is a private Catholic university in Erie, Pennsylvania. Gannon University has approximately 4,500 students and 46,000 alumni. Its intercollegiate athletics include 18 athletic programs for men and women competing at the NCAA Di ...

, playing for the women's soccer team from 2011 to 2014. In 2011, as a freshman, she earned Daktronics All-Atlantic Region second team and National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) All-Atlantic Region third-team honours. In 2013, she earned All-PSAC Third Team honours. In 2014, she earned All-PSAC Second Team, NSCAA Third Team, and First Team All-ECAC honours. Over her time at Gannon, she scored 20 goals and recorded nine assists, with eight game-winning goals over 74 appearances.

Playing career

In 2018 and 2019, she played for the Oakville Blue Devils in

. In 2021, she played for

Vaughan Azzurri Vaughan Azzurri is a Canadian semi-professional soccer team based in Vaughan, Ontario, that currently competes in the League1 Ontario men's and women's divisions. The semi-professional team was founded in 2014 by the Vaughan Soccer Club, which ...

. In 2022 and 2023, she played for

International career

She made her debut for the Guyana national team at age 16. She has also represented the Guyana U20 team. In 2020, she served as the athletic trainer for Guyana at the U20 Olympic soccer qualifiers held in the Dominican Republic.

International goals

''Scores and results list Guyana's goal tally first''

Personal life

She is the cousin of fellow Guyana national team player Ashley Rodrigues.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rodrigues, Justine 1993 births Living people Guyanese women's footballers Women's association football defenders Gannon Golden Knights women's soccer players Guyana women's international footballers Guyanese expatriate women's footballers Guyanese expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States People from the Regional Municipality of Halton Soccer people from Ontario Canadian expatriate women's soccer players Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Canadian sportspeople of Guyanese descent Vaughan Azzurri (women) players Blue Devils FC (women) players League1 Ontario (women) players Guelph Union players