Katrina Jacqueline Rivera Guillou (born December 19, 1993) is a

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who plays as an

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for Swedish

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club

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. Born in the United States, she represents the Philippines women's national team. She can also play as a

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Early life and education

Guillou was born to a

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mother, Lorna (née Rivera), and a French father, Yves Guillou, in

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, the United States. A native of Fort Washington,

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, she attended the

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in Virginia for her secondary studies and later the

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(UNCW) for her collegiate studies.

College career

From 2012 to 2015, Guillou played for the

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women's soccer (football) team which competes in the Colonial Athletic Association Division 1. In her senior year, she helped the Seahawks secure an at-large berth for the

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Club career

After graduating from UNCW, Guillou signed up to play for

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club Oulu Nice Soccer in 2016. She would move to

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to play for

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and in December 2020 switch to

International career

When she was still a college player, her coach would convince her to join a national team. Two years prior to the Asian Cup, she sent the Philippine Football Federation a highlight reel of her earlier part of her stint in Sweden which led to her securing a Philippine passport in order for her to be able to play for the national team.

Philippines

Guillou made her first cap for the

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in the national team's 1–0 win against

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at the

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. In that same tournament, she scored her first international goal for the Philippines in their final

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match, a 6–0 win against

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. On April 11, 2022, Guillou scored her first international

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in a friendly against

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, which the Philippines won 8–0.

International goals

Honours

International

Philippines

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Guillou, Katrina 1993 births Living people Citizens of the Philippines through descent Filipino women's footballers Women's association football midfielders Women's association football forwards Piteå IF (women) players Kansallinen Liiga players Elitettan players Damallsvenskan players Philippines women's international footballers Filipino expatriate footballers Filipino expatriates in Finland Expatriate women's footballers in Finland Filipino expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden Filipino people of French descent Soccer players from Washington, D.C. People from Fort Washington, Maryland Sportspeople from the Washington metropolitan area Soccer players from Maryland American women's soccer players UNC Wilmington Seahawks women's soccer players American expatriate women's soccer players American expatriate sportspeople in Sweden American expatriate sportspeople in Finland American people of French descent American sportspeople of Filipino descent