Kalyssa "Kiki" van Zanten (born 25 August 2001) is a Jamaican

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who plays as a

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for

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and the Jamaica women's national team.

Early life

Van Zanten was born to an American father of Dutch descent and a Jamaican mother.

International career

Van Zanten made her senior debut in a 4–0 CONCACAF Women's World Cup Qualifiers win against

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on 17 February 2022. She came on in the 63rd minute to replace

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. She was named in the

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final squad and represented Jamaica at the

. On 18 July 2022 she scored her debut goal, a winner against

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to grant Jamaica a third place finish in the competition.

Honours

United States U15 * CONCACAF Girls' U-15 Championship:

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Jamaica *

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third place:

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Van Zanten, Kiki 2001 births Living people Citizens of Jamaica through descent Jamaican women's footballers Women's association football forwards Jamaica women's international footballers Jamaican people of American descent Jamaican people of Dutch descent People from Buffalo Grove, Illinois Sportspeople from the Chicago metropolitan area Soccer players from Illinois American women's soccer players Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's soccer players American people of Dutch descent American sportspeople of Jamaican descent African-American women's soccer players