Leah-Marie Ramalho (born 14 April 1992) is a Canadian-born Guyanese
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
defender. She has been a member of the
Guyana women's national team.
Early life
Ramalho hails from
Brampton
Brampton ( or ) is a city in the Canadian Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Ontario. Brampton is a city in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and is a List of municipalities in Ontario#Lower-tier municipalities, lower-tier municipalit ...
,
Ontario
Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central Ca ...
.
She attended the
Cardinal Leger Secondary School
Cardinal Leger Secondary School is a separate school in the downtown sector of Brampton, Ontario, Canada. It is a member of the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board and is connected to both St. Mary's Parish and St. Annes. The school enrol ...
from 2007 to 2010.
International career
Ramalho qualified to play for Guyana through her father.
[ She represented the ''Lady Jags'' at the 2012 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship qualifying.][ At senior level, she capped during the ]2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship
The 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship was the 4th edition of the CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the quadrennial international football tournament organized by CONCACAF to determine which women's national team ...
.
See also
*List of Guyana women's international footballers
This is a non-exhaustive list of Guyana women's international footballers – association football
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References
1992 births
Living people
Citizens of Guyana through descent
Guyanese women's footballers
Women's association football defenders
Guyana women's international footballers
Soccer players from Brampton
Laurentian Voyageurs players
Canadian sportspeople of Guyanese descent
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