Mélissa Busque (born 18 February 1990) is a Canadian

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player. Busque was born in

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in Canada and played college soccer with

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and also played with the

Seattle Redhawks The Seattle Redhawks are the intercollegiate varsity athletic teams of Seattle University of Seattle, Washington. They compete in the NCAA's Division I as a member institution of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). History Between 1950 and ...

. She began her professional career with Ottawa Fury, before moving to

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in 2013. Between 2014 and 2015, Busque has had five spells with three clubs. Firstly joining

Laval Comets The Laval Comets (french: Comètes de Laval) was a Canadian women's soccer team established in 2006 in the city of Laval, Quebec, Canada, a northern suburb of Montreal. The team was a member of the W-League, the second tier of women’s soccer in ...

in 2014, then leaving to sign for German

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club Herfoder SV before returning to Laval later that year. After spending more time with Laval, Busque was on the move again as she joined another Bundesliga club in

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. Her spells with both German sides were unsuccessful as she failed to make an appearance for Herforder or Sand before again returning to Laval. Busque has won three

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s with the Canadian national team. She has also played

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Early life

Busque was born in

, Canada. She is the daughter of Rejean Busque and Ginette Blouin. She graduated from the Collège Français Longueuil, before enrolling at the

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in 2008 where she studied sports management before leaving to go to

Seattle University Seattle University (SeattleU) is a private Jesuit university in Seattle, Washington. Seattle University is the largest independent university in the Northwestern United States, with over 7,500 students enrolled in undergraduate and graduate prog ...

in 2012 where she studied Psychology.
Connecticut Huskies. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
Seattle Redhawks. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.

Career

Club

Youth, 1995–2008

Busque started her career at the age of five with FC Saint-Bruno, Saint-Bruno.
Canadian Soccer. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015. She stayed with Saint-Bruno from 1995 until 2008 when she started College soccer in the United States, college soccer with

and

. She played with Connecticut from 2008 to 2011 and made a total of sixty-five appearances for the team, whilst scoring ten goals and assisting fourteen. After three strong years with Connecticut, she next moved to the

. During her months with Seattle, she made twenty appearances and scored four goals while providing four assists.

Ottawa Fury, 2009–2013

Busque joined her first North American W-League team, Ottawa Fury, in 2009 where she remained for three years. During her time with Ottawa, she won 2011 W-League Central Conference and 2011 W-League Central Conference Play-offs but lost in the Championship final 6–1 to

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.
W-League Soccer. 31 July 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2015. She left Ottawa in April 2013, she made thirty-three appearances and scored twelve goals and participated in three division titles, two conference championships, two final four appearances, and played in two championship matches.

Seattle Sounders, 2013–2014

On 23 April 2013, Busque joined

. She had been on trial beforehand and featured in a Exhibition game, friendly match against

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where she impressed Seattle's assistant coach Zahra Lechak. Seattle Sounders Women FC. 23 April 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2015. In 2013, she was selected in the

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All-Star team following an online survey.
GoalWA. 24 July 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2015. After playing in thirty matches for Seattle and scoring seven goals, Busque moved clubs again as she left Seattle on 1 May 2014.

Laval Comets to Herforder and back to Laval, 2014

Following her departure from Seattle, Busque signed for

on 1 May 2014 W-League Soccer. 1 May 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2015. but made just one appearance before leaving for newly promoted Bundesliga (women), German Bundesliga club Herfoder SV on 18 June.
NW. 18 June 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2015. However, after delaying her move to the club on numerous occasions the club decided to cancel her contract on 2 August.
NW. 31 July 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2015. She failed to make an appearance for Herforder. She rejoined Laval Comets where she made ten appearances before leaving again in 2015.

Sand, 2015

2015 was more of the same for Busque as she moved back to the Bundesliga but this time agreed to join

in January 2015.
FuPa. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015. Despite spending six months with Sand, Busque didn't make a single appearance for the club and left to rejoin Laval Comets for the third time in her career.
W-League Soccer. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.

Laval Comets, 2015

After returning to Laval for a third time in 2015, Busque made twelve appearances for the club. W-League Soccer. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.

FC Sélect Rive-Sud, 2018

Busque made a return to soccer in May 2018 by joining

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side FC Sélect Rive-Sud.
Le Courrier du Sud. 9 May 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2018.

CS Fabrose, 2019

In 2019, after leaving FC Sélect Rive-Sud, Busque signed with fellow PLSQ team

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on a part-time basis.
Mélissa Busque : pas de retour. Les Versants. 10 May 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.

International

Throughout her career, Busque has made three senior appearances for the

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. Her three caps have come in matches against

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,
Canadian Soccer. June 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2015. South Korea women's national football team, South Korea
Canadian Soccer. October 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2015. and Mexico women's national football team, Mexico.
Canadian Soccer. November 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2015. Before making the step up to senior internationals, Busque represented Canada at Under-15, Under-16 and Canada women's national under-20 soccer team, Under-20 level and made seven appearances overall.

Futsal career

Busque featured in the Première Ligue de Futsal du Québec for Xtreme ADR in 2016.
Facebook. 27 February 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
Federation Soccer. 24 August 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
PLFQ (Première Ligue de Futsal du Québec). 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2017. In early 2019, Busque played for the Quebec women's futsal team in friendly wins over their Belgium counterparts.
Soccer Québec. 5 April 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Busque has won two club honours and one individual honour during her career. She won the 2011 W-League Central Conference and 2011 W-League Central Conference Play-offs with Ottawa Fury. She was selected in the All-Star team in the

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during her time with

Club

;Ottawa Fury * W-League Central Conference:

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* W-League Central Conference Play-offs:

Individual

;Seattle Sounders * W-League All-Star:

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References

External links

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Mélissa Busque (FC Sélect Rive-Sud) - YouTube
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