Silvana Burtini (born May 10, 1969) is a Canadian former

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player. A

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, she represented Canada at the

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and

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editions of the

FIFA Women's World Cup The FIFA Women's World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association ( FIFA), the sport's international governing bo ...

. In 1998 Burtini was named

Canadian Player of the Year The Canada Soccer Player of the Year award celebrates Canada's top male and female soccer players in recognition of their achievements with both the national teams and their respective clubs. Since 2007, voting has been conducted by Canadian coac ...

and was part of the Canadian squad who won the

CONCACAF Women's Championship The CONCACAF W Championship (previously known as the CONCACAF Women's Championship, CONCACAF Women's Invitational Tournament, CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup and CONCACAF Women's World Cup Qualifying) is a football competition organized by the Confede ...

. She has scored the third-most goals in Team Canada Women's Soccer history, with 38 in 77 games. At

Capilano College Capilano University (CapU) is a teaching-focused public university based in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, located on the slopes of the North Shore Mountains, with programming that also serves the Sea-to-Sky Corridor and the Sunshine ...

, Burtini was BCCAA Player of the Year and a CCAA All-Canadian in 1992–93. As a member of the

Vancouver Police Department The Vancouver Police Department (VPD) (french: Service de police de Vancouver) is the police force for the City of Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada. It is one of several police departments within the Metro Vancouver Area and is the second ...

, Burtini was presented with the British Columbia Police Award of Valour for saving a life in 2004.

International goals

References

External links

* * / Canada Soccer Hall of Fame
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Women's United Soccer Association The Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) was the world's first Women's association football, women's soccer league in which all the players were paid as professionals. Founded in February 2000 in sports, 2000, the league began its first se ...

Living people 1969 births Canadian sportspeople of Italian descent Canadian women's soccer players Canada women's international soccer players Women's association football forwards Soccer people from British Columbia 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup players 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup players 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup players USL W-League (1995–2015) players Women's United Soccer Association players Carolina Courage players Raleigh Wings players Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States {{Canada-women-footy-bio-stub