Stefanie Kouzas (born 10 January 2002) is a

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who plays as a

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. Born in Canada, she plays for the Guyana women's national team.

Early life

Kouzas was born in

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, to a Greek father and Guyanese mother. She played youth soccer with

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. In 2017, she won the Miss Teenage Québec

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, qualifying for Miss Teenage Canada.

University career

For university, she attended

Champlain College Saint-Lambert Champlain College Saint-Lambert ( French: ''Collège Champlain Saint-Lambert)'' is an English-language college in Saint-Lambert, Quebec, Canada that is part of Quebec's CEGEP public education system. It is a campus of Champlain Regional College, ...

, playing for the women's soccer team. She won RSEQ Academic Excellence honours in both 2018 and 2019. In 2022, she began attending

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, where she played for the women's soccer team.

Club career

In 2018, she played in the Première ligue de soccer du Québec with CS Monteuil. In 2019, she played

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in the PLSQ. She scored her first goal on June 8 against

CS Fabrose FC Laval (formerly CS Fabrose) is a Canadian semi-professional soccer club based in Laval, Quebec that plays in the Première Ligue de soccer du Québec. In 2021, CS Fabrose merged with youth clubs CS Chomedey and Delta Laval to form FC Lava ...

International career

In 2020, she trained and was part of the preliminary squad for Guyana U20. In 2022, she began playing for the Guyana senior team. She made her first start on April 8 against Nicaraugua.

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