Véronique Vallieres Maranda (born August 18, 1986) is a former Canadian
soccer
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player who played as a
midfielder
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.
Early life
She played youth soccer with
FC Sélect Rive-Sud.
[ In 2003, she was named Soccer Player of the Year in Quebec.]
College career
In 2005, she began attending the University of Tennessee
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, playing for the women's soccer team. In her freshman year, she played in all 23 matches, scoring four goals, including her first career college goal on September 18 against Washington
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.[
In September 2006, she departed Tennessee to attend the ]Université de Montréal
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, but due to Canadian Interuniversity Sport
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regulations was required to sit out one year due to transferring schools before she could represent the soccer team. From 2007 through 2009, she served as team captain, was named a first team all-star, also being named league MVP in both 2008 and 2009, and was the league leading scorer in 2009.
After a year off, she returned to the Carabins in 2011,
Club career
In 2004, she played for the Montreal Xtreme
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, scoring her first goal in the team's first ever match against the Toronto Inferno.
In 2005, she played for the Ottawa Fury.
In 2015, she played with the Laval Comets
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, helping them finish 3rd in the 2015 USL W-League season, scoring in the 3rd place match against Quebec Dynamo ARSQ
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. Also in 2015, she was part of the Quebec provincial team that faced the France national team that was preparing for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
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in Canada.
International career
After being called to some national youth camps in 2002 and 2003, Maranda earned her first cap for the Canada senior team on May 19, 2003, against England
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, at age 17, prior to earning any youth caps. She scored her only senior goal on January 30, 2004, against China
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at the 2004 Four Nations Tournament.
In 2003, she was named to the Canada U23 for the Pan Am Games
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.2004 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship
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, and the 2006 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship
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.
References
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1986 births
Living people
Canadian women's soccer players
Women's association football midfielders
Canada women's international soccer players
Footballers at the 2003 Pan American Games
USL W-League (1995–2015) players
FC Sélect Rive-Sud players
Ottawa Fury (women) players
Laval Comets players
Tennessee Volunteers women's soccer players
Université de Montréal alumni