Jonelle Filigno (born September 24, 1990) is a Canadian soccer player who last played for

Sky Blue FC NJ/NY Gotham FC is a professional women's soccer team based in Harrison, New Jersey. Founded in 2006 as Jersey Sky Blue, the team was known as Sky Blue FC from 2008 until 2020. A founding member of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) in 2013 ...

in the National Women's Soccer League. She played for the Canadian national team, with whom she won an Olympic bronze medal at

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Playing career

Clubs

Sky Blue FC

After finishing her collegiate career at

Rutgers University Rutgers University (; RU), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a public land-grant research university consisting of four campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's College, and was ...

, Filigno was allocated to NWSL side

. She made her debut on April 27, 2014, as a second-half substitute in a 3–2 road defeat to the

Boston Breakers The Boston Breakers were an American professional soccer club based in the Boston neighborhood of Allston. The team competed in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). They replaced the original Breakers, who competed in the defunct Women's ...

Harvard Stadium Harvard Stadium is a U-shaped college football stadium in the northeast United States, located in the Allston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The stadium is owned and operated by Harvard University and is home to the Harvard Crimson footb ...

. She scored her first professional goal in a 3–3 draw against the

Washington Spirit The Washington Spirit is an American professional soccer club based in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area that participates in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). It is a continuation of the D.C. United Women of the W-League and cont ...

on May 21, 2014, at

Maryland SoccerPlex The Maryland SoccerPlex is a sports complex in Germantown, Maryland, although its mailing address is Boyds, Maryland. The facility, completed in 2000 and operated by the Maryland Soccer Foundation (MSF), has 21 natural grass fields, 3 artificial ...

International

Filigno made her senior debut for

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on January 16, 2008, at an age of 17. She played for Canada at the 2008 Olympics and 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. At the 2012 Olympics, Filigno scored the winning goal against

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in the knockout stage of the tournament, a stunning volley from a Sophie Schmidt corner kick. She was subsequently awarded an Olympic bronze medal after Canada defeated

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in the Third Place match. Filigno made her last appearance for the national team at the

2015 FIFA Women's World Cup The 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup was the seventh FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial international soccer championship contested by the women's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament was hosted by Canada for the ...

and officially retired from international football in 2017.

International goals

Honor

International

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 ...

: 2010

Personal

Filigno attended

, where she is the all-time leading scorer of game-winning goals, with 17. Jonelle's father was born in

Etobicoke Etobicoke (, ) is an administrative district of, and one of six municipalities amalgamated into, the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Comprising the city's west-end, Etobicoke was first settled by Europeans in the 1790s, and the municipalit ...

, Ontario while her mother is from Georgetown, Guyana. Jonelle was four years old when she started playing soccer in north Mississauga. She grew up participating in soccer, basketball, volleyball, and cross-country running.

References

;Match reports

External links

Jonelle Filigno
profile at National Women's Soccer League
Jonelle Filigno
profile at

* * 1990 births Living people Soccer players from Mississauga Canadian sportspeople of Guyanese descent Canadian women's soccer players Canada women's international soccer players Canadian expatriate women's soccer players Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic soccer players of Canada Vancouver Whitecaps FC (women) players USL W-League (1995–2015) players Olympic medalists in football Olympic bronze medalists for Canada Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics NJ/NY Gotham FC players National Women's Soccer League players Rutgers Scarlet Knights women's soccer players 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Women's association football midfielders Women's association football forwards 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players Toronto Lady Lynx players {{Canada-women-footy-bio-stub