Marie-Ève Nault (born February 16, 1982), is a Canadian soccer defender. She is also a former player of the

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. She represented Canada women's national soccer team at the 2012 Summer Olympics, which won the bronze medal.

Playing career

Club

In January 2013, Nault signed a one-year contract with Swedish

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club KIF Örebro. She had been without a club since 2010, after her third stint with the Ottawa Fury ended. Nault initially agreed to play for Quebec City Amiral SC in 2012 if she was not selected to the Olympic team. She was included in Canada's training camp in April and was later selected as an alternate player. She resigned for

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for the 2015 season.

International

Nault made her first appearance for the Canada women's national soccer team on January 24, 2004, against China in the 2004 Four Nations Tournament. She represented Canada in the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, playing in two games against

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and

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. At the 2012 Olympics, head coach

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initially selected Nault as an alternate, excluding her from the 18-woman squad. However, after Robyn Gayle and

Emily Zurrer Emily Jane Zurrer (born July 12, 1987) is a Canadian soccer player who played for Swedish club Jitex BK in the Damallsvenskan and the Canada women's national soccer team. She previously played for Seattle Reign FC in the National Women's Soccer ...

were injured in the group stage, Nault and fellow alternate

Melanie Booth Melanie Lynn Booth (born August 24, 1984) is a Canadian retired soccer player. She last played for Sky Blue FC in the National Women's Soccer League and for the Canada women's national soccer team. Early life Booth was born in Burlington, O ...

were selected as replacements. She would play in all of Canada's remaining matches, including their bronze medal-winning match against

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. Nault retired from international football on January 13, 2017.

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Marie-Eve Nault
at University of Tennessee Soccer * 1982 births Living people Canadian women's soccer players Women's association football defenders Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics French Quebecers Olympic soccer players of Canada Olympic medalists in football Olympic bronze medalists for Canada KIF Örebro DFF players Damallsvenskan players AS Saint-Étienne (women) players Canada women's international soccer players Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden Expatriate women's footballers in France Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States Canadian expatriate women's soccer players Soccer people from Quebec Sportspeople from Trois-Rivières 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players Tennessee Volunteers women's soccer players Lesbian sportswomen Canadian LGBT sportspeople LGBT association football players F.C. Indiana players 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players Ottawa Fury (women) players USL W-League (1995–2015) players {{Canada-women-footy-bio-stub