Amelia Filomena Pietrangelo (born July 14, 1993) is a Canadian soccer player who plays as a striker.

Early life

Born in

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, Pietrangelo began playing soccer at the age of four for CS Monteuil. She began to play competitively at the age of eight with players a year older than herself. As a child, Pietrangelo also participated in gymnastics and figure skating. Aged 14, she received her first call-up to Quebec's provincial team to play at the

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s and was subsequently scouted by the Canadian national team. Pietrangelo won gold at the Under-16 Canadian Championship and was named Juvenile Player of the Year by the

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College career

Pietrangelo attended

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to study Exercise Science on a full scholarship and played for the Scarlet Knights from 2011 to 2014. She scored once in 18 games in her freshman year, and made a further 13 appearances the following year while contributing two goals. Pietrangelo made 19 appearances in her junior year, and scored four goals while starting all 20 matches as a midfielder in her senior year.

Club career

Laval Comets

During her time at Rutgers University, she also competed with W-League side

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. After four appearances in 2011, Pietrangelo returned to the club in 2013 and scored seven goals in 24 appearances.

Indoor soccer

In 2015, Pietrangelo competed in the Quebec Soccer League - an indoor league based in Montreal. She scored three goals in four games for Fly Emirates and 18 goals in nine games for Tough Mothers.

FC Neunkirch

On January 6, 2016, she completed a move to

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club FC Neunkirch to link up with fellow Canadian international Alyssa Lagonia. During her time with the club, Pietrangelo won the Nationalliga A and the Swiss Women's Cup.

FF USV Jena

On June 26, 2017, Pietrangelo joined

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club

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on a one-year contract. In doing so, she became the third Canadian to represent the club alongside Tiffany Cameron and Shannon Woeller. In the second last game of the season, she suffered a serious knee injury.

CS Monteuil

In 2021, she played with CS Monteuil of the

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, helping the team to a second place finish.

International career

In 2010, Pietrangelo first featured in the Canadian youth program as a 16-year-old under Bryan Rosenfold. Later that year she made her international debut in a 5–0 victory against the

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on December 9. On October 18, 2011, she scored his first international goal in a 3–1 win over

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. She won gold at the

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, but was unable to appear in the championship match due to school commitments. At the end of the year, Pietrangelo was named Canadian Under-20 Player of the Year. In 2012, she won silver at the CONCACAF Women's Under-20 Championship in

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. In November 2017, she received a call-up to the national team after a five-year absence.

References

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