Chanté Sherese Sandiford (born 8 January 1990) is a

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who plays as a

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for Icelandic club

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and

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the Guyana national team. Sandiford has played in the UEFA Women's Champions League with Russian club

FC Zorky Krasnogorsk FC Zorky Krasnogorsk () is a Russian association football, football team based in Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast, Krasnogorsk. It was founded in 1928 year (in 1966 it received its current name). Due to the lack of legal documents indicating the e ...

and Norwegian club

Avaldsnes IL Avaldsnes Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from Avaldsnes, Karmøy, Rogaland. It was founded on 16 June 1937. The club has sections for football and handball. Women's football The women's team began play in 1989, winning the 1st Division o ...

. Born in the United States, she has represented Guyana internationally.

Club career

Her collegiate career started at Villanova before her transfer to UCLA. A ruptured Achilles ended her collegiate career, but after 6 months of rehabilitation, she joined the New Jersey Wildcats. After two seasons with

Haukar Knattspyrnufélagið Haukar (, ) is an Icelandic multi-sport club from Hafnarfjörður with divisions in Association football, Football, Haukar Handball, Handball, Basketball, Haukar RC, Rugby union, Karate, Skiing & Chess. Club history The clu ...

, Sandiford signed with Úrvalsdeild kvenna club

Stjarnan Ungmennafélagið Stjarnan (, ), commonly known as Stjarnan (), is an Icelandic multi-sports club specialising in handball, football, basketball, volleyball and gymnastics located in Garðabær. Basketball Men's basketball As of the 2017–2 ...

in early 2021. During the 2023 season, Sandiford was a member of Grindavík's coaching staff. In August 2024, she signed signed with

Þróttur Reykjavík Þróttur may refer to: * Knattspyrnufélagið Þróttur Knattspyrnufélagið Þróttur (, ), also referred to as Þróttur Reykjavík or Throttur, is a professional sports club from Reykjavík in Iceland. The club runs a association football, f ...

as a reserve goalkeeper due to rash if injuries. In February 2025, Sandiford signed with

International career

Sandiford has already appeared with Guyana.

Personal life

Sandiford is also a personal trainer, and launched an app for achieving fitness goals on a

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diet.

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* 1990 births Living people African-American soccer players American expatriate women's soccer players American expatriate sportspeople in Russia American expatriate sportspeople in Iceland American expatriate sportspeople in Norway American sportspeople of Guyanese descent American women's soccer players Avaldsnes IL players Expatriate women's footballers in Iceland Expatriate women's footballers in Norway Expatriate women's footballers in Russia FC Zorky Krasnogorsk (women) players Guyanese expatriate women's footballers Guyanese expatriates in Norway Guyanese expatriates in Russia Guyanese women's footballers Guyana women's international footballers Chanté Sandiford New Jersey Wildcats players Pali Blues players People from Bethpage, New York Sportspeople from Owings Mills, Maryland Chanté Sandiford Soccer players from Maryland Soccer players from Nassau County, New York Chanté Sandiford UCLA Bruins women's soccer players Chanté Sandiford Villanova Wildcats women's soccer players Washington Freedom (soccer) players Women's association football goalkeepers 21st-century African-American sportswomen 21st-century American sportswomen 21st-century Guyanese sportswomen {{US-women-footy-goalkeeper-stub

Club career

International career

Personal life

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