Camille Wilson

Camille Angela Cortez-Viernes Wilson (born 2 December 1995) is an American-born Filipino footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Philippines women's national team.

In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Cortez-Viernes and the surname or paternal family name is Wilson.
Camille Wilson
Personal information
Full name Camille Angela Cortez-Viernes Wilson[1]
Date of birth (1995-12-02) 2 December 1995[2]
Place of birth West Covina, California, U.S.[3]
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Midfielder, forward
Youth career
2010–2014 Marin F.C.
2010–2014 Marin Catholic Wildcats
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 San Francisco Dons 72 (6)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017– San Francisco Nighthawks
National team‡
2013– Philippines 8 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 September 2021

Early life

Wilson was born on 2 December 1995 in the United States. Both of her parents were born in the Philippines who later emigrated to the United States.[2] Wilson was inspired to take up football from her older brother Mark.[4][5]

Education

Wilson attended Marin Catholic High School in Kentfield, California.[5] She studied at the University of San Francisco for college.[2]

Club career

Youth

Wilson started playing football at age four and joined Novato's local football house league for three years. She later joined the Novato United under-10 team at age eight. At age thirteen, Wilson joined Marin F.C. and played for the California (North) Olympic Development Program (ODP) State team for two years.[4]

Wilson played as a midfielder for her high school team, the Marin Catholic Wildcats and as a striker for her club, Marin F.C.[5]

International career

Wilson tried out for the Philippine national team when the national side set up a recruiting camp in November 2012 and March 2013 in Southern California. Wilson was among the youngest players to try out for the team. She managed to earn a spot and made her first non-FIFA international appearance at the LA Vikings Cup for the Philippine national team.[5] She attended subsequent training camps in Southern California and was selected to represent the Philippines in the AFC Women’s Asian Cup qualifiers in Bangladesh in May 2013 which served as qualifiers for the 2015 Women’s World Cup. She scored her first goal in the 2013 AFF Women's Championship vs Indonesia at the 51st minute, Malditas won the game, 6-0.[4] Wilson was in the reserve pool of the PWNT during AFC Women's Asian Cup hosted by India in January-February 2022. The Malditas earned their very first berth to FIFA World Cup 2023 following their successful run during the tournament placing third place, together with Japan, overall.

Career statistics

International goals
Scores and results list the Philippines' goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.10 September 2013Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar Indonesia3–06–02013 AFF Women's Championship
2.30 July 2016Mandalarthiri Stadium, Mandalay, Myanmar Singapore2–02–02016 AFF Women's Championship
3.18 September 2021JAR Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan   Nepal2–12–12022 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification

References
  1. "Players – National women's senior national team". Philippine Football Federation. Archived from the original on 24 September 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  2. "Pilipinas Futbol – Camille Wilson". Malditas Pilipinas Futbol. Malditas Pilipinas Futbol. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  3. "Camille Wilson". San Francisco Dons Official Athletics Site.
  4. Wilson, Camille. "BEING A MALDITA: An honor and a privilege". FilAmStar. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  5. Ross, Ian (19 March 2013). "Prep girls soccer: Marin Catholic's Wilson drawing interest from colleges, the Philippines". Marin Independent Journal. Marin Catholic High School. Retrieved 16 March 2015.


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