Évelyne Viens

Évelyne Viens (born 6 February 1997) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Damallsvenskan club Kristianstads, on loan from National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) club NJ/NY Gotham FC, and the Canada national team. She played college soccer at the University of South Florida.

Évelyne Viens
Viens with South Florida in 2019
Personal information
Full name Évelyne Viens[1]
Date of birth (1997-02-06) 6 February 1997
Place of birth L'Ancienne-Lorette, Quebec, Canada
Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Kristianstads (on loan from Gotham FC)
Youth career
0000–2015 Haute-Saint-Charles
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 South Florida Bulls 77 (73)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Dynamo de Quebec 15 (21)
2020– Gotham FC[lower-alpha 1] 13 (0)
2020–2021 → Paris FC (loan) 14 (11)
2022– → Kristianstads (loan) 2 (1)
National team‡
2021– Canada 13 (2)
Honours
Women's soccer
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
2020Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 December 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 April 2022

College career

Viens played for the USF Bulls women's soccer team from 2016 to 2019,[2] where she became the team's all-time top scorer with 73 goals and was named to the NCAA All-American team three times.[3] She also holds the school record for the most single season goals and has the most career goals in American Athletic Conference history.[4]

She scored her first collegiate goal on 25 August 2016 against Kentucky.[5]

Club career

Early career

In 2018 and 2019, she played for Dynamo de Quebec in the Première Ligue de soccer du Québec.[6][7]

Gotham FC

Viens was selected by Sky Blue FC in the 2020 NWSL College Draft.[8] She made her Sky Blue FC debut on 30 June 2020 in the 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup .[9] Viens scored her first goal for the club on 22 July 2020, in a 3–2 defeat to the Chicago Red Stars during the semi-finals of the 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup.[10]

Loan to Paris FC

In August 2020, Viens was loaned to Paris FC.[11] In March 2021, Viens returned to Sky Blue FC,[12] who rebranded to NY/NJ Gotham FC the following month.

Loan to Kristianstads

In December 2021, Viens was loaned to Damallsvenskan club Kristianstads for the 2022 season.[13]

International career

She was named to the Canada national team for the first time for the 2021 SheBelieves Cup.[14] She made her debut against the United States on 18 February.[15][16] She scored her first goal for Canada on 9 April 2021 against Wales.[17]

On 23 June 2021, she was named to the roster for the 2020 Summer Olympics, which were postponed until the summer of 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[18] Canada won gold in the games, and Viens became the first USF alum to win an Olympic medal as an athlete.[4][19]

Career statistics

Club
As of 16 December 2021[20]
Club League Season League Playoffs Domestic Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Dynamo de Quebec PLSQ 2018[21] 78––78
2019[21] 813––813
Total 152100001521
NJ/NY Gotham FC NWSL 2020 00006161
2021 1301031171
Total 1301092232
Paris FC (loan) Division 1 Féminine 2020–21 1411–101511
Career total 4232101025334

Honours

College
  • American Athletic Conference Champion: 2017-19
  • Second Team All-American: 2019
  • Third Team All-American: 2017-18
  • Conference Offensive Player of the Year: 2018-19
  • First Team All-Conference: 2017-19

Club

Dynamo de Quebec

International

Notes
  1. Sky Blue FC changed its name to NJ/NY Gotham FC in 2021

References
  1. "Women's Olympic Football Tournament Tokyo 2020 – List of Players: Canada" (PDF). FIFA. 5 August 2021. p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 October 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. "Evelyne Viens – Women's Soccer". USF Athletics.
  3. Boutin, Richard (22 February 2021). "Une première présence dans le maillot canadien pour Evelyne Viens" [A first appearance in the Canadian jersey for Evelyne Viens]. Le Journal de Québec (in French).
  4. Santos, Leo; CORRESPONDENT (6 August 2021). "Viens first USF alum in history to win gold in Olympics". The Oracle. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  5. "Comeback Bulls Take Down Kentucky, 3–2". USF Athletics.
  6. "PLSQ féminine : le groupe du Dynamo de Québec dévoilé !" [Women's PLSQ: the Dynamo de Québec group unveiled!]. Just eSoccer (in French). 11 April 2018.
  7. Brown, Nolan (3 July 2019). "The case for Evelyne Viens". The Oracle.
  8. "USF's Viens Selected at No. 5 Overall in 2020 NWSL Draft". USF Athletics.
  9. "OL Reign 0–0 Sky Blue FC". NWSLSoccer.com. National Women's Soccer League. 30 June 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  10. "Canada's Bianca St. Georges helps Chicago reach Challenge Cup final with 3–2 win over Sky Blue". The Globe and Mail. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  11. Paris, Valentin (28 August 2020). "Evelyne Viens prêtée au Paris FC".
  12. "Fin du prêt d'Evelyne Viens". 17 March 2021.
  13. "Välkommen Evelyne". Kristianstads. 16 December 2021.
  14. Butler, Signa (16 February 2021). "Minus veteran stars, Canada sends young roster into SheBelieves Cup tournament". CBC.
  15. Davidson, Neil (22 February 2021). "Canadian forward Evelyne Viens enjoying 1st taste of international soccer at SheBelieves Cup". CBC.
  16. Molinaro, John (22 February 2021). "Evelyne Viens: 'Pretty unreal' to make CanWNT debut vs. United States". Canadian Premier League.
  17. Press, The Canadian (9 April 2021). "Canada beats Wales in soccer friendly but loses captain Christine Sinclair to injury – TSN.ca". TSN.
  18. "Canada Soccer unveils Women's National Team roster for the Tokyo Olympic Games". Twitter. Retrieved 23 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  19. "Canadian women's soccer team delivers thrilling Olympic gold-medal victory over Sweden". CBC.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  20. "Kailen Sheridan Profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  21. "PLSQ Stats Archive" (in French). TSI Sports.
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