Olivia Smith (soccer)

Olivia Smith (born August 5, 2004) is a Canadian soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Super REX Ontario.

For the American journalist, see Olivia Smith (journalist).
Olivia Smith
Personal information
Date of birth (2004-08-05) August 5, 2004
Place of birth North York, Ontario, Canada
Height 163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Super REX Ontario
Number 11
Youth career
Team
Whitby SC
North Toronto SC
NDC Ontario
North Toronto SC
National team‡
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018 Canada U15 4 (1)
2022– Canada U20 7 (7)
2019– Canada 2 (0)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of February 25, 2022

Early life

Smith was born in North York, Ontario, but grew up in Whitby. She first played house league with the Whitby Soccer Club, before moving on to the North Toronto SC.[1] Afterwards, she joined the Ontario Regional Excel (REX) program (later renamed to the NDC Ontario),[2] before returning to North Toronto SC to train in advance of her move to college, where she committed to join the Florida State Seminoles.[3]

International career

She made her international debut for the Canadian U15 team at the 2018 CONCACAF Girls' Under-15 Championship.[4]

On November 7, 2019, she became the youngest player ever to debut for the Canada women's national soccer team at the 15 years and 94 days old, when she replaced Jordyn Huitema in the 86th minute of a match against Brazil in the Women's International Tournament played in Chongqing, China, breaking the previous record set by Kara Lang.[5] In the same tournament, Smith got her second international cap in a match against New Zealand.[6]

She was named the 2019 Canadian Youth International Players of the Year.[7]

Personal life

Smith is of Jamaican, Chilean and Peruvian descent.[5]

References
  1. "Olivia Smith (CAN)". Canadian Soccer Association. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
  2. Reid, Brady (February 13, 2021). "Exclusive: 16-year-old standout Olivia Smith a prototype for the future of Canadian soccer". Waking The Red.
  3. "Olivia Smith". North Toronto Nitros.
  4. Davidson, Neil (November 28, 2019). "Whitby's Olivia Smith 'special' force for Canadian U-17 soccer team". Toronto Star.
  5. Fanfair, Ron (December 18, 2019). "Olivia Smith makes history as Canada's senior team youngest soccer player". RonFanfair.
  6. "15-year-old Olivia Smith makes history as youngest to play for Canadian women's soccer team". CBC. November 7, 2019. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
  7. "Jayden Nelson and Olivia Smith named Canada Soccer's Youth International Players of the Year". Canadian Soccer Association. December 10, 2019.
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