Stefanie Kouzas

Stefanie Kouzas
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-01-10) 10 January 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Champlain Cavaliers
2022– McGill Martlets 14 (0)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018 CS Monteuil 4 (0)
2019 FC Sélect Rive-Sud 10 (1)
2021 CS Longueuil 4 (0)
2022 CS St. Hubert 10 (0)
2024– CS Longueuil 11 (1)
International career‡
2019–2020 Guyana U20
2022– Guyana 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 August 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 April 2022

Stefanie Kouzas (born 10 January 2000) is a footballer who plays as a midfielder. Born in Canada, she plays for the Guyana women's national team.

Early life

Kouzas was born in Montreal, Quebec, to a Greek father and Guyanese mother.[1] She played youth soccer with Lakeshore SC.[2] In 2017, she won the Miss Teenage Québec beauty pageant, qualifying for Miss Teenage Canada.[1]

University career

For university, she attended Champlain College Saint-Lambert, playing for the women's soccer team. She won RSEQ Academic Excellence honours in both 2018 and 2019.[3][4]

In 2022, she began attending McGill University, where she played for the women's soccer team.[5]

Club career

In 2018, she played in the Première ligue de soccer du Québec with CS Monteuil.[6]

In 2019, she played FC Sélect Rive-Sud in the PLSQ.[7] She scored her first goal on June 8 against CS Fabrose.[8][9]

International career

In 2020, she trained and was part of the preliminary squad for Guyana U20.[10][11]

In 2022, she began playing for the Guyana senior team.[12] She made her first start on April 8 against Nicaragua.[13]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Gravel, Justine (13 July 2017). "De joueuse de soccer à Miss Québec" [From soccer player to Miss Quebec]. Métro (in French).
  2. ^ "Les Jeux du Canada en ligne de mire pour les 18 ans québécoises" [The Canada Games in sight for 18-year-old Quebecers]. Just eSoccer (in French). 6 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Le RSEQ dévoile ses récipiendaires 2018 en soccer collégial division 1" [The RSEQ announces its 2018 recipients in college soccer division 1]. RSEQ (in French). 31 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Le RSEQ dévoile ses récipiendaires 2019 en soccer collégial division 1" [The RSEQ announces its 2019 recipients in college soccer division 1]. RSEQ (in French). 17 October 2019.
  5. ^ "Stefanie Kouzas McGill profile". McGill Redbirds and Martlets.
  6. ^ "Le CS Monteuil fait son entrée dans la Première Ligue de soccer du Québec féminine" [CS Monteuil enters the Première Ligue de soccer du Québec féminine]. L'Echo de Laval (in French). 3 May 2018.
  7. ^ Harvey-Pinard, Katherine (4 May 2019). "Le FC Sélect entame une deuxième saison dans la PLSQ" [FC Sélect begins a second season in the PLSQ]. Le Courrier du Sud (in French).
  8. ^ "Le FC Sélect remonte à la 3ème position de la PLSQ féminine" [FC Sélect rises to 3rd position in the women's PLSQ]. Chambly Express (in French). 13 June 2019.
  9. ^ Morris, Erika (13 June 2019). "Rive-Sud move forward with 3-0 win over Fabrose". The Suburban.
  10. ^ "Foreign players dominate GFF's U20 women's shortlist". Stabroek News. 22 January 2020.
  11. ^ "47 local and overseas players shortlisted for U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifiers". Guyana Chronicle. 22 January 2020.
  12. ^ "Lady Jags, Forde interact with West Dem Secondary students". Guyana Times. 8 April 2022.
  13. ^ "Dour Draw". Stabroek News. 9 April 2022.