Aurélien Tchouaméni: Meet the French soccer star everyone is talking about.
Aurélien Tchouaméni plays in a colorway.
Aurélien Tchouaméni
Aurélien Tchouaméni is the French soccer star everyone is talking about. The 24-year-old was ranked as high as No. 3 in France’s best female soccer players by FIFA and has garnered praise from every corner of the soccer world. Tchouaméni is most proud, however, of the fact that she has played for both Canada and France.
Canada’s national team (under-18, under-20 and under-23) has an international friendly scheduled for July at the University of British Columbia before its first international competition of the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup. Canada faces off against Norway on Saturday, July 1.
France will take on the United States in a match at the Lotto Cup, a tournament that is part of the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup in France – a tournament with just a few months to go. Tchouaméni is a member of France’s national team and France is the home nation of Canada’s national team.
The Canadian Soccer Association selected Tchouaméni to lead the Canadian Women’s Team for the 2019 Women’s World Cup. Tchouaméni is also a member of the Canadian Olympic Committee and Women’s World Cup ambassador. Tchouaméni was named to the Team Canada shortlist in January.
Aurélien Tchouaméni has a passion for soccer, the sport of her birth and an undying desire to help the next generation play it.
Aurélien Tchouaméni
Who is Aurélien Tchouaméni?
Aurélien Tchouaméni was born in Grenoble, France, in 1989. She moved to Montreal, Quebec, Canada, as a child when she was just a few months old with her mother.
Tchouaméni attended the same elementary school as her youngest brother, who is also a footballer. During her childhood Tchouaméni enjoyed soccer and football. In high school, she played both soccer and basketball.