Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | April 17, 1999 | ||
Place of birth | Longueuil, Quebec, Canada | ||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Juventus | ||
Number | 44 | ||
Youth career | |||
2004–2009 | CS Boucherville | ||
2009–2013 | CS Roussillon | ||
2014–2015 | FC St-Léonard | ||
2016–2017 | AS Varennes | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2021 | Syracuse Orange | 52 | (0) |
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014 | Laval Comets | ||
2022 | FC Laval | 4 | (0) |
2022–2023 | Torreense | 17 | (0) |
2023–2024 | Melbourne City | 14 | (0) |
2024 | Bay FC | 6 | (0) |
2024– | Juventus | 2 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2014 | Canada U15 | 5 | (0) |
2016 | Canada U17 | 6 | (0) |
2015–2018 | Canada U20 | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 5, 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of January 20, 2018 |
Lysianne Proulx (born April 17, 1999) is a Canadian soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Juventus and the Canada national team.
Proulx began playing youth soccer in 2004, at age four with CS Boucherville, playing there until the U10 level.[1][2] She began playing goalkeeper at age 7.[3] From 2009 to 2013, she played with CS Roussillon, later joining FC St-Léonard in 2014.[4][5][2] She also represented the Rive-Sud regional district team and the Québec provincial team.[3] In 2014, she was named the ARS Young Player of Excellence.[6] In 2016, she was named the FSQ Female Youth Player of Excellence.[1]
In January 2017, she committed to attend Syracuse University in the fall, where she would play for the women's soccer team.[7] She made her debut on August 31, 2017 against the Cornell Big Red.[8] In her junior season in 2019, she became the team's starter, starting all 16 games and led the ACC in saves with 96.[9] In 2020, she ranked third in the NCAA in saves per game with 9.12.[10] On October 2, 2021, she made a career-high 15 saves against the Duke Blue Devils.[11] Over her five seasons, she appeared in 52 games, earning eight shutouts.[10][12]
In 2014, Proulx spent some time with the Laval Comets in the USL W-League.[6]
In 2022, she played with FC Laval in the Première ligue de soccer du Québec.[13]
In July 2022, she signed with Portuguese club Torreense in the Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino.[14][15] In her first season, she played in 18 games, across all competitions.[16]
In August 2023, she joined Australian club Melbourne City in the A-League Women.[17][18] She made her club debut on October 14, keeping a clean sheet in a 1–0 victory over Wellington Phoenix FC.[19]
In February 2024, Proulx joined National Women's Soccer League expansion side Bay FC for a record-breaking fee for an outgoing transfer from Melbourne City FC.[20][21] She appeared in the starting lineup of Bay FC's first-ever game, against Angel City FC on March 18, 2024, and impressed with eight saves in a 1–0 win.[22] She started six of Bay's first seven games before a brief injury and thus was benched while Katelyn Rowland kept goal thereafter.[23]
In August 2024, Proulx moved on a transfer to Italian Serie A club Juventus FC for an undisclosed fee.[24] She made her debut on October 5, keeping a clean sheet in a 2–0 victory over Sampdoria.[25]
In September 2013, she made her debut in the Canadian youth program, attending a Canada U17 identification camp. under coach Bev Priestman (who would later become the senior national team coach).[1][26] She was then subsequently named to the Canada U17 roster for the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. Later that year she played with the Canada U15 at the 2014 CONCACAF Girls' U-15 Championship, where she was named to the tournament Best XI and won the Golden Glove as the tournament's best goalkeeper.[27][28] The following year, she was called up to the Canada U20 for the 2015 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship. At the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, she was named the Player of the Match against Germany U17.[29] She continued to represent the youth squads, being named to the teams for the 2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship, 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, and 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship.[30]
In June 2022, she was called up by the Canada senior team for the first time for a training camp.[31] She was then named to the matchday squad for the first time ahead of a friendly against South Korea,[32] before being named to the final squad for the 2022 CONCACAF W Championship.[33] In July 2023, she was named to the squad for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.[34][35] In 2024, Proulx selected as and served as an alternate for Canada Women’s National Team at the 2024 Paris Olympics.[36]