Kadeisha Buchanan

Kadeisha Buchanan

Kadeisha Buchanan on Pan Am Games
Personal information
Date of birth	(1995-11-05) November 5, 1995 (age 21)
Place of birth	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current team	Olympique Lyonnais
Number	21
Youth career
	Erin Mills
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2016	West Virginia	91	(8)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013	Toronto Lady Lynx	4	(1)
2014	Ottawa Fury	1	(0)
2016	Vaughan Azzurri	1	(0)
2017–	Olympique Lyonnais	5	(0)
National team‡
2012	Canada U-17	9	(0)
2014	Canada U-20
2013–	Canada	69	(3)
Honours Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of April 16, 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of April 9, 2017

Kadeisha Buchanan (born November 5, 1995), nicknamed Keisha, is a Canadian soccer player for Olympique Lyonnais in Division 1 Féminine. She is also a member of the Canadian national team. She was born in Toronto and raised in Brampton, Ontario, the youngest of seven girls in a single-parent home. She was only 17 when she made her debut for the Canada National team on January 12, 2013.

At the 2015 Women's World Cup, Buchanan won the Young Player Award.

Buchanan played college soccer at West Virginia University, for the Mountaineers, where she co-captained the team, and won numerous accolades.

In June 2016, Buchanan signed with Vaughan Azzurri of League1 Ontario to get game action prior to the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Upon graduating from West Virginia University, Buchanan was a highly rated prospect prior to the 2017 NWSL College Draft. In December 2016, Buchanan was being linked with a move to Europe, along with fellow Canadian team member Ashley Lawrence. In January 2017, it was announced that Buchanan had signed with Olympique Lyonnais of Division 1 Féminine.

Buchanan was 14 years old when she was recruited to the Canadian youth program in 2010. She won a silver medal at the 2012 CONCACAF Women's U-17 championship in Guatemala. When she was called up to the Canadian women's national team in 2013 while still in high school, Buchanan became one of the youngest players on any women's national team.

Buchanan scored her first international goal against the United States on May 8, 2014 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in front of the second largest crowd to ever watch a women's soccer game in Canada. The game ended in a 1–1 draw. Buchanan was also named Canada's Under-20 Women's Player of the Year in 2013, and anchored the host nation's defence at the 2014 Women's U-20 World Cup Canada in 2014.