Karina LeBlanc

Karina LeBlanc

LeBlanc playing for Portland in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Karina Chenelle LeBlanc
Date of birth	(1980-03-30) March 30, 1980 (age 36)
Place of birth	Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997–2000	Nebraska Cornhuskers
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2003	Boston Breakers	2	(0)
2004	Montreal Xtreme	1	(0)
2005–2006	New Jersey Wildcats	18	(0)
2009	Los Angeles Sol	19	(0)
2010	Philadelphia Independence	14	(0)
2011	magicJack	1	(0)
2012	Sky Blue FC	0	(0)
2013	Portland Thorns FC	21	(0)
2014–2015	Chicago Red Stars	29	(0)
National team‡
1998–2015	Canada	110	(0)
Medal record Olympic Games 2012 London Team Pan American Games 2011 Guadalajara Team 2007 Rio de Janeiro Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of September 6, 2015. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of May 31, 2015

Karina Chenelle LeBlanc (born March 30, 1980) is a retired U.S.-born Canadian soccer goalkeeper who played for the Chicago Red Stars of the National Women's Soccer League and the Canadian national team.

LeBlanc was born in Atlanta, Georgia, to an English father and a Jamaican mother, Vans LeBlanc and Winsome LeBlanc, who had temporarily relocated to Atlanta to avoid the dangers of Hurricane David. LeBlanc grew up in Dominica until age eight when her family moved to Maple Ridge, British Columbia. LeBlanc began playing soccer at age 12 and was named one of the top 20 Division I recruits by USA Today in 1997, even though Maple Ridge Secondary School did not have a girls soccer team. She was also an all-provincial basketball player and was voted British Columbia's Most Defensive Player in basketball in 1997.

LeBlanc attended the University of Nebraska and earned a degree in business administration. She played goalkeeper for the Nebraska Cornhuskers from 1997 to 2000 and became one of the school's most decorated goalkeepers in the history of the program. She was a finalist for the Hermann Trophy in 2000 and named to the 2001 Umbro Select All-Star Classic Women's Elite College Team. She was also a two-time All-Big 12 selection and was named an All-American.

LeBlanc played for Boston Breakers in the Women's United Soccer Association, the first women's professional soccer league in the United States.

In 2004, she played for the Montreal Xtreme of the W-League followed by the New Jersey Wildcats from 2005 to 2006.