Jonelle Filigno

Jonelle Filigno... her father was born in Etobicoke, ON while her mother was born in Georgetown, GUY... she was four years old when she started playing soccer at North Mississauga... grew up participating in soccer, basketball, volleyball, cross-country running... favourites have included Lionel Messi, FC Barcelona... earned a degree in Exercise Science from Rutgers University in 2014...

she was celebrated as part of the London 2012 Olympic soccer team honoured in the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame’s Class of 2019 in Toronto on 23 October 2019 (she was one of 18 players that attended the event)...

Concacaf champion with Canada (2010)… won a bronze medal with Canada at the London 2012 Olympic Games... represented Canada at two FIFA Women’s World Cups (Germany 2011 and Canada 2015)... in all, represented Canada at two Olympic Games (Beijing 2008 and London 2012)... in all, won two Concacaf medals with Canada (2008 silver and 2010 gold)... career 71 international “A” appearances across eight years from 2008 to 2015 with Canada Soccer's Women's National Team…

represented Canada at one FIFA youth tournament (U-20 at Chile 2008)... won a Concacaf youth medal with Canada (2008 gold U-20)…

after her playing career, she was celebrated by Canada Soccer on 11 June 2017 in the half-time presentation to former Olympic bronze medal winners at BMO Field in Toronto (on that day, Josée Bélanger, Jonelle Filigno, Robyn Gayle, Kaylyn Kyle, and Lauren Sesselmann were honoured at the Canada match)...

one of several athletes that featured in the Google app commercial “More than a Match” in 2015 (soccer is a universal language)...