Kadeisha Buchanan

Kadeisha Buchanan... speaks English... her mother was born in Montego Bay, JAM... Kadeisha was the youngest of seven sisters... her father was born in St. Thomas, JAM... she grew up in the Greater Toronto Area, including homes in Brampton and Mississauga (she was the youngest of seven girls in a single-parent home)... grew up competing in soccer, basketball, flag football, volleyball, track and field... she was eight years old when she started playing soccer at Brams United SC... enjoys television, playing soccer... growing up, favourites included Lionel Messi, Mia Hamm, Marta, Christine Sinclair, Carles Puyol, FC Barcelona, Manchester United... other favourites included LeBron James, Miami Heat...

on 21 December 2021, the Kadeisha Buchanan Field at Creditview Sandalwood Park was named in her honour by the City of Brampton (as well as the Ashley Lawrence Field)... was part of Team Canada that won an Olympic Bronze Medal at Rio 2016, recognised as a Canada Soccer Team of Distinction... was part of Team Canada that won an Olympic Gold Medal at Tokyo in 2021, recognised as a Canada Soccer Team of Distinction... a three-time Canada Soccer Player of the Year (2015, 2017 and 2020)...

with Canada at the Olympic Games, won both a gold medal (Tokyo 2021) and a bronze medal (Rio 2016)... represented Canada at three FIFA World Cups (Canada 2015, France 2019 and Australia & New Zealand 2023) and three Olympic Games (Rio 2016, Tokyo 2021, Paris 2024)... won four Concacaf medals with Canada (2016 silver, 2018 silver, 2020 silver, 2022 silver)... from Canada 2015, was noted by the FIFA Women’s World Cup Technical Study Group (”very dominant and tough central defender, good in one-on-one situations, good build-up play, covered all players around her”)... from Rio 2016, was noted by the Olympic Football Tournament Technical Study Group (”competitive central defender with good positional play and anticipation”)...

represented Canada at two FIFA youth tournaments (U-17 at Azerbaijan 2012; U-20 at Canada 2014)... won a Concacaf youth medal with Canada (2012 silver U-17)… as a youth player in 2012, was noted by the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Technical Study Group (“solid defensive technique and heading ability”)... as a youth player in 2014, was noted by the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Technical Study Group (“good in one-on-one situations, strong, fair and effective tackles, skillful and fast player, strong on the ball”)...

she was the first Canadian to win a UEFA Champions League Final... in France with FCF Olympique Lyonnais, a five-time UEFA Women’s Champions League winner (2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2021-22), a five-time Championnat de France winner (2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2021-22), and a three-time Coupe de France winner (2017, 2019, 2020)... in England with Chelsea FC, an FA Cup winner (2023) and a two-time FA Women’s Super League winner (2022-23, 2023-24)...

part of the Canada Soccer team that met Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Parliament Hill on 6 June 2016 ahead of their international match one day later in Ottawa... part of the Canada Soccer team that met Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Langford ahead of their international match on 8 April 2022 (a surprise visit by the Prime Minister at the team hotel)...

attended the Final Match at the FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015 in Vancouver (she sat close to Prime Minister Stephen Harper)...