Jayde Riviere

Jayde Yuk Fun Riviere... she/her... speaks English and understands Chinese... her father Tony was born in Roseau, DMA while her mother Emily was born in Kowloon, HKG... grew up playing soccer... she was four years old when she started playing soccer for West Rouge SC... growing up, favourites included Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar, Lionel Messi, Kadeisha Buchanan, Marta, Real Madrid, FC Barcelona...

on 18 June 2024, the Jayde Riviere Field was named in her honour by Pickering FC... on the day she won an Olympic Gold Medal in 2021, the City of Markham honoured her by proclaiming it Jayde Riviere Day... was part of Team Canada that won an Olympic Gold Medal at Tokyo in 2021, recognised as a Canada Soccer Team of Distinction...

won a gold medal with Canada at the Olympic Games (Tokyo 2021)... represented Canada at two FIFA World Cups (France 2019, Australia & New Zealand 2023) and two Olympic Games (Tokyo 2021, Paris 2024)… won two Concacaf medals with Canada (2020 silver, 2022 silver)… represented Canada at two FIFA youth tournaments (U-17 at Jordan 2016 and Uruguay 2018)... won two Concacaf youth medals with Canada (2016 silver U-15 and 2018 bronze U-17)…

with Manchester United FC, an FA Cup winner (2023-24)...

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)...

said Riviere of her first international goal, “I was a little bit in shock and the next thing I turn around and I’m being carried around by Sophie Schmidt, but it was really cool to get my first international goal”...