Danica Joelle Wu... speaks English and Chinese... her father was born in Hong Kong while her mother was born in Medicine Hat, AB... grew up participating in skiing, snowboarding, taekwon do, recreational hockey and swimming... she was four years old when she started playing soccer in Edmonton... enjoys reading and playing piano... growing up, favourites included Xabi Alonso, Ronaldinho, Lionel Messi, Arsenal, FC Barcelona, Manchester United... other favourites included Steve Nash... served as a ball girl at the FIFA U-19 Women’s World Championship Canada 2002 in Edmonton...

made two international “A” appearances from 2013 to 2014 with Canada Soccer's Women's National Team… represented Canada at two FIFA youth tournaments (U-17 at New Zealand 2008; U-20 at Japan 2012)... won two Concacaf youth medals with Canada (2008 bronze U-17 and 2012 silver U-20)… as a youth player in 2012, was noted by the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Technical Study Group (“playmaker with great vision, good ball recovery and distribution skills, hard-working player in defence and attack”...

For Country

she was 14 years old when she made her debut in the Canadian youth program in 2007 with coach Bryan Rosenfeld... won a bronze medal with Canada at the 2008 CONCACAF Women's Under-17 Championship (Canada qualified for Trinidad and Tobago 2008)... represented Canada at the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup New Zealand 2008... won a silver medal with Canada at the 2012 CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Championship in Panama (Canada qualified for Japan 2012)... represented Canada at the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Japan 2012... she was 20 years old when she made her debut for Canada on 2 June 2013...