Julia Angela Grosso... she/her... speaks English... soccer family (sister Carli)... her mother mother Elisa was born in Vancouver, BC while her father Carlos was born in Loule, POR.. grew up participating in soccer and swimming... she was four years old when she started playing soccer for Vancouver’s Italian Canadian SF... enjoys watching television... growing up, favourites included Cristiano Ronaldo, Real Madrid CF... other favourites included Sidney Crosby, Miami Heat...

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 three Concacaf medals with Canada (2018 silver. 2020 silver, 2022 silver)... represented Canada at one FIFA youth tournament (U-17 at Jordan 2016)... won a Concacaf youth medal with Canada (2014 gold U-15)… as a youth player at Jordan 2016, was noted by the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Technical Study Group (”strong fullback with good anticipation and vision, strong in one-on-one situations”)...

with Juventus FC, a Serie A winner (2021-22), a two-time Coppa Italia winner (2022, 2023), and a two-time Supercocca winner (2022, 2024)...

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)...

For Country

she was 13 years old when she made her debut in the Canadian youth program in 2014 with coach Bev Priestman... won a gold with Canada at the 2014 CONCACAF Girls’ Under-15 Championship... represented Canada at the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Jordan 2016... represented Canada at the 2018 Concacaf Women’s Under-20 Championship...

she was 16 years old when she made her debut for Canada on 12 November 2017... won a silver medal with Canada at the 2018 Concacaf Women’s Championship in USA (Canada qualified for France 2019)... represented Canada at the FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019 (she did not feature)... won a silver medal with Canada at the 2020 Concacaf Women’s Olympic Qualifying Championship (Canada qualified for Tokyo 2020)... won an Olympic gold medal with Canada at the Tokyo 2020 Women’s Olympic Football Tournament in 2021...

won a silver medal with Canada at the 2022 Concacaf Women’s Championship in Mexico (Canada qualified for Australia & New Zealand 2023)...