Annika Pasha Leslie... speaks English, French... her father Stefan was born in København, DEN while her mother Heidi was born in London, ON, CAN... she was a year old when her family moved from Ottawa to Wellington, NZL in 2004; she was five years old when her family moved from Wellington to Halifax, NS, CAN in 2008... grew up participating in soccer, running, athletics, skiing, snowboarding, gymnastics... she was six years old when she started playing soccer for Halifax City SC... enjoys reading, travel, water sports, trampoline, violin, hanging out with friends and family... growing up, favourites included Christine Sinclair, Jessie Fleming, Paul Pogba, Lionel Messi... other favourites have included Justine Dufour-Lapointe, Nathan Chen...

represented Canada at one FIFA youth tournament (U-20 at Costa Rica 2022)... won a Concacaf youth medal with Canada (2022 bronze U-20)…

For Country

she was 15 years old when she made her debut in the Canadian youth program in 2018 with coach Rhian Wilkinson... she represented Canada at the 2018 Concacaf Girls’ Under-15 Championship... won a bronze medal with Canada at the 2022 Concacaf Women’s Under-20 Championship in Dominican Republic (Canada qualified for Costa Rica 2022)... represented Canada at the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Costa Rica 2022...represented Canada at one FIFA youth tournament (U-20 at Costa Rica 2022)...