Melissa Busque
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Melissa Busque | ||
| Date of birth | 18 February 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Laval Comets | ||
| Number | 13 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1995–2008 | Saint-Bruno | ||
| 2008–2011 | Connecticut Huskies | ||
| 2012 | Seattle Redhawks | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2013 | Ottawa Fury | 33 | (12) |
| 2013–2014 | Seattle Sounders | 30 | (7) |
| 2014 | Laval Comets | 1 | (0) |
| 2014 | Herforder | 0 | (0) |
| 2014 | Laval Comets | 10 | (0) |
| 2015 | Sand | 0 | (0) |
| 2015– | Laval Comets | 12 | (4) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2005 | Canada U15 | 2 | (0) |
| 2006 | Canada U16 | 1 | (0) |
| 2008–2012 | Canada U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2013– | Canada | 3 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:15, 27 October 2015 (UTC). | |||
Melissa Busque (born 18 February 1990) is a Canadian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Laval Comets in the North American W-League.
Busque was born in Montreal, Quebec in Canada and played youth football with Connecticut Huskies and Seattle Redhawks. She began her professional career with Ottawa Fury, before moving to Seattle Sounders in 2013. Between 2014 and 2015, Busque has had five spells with three different clubs. Firstly joining Laval Comets in 2014, then leaving to sign for German Bundesliga club Herforder before returning to Laval later that year. After spending more time with Laval, Busque was on the move again as she joined another Bundesliga club in Sand. Her spells with both German sides were unsuccessful as she failed to make an appearance for Herforder or Sand before again returning to Laval.
Busque won three caps with the Canadian national team.
Early life
Busque was born in Quebec, Canada. She is the daughter of Rejean Busque and Ginette Blouin. She graduated from the Collège Français Longueuil, before enrolling at the University of Connecticut in 2008 where she studied sports management before leaving to go to Seattle University in 2012 where she studied Psychology.[1][2]
Playing career
Club
Youth, 1995–2008
Busque started her career at the age of five with Saint-Bruno.[3] She stayed with Saint-Bruno from 1995 until 2008 when she started college football with Connecticut Huskies and Seattle Redhawks. She played with Connecticut from 2008 to 2011 and made a total of sixty-five appearances for the team, whilst scoring ten goals and assisting fourteen. After three strong years with Connecticut, she next moved to the Seattle Redhawks. During her months with Seattle, she made twenty appearances and scored four goals while providing four assists.[1][2]
Ottawa Fury, 2009–2013
Busque joined her first North American W-League team, Ottawa Fury, in 2009 where she remained for three years. During her time with Ottawa, she won 2011 W-League Central Conference and 2011 W-League Central Conference Play-offs but lost in the Championship final 6–1 to Atlanta Silverbacks.[4] She left Ottawa in April 2013, she made thirty-three appearances and scored twelve goals and participated in three division titles, two conference championships, two final four appearances, and played in two championship matches.[5]
Seattle Sounders, 2013–2014
On 23 April 2013, Busque joined Seattle Sounders. She had been on trial beforehand and featured in a friendly match against Oregon State Beavers where she impressed Seattle's assistant coach Zahra Lechak.[5] In 2013, she was selected in the USL W-League All-Star team following an online survey.[6] After playing in thirty matches for Seattle and scoring seven goals, Busque moved clubs again as she left Seattle on 1 May 2014.
Laval Comets to Herforder and back to Laval, 2014
Following her departure from Seattle, Busque signed for Laval Comets on 1 May 2014[7] but made just one appearance before leaving for newly promoted German Bundesliga club Herforder on 18 June.[8] However, after delaying her move to the club on numerous occasions the club decided to cancel her contract on 2 August.[9] She failed to make an appearance for Herforder. She rejoined Laval Comets where she made ten appearances before leaving again in 2015.
Sand, 2015
2015 was more of the same for Busque as she moved back to the Bundesliga but this time agreed to join Sand in January 2015.[10] Despite spending six months with Sand, Busque didn't make a single appearance for the club and left to rejoin Laval Comets for the third time in her career.[11]
Laval Comets, 2015–present
Since returning to Laval for the third time in 2015, Busque has made twelve appearances for the club.[12]
International
Throughout her career, Busque has made three senior appearances for the Canada women's national soccer team. Her three caps have come in matches against Germany,[13] South Korea[14] and Mexico.[15] Before making the step up to senior internationals, Busque represented Canada at Under-15, Under-16 and Under-20 level and made seven appearances overall.[3]
Career statistics
- As of match played 27 October 2015.[12]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup[lower-alpha 1] | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Ottawa Fury | 2009–13 | W-League | 33 | 12 | — | 33 | 12 | |
| Total | 33 | 12 | — | 33 | 12 | |||
| Seattle Sounders | 2013–14 | W-League | 30 | 7 | — | 30 | 7 | |
| Total | 30 | 7 | — | 30 | 7 | |||
| Laval Comets | 2014 | W-League | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Herforder | 2014–15 | Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Laval Comets | 2014 | W-League | 10 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | |
| Total | 10 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | |||
| Sand | 2014–15 | Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Laval Comets | 2015 | W-League | 12 | 4 | — | 12 | 4 | |
| Total | 12 | 4 | — | 12 | 4 | |||
| Career total | 86 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 23 | ||
International
- As of 24 November 2013.[3]
| National team | Season | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 2013 | 3 | 0 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 3 | 0 | |
Honours
Busque has won two club honours and one individual honour during her career. She won the 2011 W-League Central Conference and 2011 W-League Central Conference Play-offs with Ottawa Fury. She was selected in the All-Star team in the 2013 W-League season during her time with Seattle Sounders.[4][6]
Club
- Ottawa Fury
Individual
- Seattle Sounders
References
- 1 2 Connecticut Huskies. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- 1 2 Seattle Redhawks. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- 1 2 3 Canadian Soccer. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- 1 2 W-League Soccer. 31 July 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- 1 2 Seattle Sounders Women FC. 23 April 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- 1 2 GoalWA. 24 July 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ↑ W-League Soccer. 1 May 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ↑ NW. 18 June 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ↑ NW. 31 July 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ↑ FuPa. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ↑ W-League Soccer. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- 1 2 W-League Soccer. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ↑ Canadian Soccer. June 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ↑ Canadian Soccer. October 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ↑ Canadian Soccer. November 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2015.