Evelyne Viens
Canadian soccer player (born 1997)
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Evelyne Viens (Canadian French: [evlɪn vjɛ̃];[2] born February 6, 1997) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Première Ligue club Paris FC and the Canada national team. She played college soccer at the University of South Florida.
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| Full name | Evelyne Viens[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | February 6, 1997 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | L'Ancienne-Lorette, Quebec, Canada | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Paris FC | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 14 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| AS Mistral Laurentien | |||||||||||||||||
| CS Haute-Saint-Charles | |||||||||||||||||
| College career | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2019 | South Florida Bulls | 77 | (73) | ||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Dynamo de Quebec | 15 | (21) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2022 | Gotham FC[a] | 13 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | → Paris FC (loan) | 14 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022 | → Kristianstad (loan) | 26 | (21) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Kristianstad | 17 | (12) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2026 | Roma | 61 | (22) | ||||||||||||||
| 2026– | Paris FC | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Canada | 49 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of June 19, 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of June 9, 2026 | |||||||||||||||||
Early life
Viens began playing soccer at age five with AS Mistral Laurentien.[3] At age 14, she received an invitation to join the Quebec provincial team, but declined the opportunity.[4] She joined CS Haute-Saint-Charles, when she was 14.[5]
College career
Viens played for the USF Bulls women's soccer team from 2016 to 2019,[6] where she became the team's all-time top scorer with 73 goals and was named to the NCAA All-American team three times.[7] She also holds the school record for the most single season goals and has the most career goals in American Athletic Conference history.[8] She scored her first collegiate goal on August 25, 2016, against Kentucky.[9]
Club career
In 2018 and 2019, she played for Dynamo de Quebec in the Première Ligue de soccer du Québec.[10][11]
Sky Blue FC (later renamed NY/NJ Gotham FC) selected Viens with the fifth-overall pick in the 2020 NWSL College Draft.[12] She made her Sky Blue FC debut on June 30, 2020 in the 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup.[13] Viens scored her first goal for the club on July 22, 2020, in a 3–2 defeat to the Chicago Red Stars during the semi-finals of the 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup.[14] In August 2020, Sky Blue loaned Viens to Paris FC.[15] Viens returned to the club in March 2021.[16]
In December 2021, Gotham FC loaned Viens to Damallsvenskan club Kristianstad for the 2022 season.[17] In August 2022, she announced that she would not return to the United States.[18] On September 10, she scored four goals in a league match and a hat-trick on September 24.[19] On September 30, Kristianstad signed her to a two-year contract.[20]
In August 2023, Viens joined A.S. Roma in the Italian Serie A, on a three-year contract.[21] She was part of the squad which lost 3–2 against Juventus in the final of the inaugural Serie A Women’s Cup on September 27, 2025.[22]
On June 19, 2026, Paris FC announced the return of Viens on a two-year contract until 2028.[23]
International career
She was named to the Canada national team for the first time for the 2021 SheBelieves Cup.[24] She made her debut against the United States on February 18.[25][26] She scored her first goal for Canada on April 9, 2021 in a 3-0 win against Wales.[27] Four days later, she was in the starting eleven for the first time in the 2-0 win against the England national team and scored the first goal in the third minute.[citation needed]
On June 23, 2021, she was named to the roster for the 2020 Summer Olympics, which were postponed until the summer of 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[28] She played in the two games in Group E against the national teams of Japan and Great Britain. Canada won gold in the games, and Viens became the first USF alum to win an Olympic medal as an athlete.[8][29]
On July 9, 2023, she was nominated for the 2023 World Cup.[30] She played in each of her team's three games, being substituted twice, and was eliminated with her team in the preliminary round.[31]
Viens was called up to the Canada squad for the 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup, which Canada finished as semifinalists.[32]
Viens was called up to the Canada squad for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[33]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played May 16, 2026[34]
| Club | Season | League | Playoffs | National cup[b] | Continental | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Dynamo de Quebec | 2018[35] | PLSQ | 7 | 8 | — | — | — | 7 | 8 | |||
| 2019[35] | PLSQ | 8 | 13 | — | — | — | 8 | 13 | ||||
| Total | 15 | 21 | — | — | — | 15 | 21 | |||||
| NJ/NY Gotham FC | 2020 | NWSL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | — | 6 | 1 | |
| 2021 | NWSL | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 17 | 1 | ||
| Total | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | — | 23 | 2 | |||
| Paris FC (loan) | 2020–21 | Division 1 Féminine | 14 | 11 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 15 | 11 | ||
| Kristianstad (loan) | 2022 | Damallsvenskan | 26 | 21 | — | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 25 | |
| Kristianstad | 2023 | Damallsvenskan | 17 | 12 | — | 5 | 4 | — | 22 | 16 | ||
| Total | 43 | 33 | — | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 54 | 41 | |||
| Roma | 2023–24 | Serie A | 24 | 13 | — | 5 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 37 | 18 | |
| 2024–25 | Serie A | 16 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 8 | ||
| 2025–26 | Serie A | 21 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 8 | ||
| Total | 61 | 22 | — | 5 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 84 | 35 | |||
| Career total | 146 | 86 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 11 | 20 | 11 | 201 | 109 | ||
- Sky Blue FC changed its name to NJ/NY Gotham FC in 2021
International goals
- Scores and results list Canada's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Viens goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | April 9, 2021 | Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff, Wales |  Wales |
2–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
| 2 | April 13, 2021 | Bet365 Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent, England |  England |
1–0 | 2–0 | |
| 3 | October 6, 2022 | Estadio Municipal de Chapín, Jerez, Spain |  Morocco |
2–0 | 4–0 | |
| 4 | February 19, 2023 | Geodis Park, Nashville, United States |  Brazil |
2–0 | 2–0 | 2023 SheBelieves Cup |
| 5 | March 2, 2024 | BMO Stadium, Los Angeles, United States |  Costa Rica |
1–0 | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup |
| 6 | July 25, 2024 | Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne, France |  New Zealand |
2–1 | 2–1 | 2024 Summer Olympics |
| 7 | June 3, 2025 | Saputo Stadium, Montréal, Canada |  Haiti |
1–0 | 3–1 | Friendly |
| 8 | 3–0 | |||||
| 9 | April 14, 2026 | Arena Pantanal, Cuiabá, Brazil |  South Korea |
1–0 | 3–1 | 2026 FIFA Series |
| 10 | June 9, 2026 | Estadio Piedades de Santa Ana, Santa Ana, Costa Rica | Costa Rica |
1–0 | 6–0 | Friendly |
Honours
South Florida Bulls
- American Athletic Conference Champion: 2017–19
Dynamo de Quebec
- PLSQ Championship: 2018
Roma
- Serie A: 2023–24, 2025–26
- Coppa Italia: 2023–24, 2025–26
- Supercoppa Italiana: 2024
- Serie A Women's Cup runner-up: 2025
Canada
Individual
