Maya Antoine
Canadian soccer player (born 2001)
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Maya Aliyah Antoine (born August 8, 2001) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a center back for Italian Serie A club AS Roma. She played college soccer for the Vanderbilt Commodores before starting her professional career for IFK Norrköping in the Swedish Damallsvenskan. She has represented Canada at various youth levels.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Maya Aliyah Antoine[1] | ||
| Date of birth | August 8, 2001[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Toronto, Ontario, Canada[1] | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[2] | ||
| Position | Center back[3] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | AS Roma | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Vaughan SC | |||
| Ontario Super REX | |||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2023 | Vanderbilt Commodores | 83 | (0) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2024–2025 | IFK Norrköping | 49 | (0) |
| 2026– | AS Roma | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016 | Canada U15 | ||
| 2018 | Canada U17 | 10 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Canada U20 | 5 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of January 2, 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of April 13, 2025 | |||
Early life
College career
In 2019, Antoine moved to the United States and began playing college soccer with the Vanderbilt Commodores. She played in 10 games as a freshman before going down with an injury that also kept her out of international action.[4] Antoine returned to the field in September 2020 and made her first collegiate start on September 27, in a game against Tennessee.[4] She soon became a mainstay on the Commodores squad and started every single match for the next three seasons, including in Vanderbilt's 2022 NCAA Tournament campaign.[6]
Antoine was able to play a fifth year in 2023, taking advantage of her extra season of NCAA eligibility from the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] She played the season as a team captain and was named to the 2023 Mac Hermann Trophy watchlist.[7] Antoine finished her college career with one SEC first team and two second team honors. She also was named to the All-Region first team and third team in separate years.[4]
Club career
Antoine was among the list of players who registered for the 2024 NWSL Draft. However, she was not ultimately selected.[8] Instead, she trained with the Washington Spirit as a preseason trialist,[9] but did not make the team's final roster.[10]
IFK Norrköping
On March 11, 2024, Antoine signed her first professional contract with Swedish club IFK Norrköping, inking a one-year deal.[11] She made her Damallsvenskan debut against KIF Örebro DFF in the 6th week of the season.[12] Despite enduring a rocky start, Antoine was able to snag a starting position in Norrköping's squad and made 13 straight starts as a first-year professional.[12][13] On August 5, 2025, Antoine earned a one-year extension with the club.[14]
In her second season with Norrköping, Antoine cemented herself as a core piece of the team.[15] She was the only player in the Damallsvenskan to play every minute of the league, reaching 2,340 minutes across all 26 of Norrköping's matches.[15][16] She helped the team finish the 2025 Damallsvenskan in fifth place for the second straight year.[17]
AS Roma
On January 15, 2026, Antoine was announced to have signed with Italian Serie A club AS Roma through the summer of 2028.[16]
International career
Youth
Antoine made her youth debut for Canada at the age of fourteen, winning a silver medal at the 2016 CONCACAF Girls' U-15 Championship.[4] She has since gone on to play at multiple other youth levels, including as a member of the under-17 and under-20 squads.[18]
In 2018, Antoine was named to Canada's squad for the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.[19] During her team's semifinal match against Mexico, Antoine conceded a penalty kick after turning over the ball. Mexican midfielder Nicole Pérez converted the spot-kick, resulting in Canada losing the match, 1–0.[20] Antoine participated in the team's bronze medal game, in which they were defeated, 2–1, by New Zealand.[21]
During the same year, Antoine was part of the under-20 squad that reached fourth place in the 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship.[22][23] She was again called into U20 training camp in 2019 in preparation for the 2020 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[24] The U-20 world cup was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic,[25] but Antoine's possible participation had appeared dubious anyway due to an injury sustained in college play.[26]
Senior
Antoine received her first call-up to the Canadian senior team in August 2018 for a match versus Brazil the following month.[27][28] She was included on the bench during the match but was not called on to make an appearance.[29]
Career statistics
Club
- As of January 2, 2026[2]
| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| IFK Norrköping | 2024 | Damallsvenskan | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 24 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 26 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
- Includes the Svenska Cupen
