Marie Levasseur (born May 18, 1997) is a Canadian professional

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player who plays as a

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for

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club

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and for the Canada national team.

Early life

Levasseur began playing soccer at age four with CS Haute-Saint-Charles. In 2009, she was part of the Eastern Canada team in the Canadian qualification tournament for the U12

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. In 2014, she was named the

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Youth Player of the Year.

College career

In 2015, she began attending the

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, where she played for the women's soccer team. She scored her first collegiate goal on September 13, 2015 against the

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. After her freshman season she was named the

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Rookie of the Year, was named to the AAC All-Rookie Team and the All-ACC Second Team. In 2016, she was named to the NSCAA All-Northeast Region. In 2016, 2017, and 2018, she was named to both the All-AAC First Team and All-AAC Academic team all three years, while also being named to the AAC All-Tournament team in 2018.

Club career

In 2015, she played with

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in the

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. In 2019, she was set to attend preseason on trial with the

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of the

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, but was then offered a contract with Finnish club ONS Oulu in the top tier Naisten Liiga instead, which she signed. She scored her first goal in her debut on March 23 against HJK. In her sole season with Oulu, she scored 13 goals in 24 league games, finishing as runner-up for the Naisten Liiga Rookie of the Year Award. She was named the 2019

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women's Professional Player of the Year for her performance. In January 2020, she joined French club

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in the top tier

. In her debut match for Metz in February, she suffered an injury and then the remainder of the season was cancelled after the

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hit in March, resulting in her playing only one game that season, and Metz were relegated to the second tier for the following season. She remained with the club, now in the second tier, scoring two goals in five matches, as the season was again curtailed by the COVID-19 pandemic. In June 2021, Levasseur returned to the French first tier, signing with FC Fleury 91. She scored her first goal for Fleury on November 20, 2021 against

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International career

In 2013, Levasseur made her debut in the Canadian youth program, attending a camp with the Canada U17 team in October 2013, before subsequently being named to the roster for the

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, where she scored 5 goals to help Canada win the silver medal and was named to the tournament Best XI, and the

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, where she scored four goals and was named Player of the Game against Ghana U17. In 2015, she was named to the Canada U23 team for the 2015 Pan Am Games. In 2016, she was named to the Canada U20 team for the

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. In December 2015, was then called up to the

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senior team, making her debut on December 13 in a 4-0 victory over

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, recording an assist on the first goal by

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Personal life

She has a twin sister, Catherine Levasseur, who played with her with the

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and ONS Oulu.

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