Ruthny Mathurin (born 14 January 2001) is a

Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...

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who plays as a defender for the

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in the

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and for the Haiti women's national team.

Early life

Born in

Port-au-Prince Port-au-Prince ( , ; ht, Pòtoprens ) is the capital and most populous city of Haiti. The city's population was estimated at 987,311 in 2015 with the metropolitan area estimated at a population of 2,618,894. The metropolitan area is defin ...

, Haiti, Mathurin is one of three siblings born to her parents, Denise and Hector. She grew up in

Gressier Gressier (; ht, Gresye) is a commune in the Port-au-Prince Arrondissement, in the Ouest department of Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on ...

, a

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located just west of Port-au-Prince. At the under-12 level, she was identified and moved to the

Camp Nous The Haitian Football Federation (FHF) (french: Fédération Haïtienne de Football, ht, Federasyon Foutbòl Ayisyen) is the governing body for football in Haiti. The FHF is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the game of football in Haiti, ...

, the training center of the

Haitian Football Federation The Haitian Football Federation (FHF) (french: Fédération Haïtienne de Football, ht, Federasyon Foutbòl Ayisyen) is the governing body for football in Haiti. The FHF is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the game of football in Haiti, ...

International career

Mathurin first represented

at the

2016 CONCACAF Girls' U-15 Championship The 2016 CONCACAF Girls' U-15 Championship was an association football tournament that took take place in Bay Lake, Florida during August 2016. Teams Venezuela are an invitee. Venues All matches will take place at the ESPN Wide World of Spor ...

. She then stepped up to the under-17 level, at which she played at the

2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship The 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship was the 6th edition of the CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organized by CONCACAF for the women's under-17 national teams of the North, Central ...

. Mathurin made her senior debut for

during

2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship qualification The qualifying competition for the 2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship determined five of the eight teams of 2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship final tournament. Teams A total of 25 CONCACAF teams (out of 41) ...

. On 3 October 2019, in the Group C opener against

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, she started in a 10–0 victory.

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* 2001 births Living people Haitian women's footballers Footballers from Port-au-Prince Women's association football utility players Haiti women's international footballers Haitian expatriate women's footballers Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States Haitian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns women's soccer players 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players {{Haiti-women-footy-bio-stub