Selenia Iacchelli (born 5 June 1986) is a Canadian

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player who played as a

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International career

She represented Canada at the

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and

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. After a series of injuries she made her debut for the senior Canadian team at the age of 27 in November 2013, in a 0–0 draw with

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Club career

Iacchelli's move to Western New York Flash collapsed in April 2014 when she failed the medical. A year earlier she had agreed a move to Doncaster Rovers Belles of the English

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, but broke her arm.

Career statistics

Personal life

Iacchelli and Canadian teammate

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operate a

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business which sells frozen yoghurt and

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Selenia Iachelli
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