Tiffany Devonna Cameron (born 16 October 1991) is a Canadian-born Jamaican professional

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who plays as a

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and at times as a

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for the Jamaica women's national team. She previously played for

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in the German

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in the Israeli top-division

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and

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in the German

as well as

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and

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in the

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. She has also played for Apolon Limassol in the

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and for the

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Early life

Born in

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n parents Yvonne Brown and Donovan Cameron, Cameron attended St. Joseph's Secondary School in Mississauga, Ontario, where she played basketball for three years and soccer for one year.

Ohio State University

A NSCAA second team All-American and two-time first team All-Big Ten selection, Cameron left Ohio State as the Buckeyes' all-time leading goal scorer with 40 and earned 96 career points, also the most in the school's history. During her senior year in 2012, she led the Buckeyes with 21 goals, breaking the previous school record of 13. Cameron's nine game-winning goals were the most in the country and her 19 career game-winners tied for fourth-most in

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history.

Playing career

Club

NWSL: Seattle Reign FC and FC Kansas City, 2013

In February 2013, Tiffany Cameron signed with the

for the inaugural season of the

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. On 19 June 2013 Seattle Reign FC released Tiffany Cameron and

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shortly after signing with

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and

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due

rules. On June 26, 2013, Cameron signed with

TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, 2014

On 2 February 2014, Cameron signed for German team

Ottawa Fury

Later in 2014, she played for

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Apollon Limassol, 2015

On 9 March 2015, Cameron signed with

Apollon Limassol Apollon Limassol FC ( el, Απόλλων Λεμεσού, ''Apollon Lemesou'') is a Cypriot sports club, based in Limassol. It has football, basketball and volleyball teams. Founded in 1954, Apollon FC currently plays in the Cypriot First Div ...

to participate in the UEFA Champions League group stage matches in August. She made three Champions League appearances and scored three goals. Her team needed either a win or tie in their last match in order to move on to the round of 32 and failed to do so.

F.C Ramat HaSharon, 2015–2016

On 1 October 2015, Cameron signed with

in the Israeli top-division

. She won the golden boot, scoring 38 goals in 24 matches and helped her team capture their first ever League Championship.

Borussia Mönchengladbach, 2016

On 7 June 2016, Cameron signed with Borussia Mönchengladbach who was promoted to the German

for the 2016/2017 season.

International career

Canada

Cameron earned her first three caps with the

in January 2013 during the Four Nations Tournament in China. She previously represented Canada as a member of the Canada U-17 women's national team. She played in four matches at the

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, held in Auckland, New Zealand where she started all four matches and helped the team to the quarterfinal round. She also played in the CONCACAF U17 championships in 2008 in Trinidad and Tobago and led the bronze medal-winning Canadian team in scoring. Tiffany also won a bronze medal with Ontario at the 2007 U16 Girls National All-Star Championship, an event where she won the Top Scorer award.

Jamaica

As the six matches Cameron played for Canada at senior level were all friendlies, she could still change her affiliation to the Jamaica women's national team. Following the historic

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qualification by the ''Reggae Girlz'', she was named to the training camp roster in January 2019. She made her debut in a 1–0 friendly win against Chile on 28 February 2019.

International goals

''Scores and results list Jamaica's goal tally first''

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