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Melissa Dagenais (born December 7, 2000) is a Canadian soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Portuguese club Damaiense in the Campeonato Nacional Feminino.

Early life

Dagenais grew up in Saint-Hubert, Québec and began playing youth soccer at age eight with CS Saint-Hubert. She initially started as a defender before transitioning to goalkeeper.

College career

In 2019, Dagenais began attending the University of Miami, where she played for the women's soccer team. She made her collegiate debut on August 22, 2019 against the UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros, followed by her first start on September 7 against the San Diego State Aztecs. She earned her first shutout on March 14, 2021 against the FIU Panthers, helping earn her ACC Defensive Player of the Week honours. After two seasons as the backup goalkeeper, she became the starter in her third season in the fall of 2021. In October 2021, she was named the ACC Co-Defensive Player of the Week. At the end of the 2021 season, she was named to the ACC All-Academic Team. She was again named to the All-Academic Team after the 2022 and 2023 seasons.

Club career

In 2018, Dagenais began playing with FC Sélect Rive-Sud in the Première Ligue de soccer du Québec. In 2022, she played with Pierrefonds FC.

In January 2024, she joined Portuguese club Damaiense in the Campeonato Nacional Feminino.

International career

In October 2023, Dagenais was called up to a camp with the Canada national team for the first time, ahead of a pair of friendlies against Brazil.

References

1. "Dagenais Called Up to Canadian National Team". Miami Hurricanes. October 19, 2023.
2. "Rencontre avec Mélissa Dagenais, gardienne de l'équipe du Canada" [Meeting with Mélissa Dagenais, goalkeeper for Team Canada]. Soccer Boucherville (in French). June 2024.
3. Melissa Dagenais at the Canadian Soccer Association
4. Lutz, Carter (October 5, 2022). "Melissa Dagenais: the heart and soul of Hurricanes soccer". The Miami Hurricane.
5. "Barnes Announces 2019 Soccer Recruiting Class". Miami Hurricanes. February 22, 2019.
6. "Melissa Dagenais Miami profile". Miami Hurricanes. August 7, 2019.
7. Ivany, Kevin (March 14, 2021). "Soccer Shuts Out FIU, 4-0". Miami Hurricanes.
8. Ivany, Kevin (March 16, 2021). "Soccer Sweeps ACC Weekly Honors". Miami Hurricanes.
9. White, Josh (August 20, 2022). "Dagenais Driven to Develop". Miami Hurricanes.
10. White, Josh (October 5, 2021). "Dagenais Earns ACC Weekly Recognition". Miami Hurricanes.
11. "Two Hurricanes Represented on All-ACC Academic Team". Miami Hurricanes. January 27, 2022.
12. "Program-Record 12 Student-Athletes Garner All-ACC Academic Distinction". Miami Hurricanes. February 1, 2023.
13. "Miami Soccer With Program-Record 15 All-ACC Academic Team Honorees". Miami Hurricanes. February 1, 2024.
14. "Une équipe semi-professionnelle féminine de soccer voit le jour sur la Rive-Sud" [A semi-professional women's soccer team is born on the South Shore]. Le Courrier du Sud (in French). May 9, 2018.
15. Araújo, Andreia (January 11, 2024). "Melissa Dagenais muito próxima de reforçar Damaiense" [Melissa Dagenais very close to joining Damaiense]. ZeroZero (in Portuguese).
16. Davidson, Neil (October 27, 2023). "Goalkeeper Melissa Dagenais savours first Canada women's soccer camp close to home". Toronto Star.
17. Laframboise, Kalina (October 27, 2023). "Quebec keeper on 'huge honour' of being part of Canada's national soccer team". Global News.

External links

• Melissa Dagenais at the Canadian Soccer Association
• Melissa Dagenais at PlaymakerStats
• Melissa Dagenais at Soccerway
• Melissa Dagenais profile at Miami Hurricanes

• 2000 births
• Living people
• Soccer people from Quebec
• Canadian women's soccer players
• Women's association football goalkeepers
• FC Sélect Rive-Sud (women) players
• Pierrefonds FC players
• S.F. Damaiense players
• Miami Hurricanes women's soccer players
• Ligue1 Québec féminine players
• Campeonato Nacional Feminino players
• 21st-century Canadian sportswomen