Draft:Mia Pante
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mia Tecla Christina Pante | ||
| Date of birth | March 25, 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | AS Roma | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2013 | North Shore Girls SC | ||
| 2014–2017 | Mountain United FC | ||
| 2017–2021 | Vancouver Whitecaps | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2024 | Texas A&M Aggies | 76 | (10) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022 | TSS FC Rovers | ||
| 2023 | Nautsa’mawt FC | 5 | (3) |
| 2024 | Burnaby FC | 3 | (1) |
| 2025– | AS Roma | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018 | Canada U15 | 4 | (0) |
| 2022 | Canada U20 | 10 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of January 6, 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of August 17, 2022 | |||
Mia Tecla Christina Pante (born March 25, 2003) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays for Italian Serie A club AS Roma.
Early life
[edit]Pante began playing youth soccer at age five with North Shore Girls SC.[1] She later played youth soccer with Mountain United FC, before joining the Whitecaps FC Girls Elite in August 2017.[2] In 2020, she was named the Whitecaps Most Promising Female Player.[3][4]
College career
[edit]In 2021, Pante began attending Texas A&M University, where she played for the women's soccer team.[5] On August 28, 2021, she scored her first collegiate goal in a victory over the Clemson Tigers,[6] earning her SEC Freshman of the Week honours.[7] At the end of her freshman season, she was named to the SEC All-Freshman Team.[8] Over the next three seasons, she was named to the All-SEC Second Team each year and earned the school's Assists Leader Award in 2021 and the “Farmers Fight” Perseverance Award in 2023.[5]
Club career
[edit]In 2022, Pante played with the TSS FC Rovers in League1 British Columbia.[9] In 2023, Pante played with Nautsa’mawt FC in League1 British Columbia.[10] In 2024, she played with Burnaby FC.
In January 2025, she signed with Italian Serie A club AS Roma.[11][12]
International career
[edit]Pante is eligible to represent Canada and Italy at international level.[13]
In August 2018, she made her debut in the Canada national program with the Canada U15 at the 2018 CONCACAF Girls' U-15 Championship.[1] She earned call-ups to the Canada U17 for training camps to qualify for the U17 World Cup, which was eventually cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[14][15] She was later named to the Canada U20 team for the 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, where she won a bronze medal,[16][17] and the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[18]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Mia Pante at the Canadian Soccer Association
- ^ "Mia Pante VWFC profile". Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
- ^ "Most Promising Female Player: Mia Pante". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. November 5, 2020.
- ^ "A closer look at the two 'Caps grads set to represent Canada at the Concacaf U-20 championship". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. February 14, 2022.
- ^ a b "Mia Pante Texas A&M profile". Texas A&M Aggies.
- ^ Wedemeyer, Emily (August 28, 2021). "Aggies Upend No. 9 Clemson, 3-1, in Front of Raucous Ellis Field Crowd". Texas A&M Aggies.
- ^ Dick, Thomas (August 30, 2021). "Olivieri and Pante Garner SEC Weekly Honors". Texas A&M Aggies.
- ^ Dick, Thomas (October 31, 2021). "Four Aggies Earn SEC Honors". Texas A&M Aggies.
- ^ Fossey, Maxim (June 12, 2022). "League1 BC: 'Caps and TSS women thrill in end-to-end battle". Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
- ^ "Mia Pante 2023 L1BC Stats". League1 British Columbia.
- ^ "Mia Pante signs for Roma". AS Roma. January 4, 2025.
- ^ Dick, Thomas (January 6, 2025). "Pante Signs with Top Italian Club". Texas A&M Aggies.
- ^ Nightingale, Tom (January 4, 2025). "Canada youth international Mia Pante joins CanWNT forward Evelyne Viens at AS Roma". Canadian Soccer Daily.
- ^ Dick, Thomas (January 9, 2022). "Pante Heads to Canada U20 National Team Camp". Texas A&M Aggies.
- ^ Dick, Thomas (February 4, 2022). "Pante Earns Spot on Canadian U20 Continental Championship Team". Texas A&M Aggies.
- ^ Dick, Thomas (March 13, 2022). "Pante Earns CONCACAF U-20 Bronze Medal and U-20 World Cup Berth". Texas A&M Aggies.
- ^ "Pante and Ward named to Canada U-20 WNT for Concacaf qualifying". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. February 14, 2022.
- ^ Dick, Thomas (August 9, 2022). "Pante Begins U20 Women's World Cup Play". Texas A&M Aggies.
External links
[edit]- Mia Pante at Soccerway