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Melanie Forbes
Personal information
Full name Melanie Claire Rendeiro Forbes
Date of birth (1999-06-21) June 21, 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Height 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
2014–2015 Ontario REX
2015–2016 Scarborough GS United
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2021 Indiana Hoosiers 85 (9)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016 Aurora United FC 2 (0)
2018–2019 DeRo United FC 6 (0)
2019 FC Pride 3 (1)
2021 Detroit City FC (7)
2022–2023 Damaiense 29 (4)
2023–2024 Keflavík 30 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of August 17, 2024

Melanie Claire Rendeiro Forbes (born June 21, 1999) is a Canadian soccer player.

Early life

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Forbes played with the Ontario provincial team from 2013 to 2015 and the Ontario REX program from 2014 to 2015.[1] She also played with Scarborough GS United.[1] In 2017, she was named to the Team Ontario roster for the 2017 Canada Summer Games, where she won a silver medal.[2][3]

College career

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In 2017, Forbes began attending Indiana University, where she played for the women's soccer team.[1] On September 7, 2018, she scored her first collegiate goal in a 5-1 victory over the Kentucky Wildcats.[4] At the end of her second season, she was named a Big Ten Conference Distinguished Scholar and named to the Academic All-Big Ten team.[1] In 2019, she was named to the Academic All-District First Team, the Academic All-Big Ten Team, and named a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar.[1][5] On February 28, 2021, she scored a brace in a 2-0 victory over the Iowa Hawkeyes,[6] which earned her Big Ten Co-Offensive Player of the Week and Forbes Named TopDrawerSoccer’s Player of the Week honours.[7][8] After completing her Bachelor of Science degree, she returned for a fifth year to play with the team and complete her Master of Science in Healthcare Management, with her completing her final semester of her master's in Portugal to enable her to also pursue professional soccer.[9]

Club career

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In 2016, she played with Aurora United FC in League1 Ontario.[10] In 2018 and 2019, she played with DeRo United FC.[11][12] Later in 2019, she played with FC Pride in the Women's Premier Soccer League.[13]

In 2021, she played with Detroit City FC in United Women's Soccer.[14] She scored 7 goals that season[15] and was named to the UWS All-Midwest Conference Second Team at the end of the season.[16]

In February 2022, Forbes joined Portuguese club Damaiense.[17] In April 2022, she was named to the league's Team of the Week.[18]

In July 2023, she signed with Icelandic club Keflavík.[19] On August 2, 2023, she scored her first goal for the club in a 1-1 draw with Stjarnan.[20] On September 7, 2024, she scored a hat trick in a 4-4 draw with Stjarnan.[21] After finishing as the team's top scorer in 2024, she was named the club's female player of the year.[22]

Career statistics

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As of September 14, 2024
Club Season League Playoffs Domestic Cup League Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Aurora United FC 2016[10] League1 Ontario 2 0 — — 0 0 2 0
DeRo United FC 2018[11] League1 Ontario 4 0 — — ? ? 4 0
2019[12] 2 0 — — — 2 0
Total 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
FC Pride 2019[13] Women's Premier Soccer League 3 1 — — — 3 1
Damaiense 2021–22[23] Campeonato Nacional II Divisão Feminino 11 2 — 0 0 — 11 2
2022–23[23] Campeonato Nacional Feminino 18 2 — 3 1 2 0 23 3
Total 29 4 0 0 3 1 2 0 34 5
Keflavík 2023[24] Besta deild kvenna 9 2 — 0 0 0 0 9 2
2024[24] 21 5 — 2 2 4 1 27 8
Total 30 7 0 0 2 2 4 1 36 10
Career total 70 12 0 0 5 3 6 1 81 16

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Melanie Forbes Indiana profile". Indiana Hoosiers.
  2. ^ "Forbes to Represent Ontario in Canada Summer Games". Indiana Hoosiers. July 20, 2017.
  3. ^ "Forbes Wins Silver Medal at Canada Games". Indiana Hoosiers. August 7, 2017.
  4. ^ "Five Different Hoosiers Score as IU Defeats Kentucky, 5-1". Indiana Hoosiers. September 7, 2018.
  5. ^ "Forbes and Jorden Tabbed for CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team". Indiana Hoosiers. November 7, 2019.
  6. ^ "Forbes' Brace Leads Indiana to Shutout Victory against Iowa". Indiana Hoosiers. February 28, 2021.
  7. ^ "Seniors Forbes, Kopel Earn Big Ten Weekly Honor Awards". Indiana Hoosiers. March 2, 2021.
  8. ^ "Forbes Named TopDrawerSoccer's Player of the Week". Indiana Hoosiers. March 2, 2021.
  9. ^ "Melanie Forbes '22". Indiana University.
  10. ^ a b "Melanie Forbes 2016 L1O Stats". League1 Ontario.
  11. ^ a b "Melanie Forbes 2018 L1O Stats". League1 Ontario.
  12. ^ a b "Melanie Forbes 2019 L1O Stats". League1 Ontario.
  13. ^ a b "Melanie Forbes 2019 WPSL Stats". Women's Premier Soccer League.
  14. ^ "Women's team completes Detroit City FC's dream of community-based club". Detroit Free Press. June 17, 2021.
  15. ^ "2021 Regular season leaders". United Women's Soccer. Archived from the original on October 5, 2021.
  16. ^ "2021 UWS All-Midwest Conference Awards". United Women's Soccer. August 20, 2021. Archived from the original on October 27, 2021.
  17. ^ "Transfer: Melanie Forbes (SF Damaiense)". K Sirius. February 26, 2022.
  18. ^ "Team of the Week: Cloé Lacasse (SL Benfica) and Melanie Forbes (SF Damaiense)". K Sirius. April 21, 2022.
  19. ^ "Í Keflavík úr efstu deild í Portúgal" [In Keflavík from the top division in Portugal]. Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). July 20, 2023.
  20. ^ "Melanie Rendeiro með glæsimark" [Melanie Rendeiro with a touch of elegance]. Víkurfréttir (in Icelandic). August 3, 2023.
  21. ^ Daníelsson, Gunnar Egill (September 7, 2024). "Forbes með þrennu er Keflavík féll" [Forbes with a hat trick as Keflavík fell]. Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic).
  22. ^ "Lokahóf Knattspyrnudeildar 2024" [Football League Final 2024]. Knattspyrnudeild Keflavík (in Icelandic). October 1, 2024.
  23. ^ a b "Melanie Forbes Stats". PlaymakerStats.
  24. ^ a b Melanie Forbes at the Football Association of Iceland (in Icelandic)
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