Kadeisha Buchanan is among the popular faces in the Canadian Women’s national team. She’s widely known for her defensive displays during the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup which saw her become the best defender in women’s football, and eventually winning the 2015 FIFA women’s world cup young player of the year award. She has also won several other domestic and international accolades which include the Canadian women’s player of the year and a nomination for the 2015 FIFA Ballon d’Or.
She’s a shining example to her peers around the football world that your age doesn’t really matter when it comes to soccer, but your ability to play like an experienced and mature player.
Kadeisha Buchanan Biography
Kadeisha Buchanan was born in Toronto, Canada on the 5th day of November 1995. Sources revealed that she was raised single-handedly by her mother as the youngest of 7 girls in a family of 11. She was brought up alongside her siblings in Toronto, specifically Brampton and Mississauga.
Both her parents whose names are yet known originated from Jamaica. Buchanan’s father is from St. Thomas in Jamaica, while her mother is from Montego Bay. Talking about her racial status and background, she’s Canadian by nationality, but we can’t really tell her exact ethnic group.
As per her educational background, Buchanan began the journey at Cardinal Leger Catholic Secondary School, where she played flag football, volleyball, basketball as well as soccer. Due to her excellent academic performance, she got a spot on the Garret Ford Academic Honor Roll, after she enrolled in general studies.
Following her graduation from high school, she got admitted into West Virginia University, although no one can really tell what she studied while there, what we do know is that she played collegiate soccer for the Mountaineers and got a qualification for the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
Kadeisha Buchanan’s Football Career
Buchanan’s career journey into football started back at the West Virginia University where she played for the Mountaineers. She rose to become a co-captain of the team, winning numerous awards because of her skillful and defensive display. When she started out playing football at first, she played as a striker but later switched to midfield before she finally settled as a defender.
She continued to develop herself on the pitch, it didn’t take her long to sign a deal with Vaughan Azzurri of League 1 Ontario to enable her to get enough gameplay to help prepare her for the 2016 Winter Olympics in Rio, Brazil.
After Buchanan graduated from West Virginia University, she became a highly rated defensive player before the 2017 NWSL College Draft. In late 2016, news surfaced that she will be making a move to Europe alongside her fellow Canadian team member Ashley Lawrence. Finally, in January of 2017, there was an announcement that she had landed a deal with Olympique Lyonnaise of Division 1 Féminine. Reports further revealed that she was going to sign another 3-year deal to extend her contract with the club till 2022 in June 2018. Although nothing has been revealed yet concerning that, as soon the details are available as to whether the contract has been finally signed or not, you’d be updated.
Buchanan’s football career journey will not be complete without citing her involvement with her national side. She started her journey to the national side at the age of 14 when she was recruited to the Canadian Youth Program in 2010. And 2 years later, she won a silver medal at the 2012 CONCACAF Women’s U-17 Championship in Guatemala. Her coaches saw what skill and talent she has and in 2013 invited her to join the Canadian women’s national side while she was still in high school, breaking the record of the youngest player to ever feature on any women’s national side in the world.
She got her first-ever goal for the country in May 2018 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, again the US in-game that saw the second-largest spectators in a women’s game in Canada, the match ended in a 1-1 all draw. Buchanan was named Canada’s Under-20 Women’s Player of the Year in 2013 and was also at the heart of the team’s defense at the 2014 Women’s U-20 World Cup Canada.
She was also listed in the team’s list for the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup. She made her 100th appearance for Canada on 9th February 2020 in a 0-3 loss to the United States.
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Kadeisha Buchanan Net Worth and Salary
At the moment, details regarding how much she earns as salary and accumulated net worth is not yet known. We believe it’s still under review.
Untold Facts About Kadeisha Buchanan
1. She Holds Devotion To Her Family With A Tattoo
As already stated, the footballer was brought up in a very large family with one parent. The large number of siblings she has does not make her in any way take her family for granted as she has a tattoo that reads Family is key drawn on her arm.
Interestingly, even though her name is the one that has become very popular, she is not the only member of her family that plays football as there are two others also.
2. Charitable Courses
Beyond just making money, she has joined other of her teammates from Canada ahead of the 2019 Women’s World Cup to pledge 1% of her earnings to charitable causes.
3. She Is A Good Friend Of Dutch’s Shanice Van de Sanden
Buchanan and Van de Sanden are friends. Their friendship began when both played for Olympique Lyonnais, even sharing a flat together. Even though Van de Sanden has moved to Germany to play for VFL Wolfsburg, they promised to maintain their friendship and visit each other whenever an opportunity presents itself.
4. How Tall Is She?
For a defender, Kadeisha gets the job done better than many others in the sports. This is thanks in part to her good body built. She has a height of 5 feet 7 inches and a body weight of 148 lbs (67kg)
5. Buchanan’s Major Achievements
- 4X Division 1 Feminine- Olympique Lyonnais (2016/17, 2017/18, 2018/19, 2019/20)
- 3X Coupe de France- Olympique Lyonnais (2016/17, 2018/19, 2019/20)
- 4X UEFA Women’s Champions League- Olympique Lyonnais (2016/17, 2017/18, 2018/19, 2019/20)
- 1X Silver Medalist- Canada Under-17 (CONCACAF Womens’ Under-17 Champioship in 2012)
- 1X Bronze Medalist- Canada (2016 Rio Olympics)
- 1X Algarve Cup-Canada (2016)
- 1X Gold Medalist-Canada (2020 Tokyo Olympics)
- 3X Canadian Player of the Year (2015, 2017, 2020)
- FIFA Women’s World Cup Best Young Player
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