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Kayla Uddenberg
Saint Kitts and Nevis footballer
Kayla Uddenberg (born 24 October 2005) is a footballer who plays as a midfielder for Simcoe County Rovers FC in League1 Ontario. Born in Canada, she represents the Saint Kitts and Nevis women's national team. She is the youngest player to ever represent Saint Kitts and Nevis internationally at the age of 13 years and 341 days.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kayla Francis Uddenberg[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (2005-10-24) 24 October 2005 (age 18)[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Simcoe County Rovers | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Aurora FC | |||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2023– | Seneca Sting | 8 | (2) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022 | Vaughan Azzurri | 1 | (0) |
| 2023– | Simcoe County Rovers | 1 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018 | Saint Kitts and Nevis U15 | ||
| 2019 | Saint Kitts and Nevis U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2019– | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 10 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of April 22, 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 April 2022 | |||
Born in Canada, Uddenberg played youth soccer with Aurora FC[3] and for the Our Lady Queen of the World Catholic Academy (formerly Jean Vanier CSS) high school soccer team.[4]
In 2023, she began attending Seneca College, where she played for the women's soccer team.[5][6] At the end of her first season, she was named an OCAA East Division Second Team All-Star.[7]
In 2022, she played for Vaughan Azzurri in League1 Ontario, making her debut on May 29 against Tecumseh SC.[8]
In 2023, she played with the Simcoe County Rovers.[9]
Born in Canada, Uddenberg and her sisters are eligible to represent Saint Kitts and Nevis internationally, where their paternal grandparents were born.[10]
Uddenberg began her international career with the Saint Kitts and Nevis U15 team in 2018.[11]
On 30 September 2019, she made her debut for the Saint Kitts and Nevis senior team at the 2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship qualification tournament against the Dominican Republic at the age of 13 years and 341 days, becoming the youngest player to ever represent St. Kitts and Nevis and the 11th youngest women's international debut.[12] She played significant minutes at the qualification tournament, helping the country qualify for the main Olympics qualification tournament,[13][14] where she was the youngest player in the entire tournament.[15]
Uddenberg's sisters, Cloey and Carley, are also members of the Saint Kitts and Nevis women's national football team.[1][16]
- "The Uddenberg Sisters: from St Kitts & Nevis to the York Region". OneSoccer. 25 February 2020.
- "2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying – Player National Team Roster" (PDF). CONCACAF. 21 January 2020. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 January 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
- Grainey, Tim (6 December 2019). "Meet Jené Baclawski, the American leading Saint Kitts and Nevis into Olympic qualifying". Equalizer Soccer.
- "2023-24 Women's Soccer Preview". Seneca Sting. 8 September 2023.
- "Kayla Uddenberg 2022 L1O Stats". League1 Ontario.
- "Kayla Uddenberg 2023 L1O Stats". League1 Ontario.
- Cudmore, John (16 May 2018). "Aurora Stingers' Uddenberg looks forward to Women's World Cup qualifier". Richmond Hill Liberal.
- "SKN Girls Ready for U-15 Tournament in Florida". SKN Pulse. 3 August 2018.
- Gainey, Tim (23 December 2019). "The Week in Women's Football: St. Kitts and Nevis take huge leap". Tribal Football.
- Welch, RD (29 January 2020). "NOTES: And, Introducing… The Saint Kitts and Nevis WNT". Women's Soccer Express.
- Kayla Uddenberg at Soccerway
- Kayla Uddenberg at Global Sports Archive