Katrina Guillou

Katrina Jacqueline Guillou (born December 19, 1993) is a Filipino footballer who plays as a midfielder for Swedish Damallsvenskan club Piteå IF and the Philippines women's national team. She can also play as a forward.

Katrina Guillou
Personal information
Full name Katrina Jacqueline Guillou[1]
Date of birth (1993-12-19) December 19, 1993
Place of birth Washington, D.C., United States
Height 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder, Forward[1]
Club information
Current team
 Piteå IF
Number 8
Youth career
Bishop Ireton Cardinals
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2015 UNC Wilmington Seahawks 80 (30)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Oulu Nice Soccer 23 (8)
2019–2020 Morön BK 49 (21)
2021– Piteå IF 13 (1)
National team‡
2022– Philippines 7 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of November 6, 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of April 23, 2022

Early life and education

Guillou was born to a Filipino mother, Lorna (née Rivera), and a French father, Yves Guillou, in Washington, D.C., United States.[1][2] A native of Fort Washington, Maryland, she attended the Bishop Ireton High School in Virginia for her secondary studies and later the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) for her collegiate studies.[1]

College career

From 2012 to 2015, Guillou played for the UNC Wilmington Seahawks women's soccer (football) team which competes in the Colonial Athletic Association Dvision 1.[3] In her senior year, she helped the Seahawks secure an at-large berth for the NCAA Division I.[1]

Club career

After graduating from UNCW, Guillou signed up to play for Finnish club Oulu Nice Soccer in 2016.[4][5] She would move to Sweden to play for Morön BK[6] and in December 2020 switch to Piteå IF.[7]

International career

When she was still a college player, her coach would convince her to join a national team. Two years prior to the Asian Cup, she sent the Philippine Football Federation a highlight reel of her earlier part of her stint in Sweden which led to her securing a Philippine passport in order for her to be able to play for the national team.[8]

Philippines

Guillou made her first cap for the Philippines in the national team's 1–0 win against Thailand at the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup.[9] In that same tournament, she scored her first international goal for the Philippines in their final group match, a 6–0 win against Indonesia.[10] On April 11, 2022, Guillou scored her first international hat-trick in a friendly against Fiji, which the Philippines won 8–0.[11]

International goals
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.January 27, 2022Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune, India Indonesia1–06–02022 AFC Women's Asian Cup
2.April 11, 2022Blacktown International Sportspark, Sydney, Australia Fiji3–08–0Friendly
3.4–0
4.6–0

References
  1. "Katrina Guillou - Women's Soccer". UNC Wilmington Athletics. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
  2. Atencio, Peter (January 20, 2022). "Momentum on side of PH women's booters vs. Thais". Manila Standard. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
  3. "Women's Soccer".
  4. "Former Seahawk standouts land pro soccer contracts". Port City Daily. May 6, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
  5. "Former Seahawk Guillou signs pro contract". WECT News 6. Gray Television, Inc. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
  6. "Katrina Guillou: "Jag har alltid velat spela i Sverige"" [Katrina Guillou: "I have always wanted to play in Sweden"]. Norran (in Swedish). Norr Media AB. Retrieved January 22, 2022.(subscription required)
  7. "Piteås nyförvärv: "Jag tror att det blir min roll"". Piteå-Tidningen (in Swedish). Norr Media AB. December 30, 2020. Retrieved January 22, 2022. Amerikanskan Katrina Guillou från Morön är exempelvis en riktigt bra spelare...(subscription required)
  8. del Carmen, Lorenzo (January 22, 2022). "Being part of PWNFT was a long-time coming for Katrina Guillou". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
  9. Lozada, Bong (January 21, 2022). "PH upsets Thailand in 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
  10. Moriones, Gil (January 28, 2022). "Malditas boost World Cup chances after historic march to WAC QF's". Dugout Philippines. Retrieved April 11, 2022.
  11. del Carmen, Lorenzo (April 11, 2022). "Guillou has hat-trick as Filipinas rout Fiji anew in friendly". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved April 11, 2022.
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