Marie-Ève Nault

{{Short description|Canadian soccer player}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Marie-Ève Nault

| image = Marie-Ève Nault cropped FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015.jpg

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| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|2|16}}

| birth_place = Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada

| height = 1.69 m

| position = Defender

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| college1 = Tennessee Lady Volunteers

| collegeyears1 = 2000–2002

| clubs1 = Ottawa Fury

| years1 = 2003

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| clubs2 = Montreal Xtreme

| years2 = 2004

| caps2 = 12

| goals2 = 2

| clubs3 = Saint-Étienne

| years3 = 2005

| caps3 = 2

| goals3 = 0

| clubs4 = Ottawa Fury

| years4 = 2006–2007

| caps4 = 20

| goals4 = 1

| clubs5 = F.C. Indiana

| years5 = 2008

| caps5 = 14

| goals5 = 0

| clubs6 = Chicago Red Eleven

| years6 = 2009

| caps6 = 10

| goals6 = 3

| clubs7 = Ottawa Fury

| years7 = 2010

| caps7 = 9

| goals7 = 0

| clubs8 = KIF Örebro

| years8 = 2013–2016

| caps8 = 77

| goals8 = 1

| nationalteam1 = Canada

| nationalyears1 = 2004–2016

| nationalcaps1 = 70

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| medaltemplates =

{{Medal|Competition|Olympic Games}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2012 London|Team competition}}

| pcupdate = 15:18, October 3, 2015 (UTC)

| ntupdate = 17:17, 16 January 2016 (UTC)

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Marie-Ève Nault (born February 16, 1982),{{cite web| url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/nault-marie-eve-1102720/| title=Marie-Eve Nault| publisher=London2012.com| access-date=August 8, 2012| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://archive.today/20130127224638/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/nault-marie-eve-1102720/| archive-date=January 27, 2013}} is a Canadian former soccer player who played as defender. She is also a former player of the Ottawa Fury Women. She represented Canada women's national soccer team at the 2012 Summer Olympics, which won the bronze medal.{{Cite web |title=Marie-Ève Nault |url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/marie-eve-nault/ |access-date=2022-03-07 |website=Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website |date=27 June 2012 |language=en-US}}

Playing career

=Club=

In January 2013, Nault signed a one-year contract with Swedish Damallsvenskan club KIF Örebro.{{cite news | url=http://na.se/sporten/fotboll/kif/1.1940283-os-medaljor-klar-for-kif | title=OS-medaljör klar för Kif [Olympic medalist ready for Kif] | work=Dagens Nyheter | publisher=Bonnier Group | date=January 11, 2013 | access-date=August 1, 2013 | last=Brännmyr | first=Jonas | language=Swedish}} She had been without a club since 2010, after her third stint with the Ottawa Fury ended. Nault initially agreed to play for Quebec City Amiral SC in 2012 if she was not selected to the Olympic team.{{cite news | url=http://www.lapresse.ca/le-soleil/sports/soccer/201204/13/01-4515292-soccer-lamiral-recrute-des-tunisiennes.php | title=Soccer: l'Amiral recrute des Tunisiennes | trans-title=Soccer: Admiral recruits Tunisian | work=La Presse | publisher=Gesca Limitée | date=April 14, 2013 | access-date=August 1, 2013 | last=Bossé | first=Olivier | language=French}} She was included in Canada's training camp in April and was later selected as an alternate player.{{cite web | url=http://www.canadasoccer.com/canada-wnt-opens-camp-in-vancouver-p150117 | title=Canada WNT opens camp in Vancouver | publisher=Canadian Soccer Association | date=April 16, 2013 | access-date=August 1, 2013}} She resigned for KIF Örebro DFF for the 2015 season.{{cite web | url=http://na.se/sporten/fotboll/kif/1.3043238-hon-atervander-till-kif | title=Hon återvänder till Kif | work=Nerikes Allehanda | date=27 June 2015 | access-date=1 August 2015 | language=Swedish}}

=International=

Nault made her first appearance for the Canada women's national soccer team on January 24, 2004, against China in the 2004 Four Nations Tournament.{{cite news | url=http://www.uslsoccer.com/home/94824.html | title=Fury Women add two Canadian internationals | publisher=Ottawa Fury | date=March 23, 2005 | access-date=August 1, 2013 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130802031943/http://www.uslsoccer.com/home/94824.html | archive-date=August 2, 2013 }} She represented Canada in the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, playing in two games against Germany and Nigeria.{{cite web | url=https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=210492/index.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707195936/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=210492/index.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=July 7, 2011 | title=Marie Eve Nault FIFA competition record | publisher=FIFA.com | access-date=August 1, 2013}} At the 2012 Olympics, head coach John Herdman initially selected Nault as an alternate, excluding her from the 18-woman squad. However, after Robyn Gayle and Emily Zurrer were injured in the group stage, Nault and fellow alternate Melanie Booth were selected as replacements.{{cite news | url=http://sports.nationalpost.com/2012/07/30/injuries-force-changes-to-canadas-olympic-soccer-lineup/ | title=Injuries force changes to Canada's Olympic soccer lineup | work=National Post | publisher=Postmedia Network | date=July 30, 2012 | access-date=August 1, 2013 | last=Johnson | first=George | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629232206/http://sports.nationalpost.com/2012/07/30/injuries-force-changes-to-canadas-olympic-soccer-lineup/ | archive-date=June 29, 2013 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }} She would play in all of Canada's remaining matches, including their bronze medal-winning match against France. Nault retired from international football on January 13, 2017.{{cite web | url=http://www.canadasoccer.com/wilkinson-tancredi-and-nault-announce-retirements-p160328 | title=Wilkinson, Tancredi, and Nault announce retirements | publisher=Canada Soccer | date=January 13, 2017 | access-date=January 16, 2017 | archive-date=January 17, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170117075811/http://canadasoccer.com/wilkinson-tancredi-and-nault-announce-retirements-p160328 | url-status=dead }}

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