Raven Edwards-Dowdall

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Raven Edwards-Dowdall

| image = File:Raven Edwards 2024.jpg

|image_size = 150px

| caption = Edwards-Dowdall in 2024

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|5|14|df=y}}

| birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada

| height = 1.78m

| position = Goalkeeper

| currentclub = North Toronto Nitros

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| youthyears1 =

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| collegeyears1 = 2018–2022

| college1 = Seneca Sting

| collegecaps1 = 31

| collegegoals1 = 0

| years1 = 2016

| clubs1 = Vaughan Azzurri

| caps1 = 1

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2022

| clubs2 = North Toronto Nitros

| caps2 = 12

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2023

| clubs3 = FC Carmen București

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| years4 = 2023–

| clubs4 = North Toronto Nitros

| caps4 = 12

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2024

| clubs5 = → North Toronto Nitros B

| caps5 = 1

| goals5 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2020

| nationalteam1 = Guyana U20

| nationalcaps1 = 2

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2022–

| nationalteam2 = Guyana

| nationalcaps2 = 1

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| pcupdate = 4 August 2024

| ntupdate = 20 February 2022

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Raven Edwards-Dowdall (born 14 May 2000) is a footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for the North Toronto Nitros in League1 Ontario. Born in Canada, she plays for the Guyana women's national team.

College career

Edwards-Dowdall attended college at Seneca College, where she played for the women's team.{{Cite web|url=https://www.senecasting.ca/sports/wsoc/2018-19/bios/edwards-dowdall_raven_zcaq|title=Raven Edwards-Dowdall Seneca profile|work=Seneca College}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzCtofNkVNo&ab_channel=TheSenecaSting|title=Sting Profile: Raven Edwards-Dowdall|date=September 18, 2019|work=YouTube}} In 2022, she was named the OCAA Women's Indoor Championship MVP and OCAA Women's Indoor Championship Top Goalkeeper.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ocaa.com/sports/indoor/2021-22/awards|title=2022 OCAA Indoor Soccer Awards|work=Ontario Colleges Athletic Association}}

Club career

In 2016, she played a match with Vaughan Azzurri in League1 Ontario.{{Cite web|url=https://league1ontario.sportngin.com/roster_players/14329995|title=Raven Edwards-Dowdall 2016 L1O Stats|work=League1 Ontario}}

In 2022, she played for the North Toronto Nitros in League1 Ontario.{{Cite web|url=https://www.league1ontario.com/roster_players/54281447|title=Raven Edwards-Dowdall 2022 L1O Stats|work=League1 Ontario}}

In March 2023, she signed with Romanian club FC Carmen București.{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/FCCarmenBucuresti/posts/pfbid02q43S8r62T4MQxzBHKYuYmnRtWpHSfstRgtsq8nJDgWov2UKkATZVfzNMTXi5fT3ml|title=Transferuri pentru FC Carmen!|trans-title=Transfers for FC Carmen!|website=Facebook|publisher=FC Carmen București|language=ro|date=March 3, 2023}}

She then returned to the Nitros for the 2023 season.{{Cite web|url=https://www.league1ontario.com/roster_players/63944585?subseason=875808|title=Raven Edwards-Dowdall 2023 L1O Stats|work=League1 Ontario}}

International career

In 2020, she represented Guyana U20 at the 2020 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, being named to the national side for the first time.{{Cite web|url=https://medium.com/@RichardIsava/what-happened-to-guyana-in-the-2020-concacaf-womens-u-20-championship-4d3b92110f7b|title=What Happened to Guyana in the 2020 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship|date=April 3, 2020|first=Richard|last=Isava|work=Medium}}{{Cite web|url=https://newsroom.gy/2020/02/18/womens-u-20-squad-named-for-concacaf-championship/|title=Women's U-20 squad named for Concacaf Championship|date=February 18, 2020|work=News Room}}

In 2022, she was named to the Guyana national team.{{cite web|url=https://www.tribalfootball.com/articles/the-week-in-women-s-football-concacaf-regional-championship-group-play-review-4411725|title=The Week in Women's Football: CONCACAF Regional Championship - Group play review|first=Tim|last=Grainey|date=April 19, 2022|work=Tribal Football}}