Tiffany Cameron
{{Short description|Jamaican footballer (born 1991)}}
{{Use Jamaican English|date=December 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Tiffany Cameron
| fullname = Tiffany Devonna Cameron{{cite web |url=https://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FWWC/2019/pdf/FWWC_2019_SQUADLISTS.PDF |title=FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019 – List of Players: Jamaica |publisher=FIFA |page=12 |date=May 27, 2019 |access-date=May 27, 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190708190751/https://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FWWC/2019/pdf/FWWC_2019_SQUADLISTS.PDF |archive-date=July 8, 2019}}
| image = Tiffany CameronRG.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Cameron in 2019
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|10|16|df=y}}
| birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| height = 1.68m
| position = Forward
| currentclub = Betis
| clubnumber = 17
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = North Mississauga SC
| collegeyears1 = 2009–2012
| college1 = Ohio State Buckeyes
| collegecaps1 =
| collegegoals1 =
| years1 = 2009–2011
| clubs1 = Toronto Lady Lynx
| caps1 = 22
| goals1 = 9
| years2 = 2013
| clubs2 = Seattle Reign FC
| caps2 = 7
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2013
| clubs3 = FC Kansas City
| caps3 = 1
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2014
| clubs4 = 1899 Hoffenheim
| caps4 = 7
| goals4 = 1
| years5 = 2014
| clubs5 = Ottawa Fury
| caps5 =
| goals5 =
| years6 = 2015
| clubs6 = Apollon Limassol
| caps6 = 3
| goals6 = 3
| years7 = 2015–2016
| clubs7 = F.C. Ramat HaSharon
| caps7 = 23
| goals7 = 35
| years8 = 2016–2017
| clubs8 = Borussia Mönchengladbach
| caps8 = 21
| goals8 = 0
| years9 = 2017–2018
| clubs9 = FF USV Jena
| caps9 = 14
| goals9 = 1
| years10 = 2018
| clubs10 = Vittsjö GIK
| caps10 = 5
| goals10 = 0
| years11 = 2019
| clubs11 = Stabæk
| caps11 = 20
| goals11 = 3
| years12 = 2020–2023
| clubs12 = Ferencváros
| caps12 = 13
| goals12 = 5
| years13 = 2023–
| clubs13 = Betis
| caps13 = 27
| goals13 = 6
| nationalyears1 = 2008
| nationalteam1 = Canada U17
| nationalcaps1 = 9
| nationalgoals1 = 5
| nationalyears2 = 2013
| nationalteam2 = Canada
| nationalcaps2 = 6
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 2019–
| nationalteam3 = Jamaica
| nationalcaps3 = 12
| nationalgoals3 = 5
| medaltemplates =
| club-update = 16 September 2023
| nationalteam-update = 4:00, 12 June 2019
}}
Tiffany Devonna Cameron (born 16 October 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward and at times as a midfielder for Spanish Liga F club Real Betis. Born in Canada to Jamaican parents, she plays for the Jamaica women's national team. She previously played for Borussia Mönchengladbach in the German Bundesliga, F.C. Ramat HaSharon in the Israeli top-division Israeli First League and TSG 1899 Hoffenheim in the German Bundesliga as well as Seattle Reign FC and FC Kansas City in the National Women's Soccer League. She has also played for Apolon Limassol in the Cypriot First Division and represented Canada at under-17 and senior levels.
Early life
Born in Toronto, Ontario to Jamaican parents{{cite web|title=Tiffany Cameron player profile|url=http://canadasoccer.com/?t=profile&pid=580|publisher=Canada Soccer|accessdate=July 29, 2016}} Yvonne Brown and Donovan Cameron, Cameron attended St. Joseph's Secondary School in Mississauga, Ontario, where she played basketball for three years and soccer for one year.
=Ohio State University=
A NSCAA second team All-American and two-time first team All-Big Ten selection, Cameron left Ohio State as the Buckeyes' all-time leading goal scorer with 40 and earned 96 career points, also the most in the school's history. During her senior year in 2012, she led the Buckeyes with 21 goals, breaking the previous school record of 13. Cameron's nine game-winning goals were the most in the country and her 19 career game-winners tied for fourth-most in Big Ten history.
Playing career
=Club=
==NWSL: Seattle Reign FC and FC Kansas City, 2013==
In February 2013, Tiffany Cameron signed with the Seattle Reign FC for the inaugural season of the NWSL.{{cite web|title=Seattle Reign sign four free agents: Kate Deines, Jess Fishlock, Tiffany Cameron, Lindsay Taylor|date=February 4, 2013|url=http://www.sounderatheart.com/seattle-womens-soccer/2013/2/4/3952142/seattle-reign-sign-four-free-agents-nwsl|publisher=Sounder at Heart|accessdate=February 8, 2013|archive-date=4 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220704145338/https://www.sounderatheart.com/seattle-womens-soccer/2013/2/4/3952142/seattle-reign-sign-four-free-agents-nwsl|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Seattle Reign FC signs Welsh captain Jess Fishlock, former Sounder Kate Deines, 2 others|date=4 February 2013 |url=http://equalizersoccer.com/2013/02/04/seattle-reign-fc-nwsl-free-agent-signings/|publisher=Equalizer Soccer|accessdate=February 8, 2013}}
On 19 June 2013 Seattle Reign FC released Tiffany Cameron and Lyndsey Patterson shortly after signing with Megan Rapinoe, Stephanie Cox and Kennya Cordner due NWSL rules. On June 26, 2013, Cameron signed with FC Kansas City.{{cite web |url=http://www.nwslsoccer.com/News/732625.html |title=FC KANSAS CITY SIGN TIFFANY CAMERON - National Women's Soccer League |accessdate=2013-06-27 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130701232205/http://www.nwslsoccer.com/News/732625.html |archivedate=1 July 2013 }}
==TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, 2014==
On 2 February 2014, Cameron signed for German team TSG 1899 Hoffenheim .{{cite web | url=http://www.weltexpress.info/cms/deutsch/news-singleview/archive/2014/02/02/article/von-der-nwsl-in-die-bundesliga-kanadas-nationalspielerin-tiffany-cameron-wechselt-zur-intensiven.html | title=Von der NWSL in die Bundesliga – Kanadas Nationalspielerin Tiffany Cameron wechselt zur intensiven Vorbereitung der heimischen WM 2015 zur TSG 1899 Hoffenheim und verstärkt dort die Offensive | publisher=weltexpress.info | date=2 February 2014 | accessdate=4 March 2014 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304072826/http://www.weltexpress.info/cms/deutsch/news-singleview/archive/2014/02/02/article/von-der-nwsl-in-die-bundesliga-kanadas-nationalspielerin-tiffany-cameron-wechselt-zur-intensiven.html | archivedate=4 March 2016 }}
==Ottawa Fury==
==Apollon Limassol, 2015==
On 9 March 2015, Cameron signed with Apollon Limassol to participate in the UEFA Champions League group stage matches in August. She made three Champions League appearances and scored three goals. Her team needed either a win or tie in their last match in order to move on to the round of 32 and failed to do so.
== F.C Ramat HaSharon, 2015–2016==
On 1 October 2015, Cameron signed with F.C. Ramat HaSharon in the Israeli top-division Israeli First League. She won the golden boot, scoring 38 goals in 24 matches and helped her team capture their first ever League Championship.
== Borussia Mönchengladbach, 2016==
On 7 June 2016, Cameron signed with Borussia Mönchengladbach who was promoted to the German Bundesliga for the 2016/2017 season.
International career
= Canada =
Cameron earned her first three caps with the Canada women's national soccer team in January 2013 during the Four Nations Tournament in China.{{cite web|title=Tiffany Cameron Signed by Seattle Reign of NWSL|date=February 5, 2013|url=http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/w-soccer/spec-rel/020513aab.html|publisher=Ohio State University|accessdate=February 8, 2013|archive-date=22 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180522111527/http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/w-soccer/spec-rel/020513aab.html|url-status=dead}} She previously represented Canada as a member of the Canada U-17 women's national team. She played in four matches at the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, held in Auckland, New Zealand where she started all four matches and helped the team to the quarterfinal round. She also played in the CONCACAF U17 championships in 2008 in Trinidad and Tobago and led the bronze medal-winning Canadian team in scoring. Tiffany also won a bronze medal with Ontario at the 2007 U16 Girls National All-Star Championship, an event where she won the Top Scorer award.{{cite web|title=Tiffany Cameron player profile|url=http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/w-soccer/mtt/tiffany_cameron_751617.html|publisher=Ohio State University|accessdate=February 8, 2013|archive-date=22 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180522042445/http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/w-soccer/mtt/tiffany_cameron_751617.html|url-status=dead}}
= Jamaica =
As the six matches Cameron played for Canada at senior level were all friendlies, she could still change her affiliation to the Jamaica women's national team. Following the historic FIFA Women's World Cup qualification by the Reggae Girlz, she was named to the training camp roster in January 2019.{{cite news |last1=De Souza |first1=Ana |title=January Activities for ConcacafW |url=https://www.futbolacepodcast.com/blog/january-activites-for-concacafw |accessdate=14 January 2019 |publisher=Fútbol Ace |date=10 January 2019 |archive-date=14 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190114210741/https://www.futbolacepodcast.com/blog/january-activites-for-concacafw |url-status=dead }} She made her debut in a 1–0 friendly win against Chile on 28 February 2019.
=International goals=
Scores and results list Jamaica's goal tally first
| class="wikitable" | ||||||
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| {{center|1}} | rowspan=2|30 September 2019 | rowspan=3|National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica | rowspan=2|{{fbw|CUB}} | {{center|5–0}} | rowspan=2|{{center|12–1}} | rowspan=3|2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship qualification |
| {{center|2}} | {{center|6–0}} | |||||
| {{center|3}} | 6 October 2019 | {{fbw|LCA}} | {{center|7–0}} | {{center|11–0}} | ||
| {{center|4}} | 4 February 2020 | H-E-B Park, Edinburg, United States | {{fbw|SKN}} | {{center|2–0}} | {{center|7–0}} | 2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship |
See also
References
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