Kadeisha Buchanan

Kadeisha Buchanan
	Buchanan with Canada in 2021
Personal information
Full name	Kadeisha Buchanan
Date of birth	November 5, 1995 (age 28)
Place of birth	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Chelsea
Number	26
Youth career
2004–2010	Brampton Brams United
2011–2013	Erin Mills SC
College career
Years	Team
2013–2016	West Virginia Mountaineers
Senior career*
Years	Team
2013	Toronto Lady Lynx
2014	Ottawa Fury
2016	Vaughan Azzurri
2017–2022	Lyon
2022–	Chelsea
International career‡
2012	Canada U-17
2014	Canada U-20
2015	Canada U-23
2013–	Canada
Medal record
Women's soccer
Representing Canada
CONCACAF W Championship
Olympic Games
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of April 17, 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of June 4, 2024

Kadeisha Buchanan (born November 5, 1995) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a centre-back for English Women's Super League club Chelsea and the Canada women's national team. Born in Toronto and raised in Brampton, Ontario, she is the youngest of seven girls in a single-parent home. Buchanan was only 17 when she made her debut for the national team on January 13, 2013.^[3]

Buchanan is a three-time Canadian Player of the Year, winning the award in the years of 2015, 2017, and 2020.^[4] At the 2015 Women's World Cup, she won the FIFA Young Player Award.^[5]

^ "Women's Olympic Football Tournament Tokyo 2020 – List of Players: Canada" (PDF). FIFA. August 5, 2021. p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 15, 2021. Retrieved June 26, 2022.
^ "Pro: First Youth Registration List" (PDF).
^ Kadeisha Buchanan at the Canadian Soccer Association. Retrieved February 12, 2016.
^ "Kadeisha Buchanan named Canada's top women's soccer player". CBC. December 4, 2020. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
^ "Buchanan named Hyundai Best Young Player". FIFA.com. July 6, 2015. Archived from the original on July 7, 2015. Retrieved July 6, 2015.