Wayny Balata
Canadian association football player
Wayny Natasha Balata-Nguenign (born June 25, 2001) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Dallas Trinity FC in the USL Super League. She played college soccer for the SMU Mustangs, and previously represented Canada at youth international level, including at the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
Early life
Balata was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She initially took up basketball, influenced by her two older brothers, before her father introduced her to soccer at a park near their apartment. She quickly fell in love with the sport and went on to represent regional and provincial teams, eventually earning a place in the Canadian youth national team setup.
Balata played her youth club soccer with Lakeshore SC and Notre-Dame-De-Grâce SA in the Montreal area. With the Quebec provincial team, which she captained from the age of 14, she was named Canada's Top Player, made all-star teams, and won a gold medal. Her club teams also won back-to-back gold medals at the Canadian National Championships in 2016 and 2017, and a silver medal in 2018. She attended Collège de Montréal and Notre Dame de Montréal, where she was named 2016 Student Athlete of the Year and MVP.
In 2018, Canada Soccer included Balata as one of eight in their Women’s EXCEL Program. That year, she also was named to Canada's squad for that year's CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship.
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