1. Adriana Kristina Leon was born on October 2,1992 and is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a winger for San Diego Wave FC of the National Women's Soccer League and the Canada national team.
43 Facts About Adriana Leon
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Adriana Leon previously played college soccer for NCAA Division I programs Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Florida Gators before playing professionally for the Boston Breakers, Chicago Red Stars, Western New York Flash, Sky Blue FC, Seattle Reign and Portland Thorns in the NWSL, Swiss club FC Zurich in the Nationalliga A, and West Ham United, Manchester United and Aston Villa of the English Women's Super League.
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Adriana Leon's extended family holds a controlling share of Canadian furniture store Leon's.
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Adriana Leon began figure skating before taking up ice hockey at the age of 10, playing seven seasons of minor hockey up to Midget AA level.
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Adriana Leon played youth soccer for Vaughan SC, Brams United and Mississauga Falcons.
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In 2009, Adriana Leon was part of the Team Ontario squad that won bronze at the Canada Summer Games and finished as the tournament's top scorer with seven goals in five matches having scored in every game.
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Adriana Leon accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Notre Dame and played for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's soccer team in 2010 and 2011.
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Adriana Leon made 22 appearances, playing in every available match after missing the first three matches while touring Japan with the Canadian national U-20 team.
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Adriana Leon scored five goals including four game-winners for the Gators and helped the team to Southeastern Conference regular season and tournament titles.
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Ahead of the inaugural 2013 NWSL season, Adriana Leon was named as one of 16 players subsidized by the Canadian federations as part of the initial NWSL Player Allocation.
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Adriana Leon made 35 appearances in three seasons with Chicago, scoring one goal in each of the three seasons.
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Adriana Leon made 10 appearances during the 2016 season including three starts without scoring before departing in August 2016.
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Adriana Leon made five league appearances without scoring but had some standout performances in other competitions.
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On January 30,2017, it was announced that Adriana Leon had rejoined the Boston Breakers ahead of the 2017 season.
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Adriana Leon appeared in all 24 Boston Breakers matches in 2017, scoring a total of six goals.
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Adriana Leon was selected in the second round by Sky Blue FC.
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Adriana Leon made two substitute appearances for the team before being traded.
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On June 12,2018, Adriana Leon was traded to the Seattle Reign FC in exchange for a fourth-round pick in the 2019 NWSL College Draft.
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Adriana Leon made six appearances for Seattle in 2018 including one start before the club opted not to retain her NWSL rights ahead of the 2019 season.
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On January 12,2019, Adriana Leon signed for West Ham United midway through the team's debut Women's Super League season.
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On June 29,2022, West Ham announced Adriana Leon had decided to leave the club upon the expiration of her contract that summer after three and a half seasons.
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Adriana Leon made a total of 59 appearances in all competitions and scored 12 goals.
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On July 4,2022, Adriana Leon signed a two-year contract with Manchester United.
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Adriana Leon saw her playing time limited nine appearances in all competitions, including five in the WSL all as a substitute, scoring three goals.
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Adriana Leon made five league and two cup appearances for the club before the loan expired.
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On February 24,2025, it was announced that Adriana Leon had joined San Diego Wave on a two-year deal with a mutual option from Aston Villa in exchange for an undisclosed fee.
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Adriana Leon represented Canada at under-20 level at the 2010 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, starting all three group games and scoring twice in wins over Costa Rica and Guatemala as Canada topped the group.
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In 2012, Adriana Leon was not included in the final squad for the 2012 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship.
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Canada's second-place finish qualified the team for the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup and Adriana Leon was recalled to the squad for the tournament in Japan.
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In January 2013, Adriana Leon earned her first call-up to the senior Canada national team for the friendly 2013 Four Nations Tournament.
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Adriana Leon played the full 90 minutes of all three games.
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Adriana Leon appeared in 16 of the 17 matches Canada played in 2013, scoring three goals.
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In 2015, Adriana Leon was named to her first major international tournament as part of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup hosted by Canada.
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Adriana Leon made her World Cup debut on June 6,2015 as a 77th-minute substitute against China in the opening match of the tournament.
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Adriana Leon played in four of the five games as Canada were eliminated by England at the quarterfinal stage.
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Adriana Leon returned to the NWSL in 2017 and her performances with Boston earned her a recall to the national setup.
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Adriana Leon scored in three of her six appearances for Canada in 2017.
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At the 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship Adriana Leon scored six goals and finished second in tournament's golden boot race, one goal behind Alex Morgan of the United States.
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Adriana Leon made three substitute appearances in France for a combined 58 minutes as Canada were eliminated at the round of 16 by Sweden.
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Opening 2024 at the inaugural edition of the CONCACAF W Gold Cup, Adriana Leon scored a brace in Canada's opening group stage game against El Salvador, and then a hat trick against Paraguay in the next game.
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Adriana Leon won the Golden Boot as the tournament's top scorer and was named to the Gold Cup Best XI.
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Media commentary subsequently remarked that Adriana Leon had "staked a claim" to the team's starting striker role following the retirement of Christine Sinclair.
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Adriana Leon was called up to the Canada squad for the 2024 Summer Olympics.