Mélissa Busque (born 18 February 1990) is a Canadian soccer player.

Busque was born in Montreal, Quebec in Canada and played college soccer with Connecticut Huskies and also played with the Seattle Redhawks. She began her professional career with Ottawa Fury, before moving to Seattle Sounders in 2013. Between 2014 and 2015, Busque has had five spells with three clubs. Firstly joining Laval Comets in 2014, then leaving to sign for German Bundesliga club Herfoder SV before returning to Laval later that year. After spending more time with Laval, Busque was on the move again as she joined another Bundesliga club in Sand. Her spells with both German sides were unsuccessful as she failed to make an appearance for Herforder or Sand before again returning to Laval.

Busque has won three caps with the Canadian national team. She has also played futsal.

Early life Busque was born in Quebec, Canada. She is the daughter of Rejean Busque and Ginette Blouin. She graduated from the Collège Français Longueuil, before enrolling at the University of Connecticut in 2008 where she studied sports management before leaving to go to Seattle University in 2012 where she studied Psychology. Connecticut Huskies. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015. Seattle Redhawks. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.

Career

Club

Youth, 1995–2008 Busque started her career at the age of five with Saint-Bruno. Canadian Soccer. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015. She stayed with Saint-Bruno from 1995 until 2008 when she started college soccer with Connecticut Huskies and Seattle Redhawks. She played with Connecticut from 2008 to 2011 and made a total of sixty-five appearances for the team, whilst scoring ten goals and assisting fourteen. After three strong years with Connecticut, she next moved to the Seattle Redhawks. During her months with Seattle, she made twenty appearances and scored four goals while providing four assists.

Ottawa Fury, 2009–2013 Busque joined her first North American W-League team, Ottawa Fury, in 2009 where she remained for three years. During her time with Ottawa, she won 2011 W-League Central Conference and 2011 W-League Central Conference Play-offs but lost in the Championship final 6–1 to Atlanta Silverbacks. W-League Soccer. 31 July 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2015. She left Ottawa in April 2013, she made thirty-three appearances and scored twelve goals and participated in three division titles, two conference championships, two final four appearances, and played in two championship matches.

Seattle Sounders, 2013–2014 On 23 April 2013, Busque joined Seattle Sounders. She had been on trial beforehand and featured in a friendly match against Oregon State Beavers where she impressed Seattle's assistant coach Zahra Lechak. Seattle Sounders Women FC. 23 April 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2015. In 2013, she was selected in the USL W-League All-Star team following an online survey. GoalWA. 24 July 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2015. After playing in thirty matches for Seattle and scoring seven goals, Busque moved clubs again as she left Seattle on 1 May 2014.

Laval Comets to Herforder and back to Laval, 2014 Following her departure from Seattle, Busque signed for Laval Comets on 1 May 2014 W-League Soccer. 1 May 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2015. but made just one appearance before leaving for newly promoted German Bundesliga club Herfoder SV on 18 June. NW. 18 June 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2015. However, after delaying her move to the club on numerous occasions the club decided to cancel her contract on 2 August. NW. 31 July 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2015. She failed to make an appearance for Herforder. She rejoined Laval Comets where she made ten appearances before leaving again in 2015.

Sand, 2015 2015 was more of the same for Busque as she moved back to the Bundesliga but this time agreed to join Sand in January 2015. FuPa. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015. Despite spending six months with Sand, Busque didn't make a single appearance for the club and left to rejoin Laval Comets for the third time in her career. W-League Soccer. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.

Laval Comets, 2015 After returning to Laval for a third time in 2015, Busque made twelve appearances for the club. W-League Soccer. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.

FC Sélect Rive-Sud, 2018 Busque made a return to soccer in May 2018 by joining Première Ligue de soccer du Québec side FC Sélect Rive-Sud. Le Courrier du Sud. 9 May 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2018.

CS Fabrose, 2019 In 2019, after leaving FC Sélect Rive-Sud, Busque signed with fellow PLSQ team CS Fabrose on a part-time basis. Mélissa Busque : pas de retour. Les Versants. 10 May 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.

International Throughout her career, Busque has made three senior appearances for the Canada women's national soccer team. Her three caps have come in matches against Germany, Canadian Soccer. June 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2015. South Korea Canadian Soccer. October 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2015. and Mexico. Canadian Soccer. November 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2015. Before making the step up to senior internationals, Busque represented Canada at Under-15, Under-16 and Under-20 level and made seven appearances overall.

Futsal career Busque featured in the Première Ligue de Futsal du Québec for Xtreme ADR in 2016. Facebook. 27 February 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2017. Federation Soccer. 24 August 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2017. PLFQ (Première Ligue de Futsal du Québec). 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2017. In early 2019, Busque played for the Quebec women's futsal team in friendly wins over their Belgium counterparts. Soccer Québec. 5 April 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.

Career statistics Club .

+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational CupIncludes the DFB-PokalTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsOttawa Fury2009–13W-League3312—3312Total3312—3312Seattle Sounders2013–14W-League307—307Total307—307Laval Comets2014W-League10—10Total10—10Herfoder SV2014–15Bundesliga 000000Total000000Laval Comets2014W-League100—100Total100—100Sand2014–15Bundesliga 000000Total000000Laval Comets2015W-League124—124Total124—124Career total8623008623

International

National teamSeasonAppsGoalsCanada201330Total30

Honours Busque has won two club honours and one individual honour during her career. She won the 2011 W-League Central Conference and 2011 W-League Central Conference Play-offs with Ottawa Fury. She was selected in the All-Star team in the 2013 W-League season during her time with Seattle Sounders.

Club Ottawa Fury W-League Central Conference: 2011 W-League Central Conference Play-offs: 2011

Individual Seattle Sounders W-League All-Star: 2013

References

External links

Mélissa Busque (FC Sélect Rive-Sud) - YouTube