Kayla Gonçalves

Kayla Gonçalves
Personal information
Full name	Kayla Nicole Azevedo Gonçalves
Date of birth	April 14, 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Vancouver Rise FC
Youth career
	Glen Shields SC
	Unionville Milliken SC
College career
Years	Team
2018–2021	Simon Fraser Clan
Senior career*
Years	Team
2017–2019	Unionville Milliken SC
2022	Unionville Milliken SC
2022	Altitude FC
2022–2023	CA Paris 14 [fr]
2023–2024	FC Swift Hesperange
2024–2025	Famalicão
2025–	Vancouver Rise FC
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of January 23, 2025

Kayla Nicole Azevedo Gonçalves (born April 14, 2000) is a Canadian soccer player who plays for Vancouver Rise FC in the Northern Super League.

Early life

Gonçalves played youth soccer with Glen Shields SC.^[1]

In 2018, Gonçalves began attending Simon Fraser University.^[2] On August 30, 2018, she scored her first goal in the season opener in a 6-1 victory over the Minnesota State–Moorhead Dragons.^[3] On September 4, 2021, she scored her second career goal in a 1-1 draw against the MSU Denver Roadrunners.^[4]

From 2017 to 2019, Gonçalves played with Unionville Milliken SC in League1 Ontario.^[5]^[6]^[7] She again played for the side in 2022.^[8]

In the summer of 2022, she joined Altitude FC in League1 British Columbia.^[9]

In August 2022, she signed with French Division 2 Féminine club CA Paris 14 [fr].^[9]

In August 2023, she joined FC Swift Hesperange in Luxembourg.

In August 2024, she signed with Portuguese club Famalicão in the Campeonato Nacional Feminino.^[10]

In January 2025, she signed with Canadian Northern Super League club Vancouver Rise FC.