BUCHANAN Kadeisha

General
EUROPEAN MOVE
After graduating from West Virginia University in the United States of America, she began her professional club career with French side Olympique Lyonnais in January 2017. In June 2018 she signed a contract to remain with the club until 2022. "I had just come out of college and I was fortunate to find Lyon who wanted me. I visited PSG as another option but I just felt at the time that Lyon had the high standards I was looking for with lots of great players. For me, I knew that each training session would push me to my limits and make me a better player. I think that from being here in Lyon has meant I've become focused. It's different here. In the dressing room in the States or Canada, you'll have a speaker pumping out music constantly but here, sometimes we're not even listening to music before a game. It's a weird thing to come into but it works. I got used to just listening to my own music 24/7 and that has helped me concentrate." (soccerbible.com, 14 Aug 2020; sport24.lefigaro.fr, 02 Jun 2018)

VERSATILITY
She said she was a natural defender due to her build, but also played as a forward for youth team Brams United in Brampton, ON, Canada. "The fact is I've played in every position on the pitch, winger, holding midfielder, full-back. I just think that centre-half is the position best suited to me. Everything comes into it, my height, my body and my natural defensive instinct. I've always got that desire to get forward and score goals deep inside of me, but the fact is I can do that too, so I'm very happy. I've come a long way and it's a position that's opened a lot of doors for me. My father was a forward and I like to score goals, too." (fifa.com, 25 Apr 2019; thestar.com, 05 Jun 2015)

HERITAGE
Her parents were both born in Jamaica. Her mother moved to Edmonton, AB, Canada, in the early 1980s. (canadasoccer.com, 09 Mar 2016; theglobeandmail.com, 18 Jun 2014)