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Biography
Jessie Alexandra Fleming was born on March 11th, 1998, to the family of John Fleming and Michaele Fleming in London, Canada. Fleming is a Canadian professional football player. She plays the role of a midfielder for FA Women’s Super League club Chelsea and the Canada national football team.
Fleming had previously played collegiate soccer in the United States with the UCLA Bruins from 2016 to 2019. She was a member of Canada’s gold medal-winning team at the 2020 Summer Olympics, where she scored the team’s only regular time goal in the final on a penalty kick, as well as the first goal in the penalty shoot-out.
Fleming was one of four players to score three goals at the 2022 CONCACAF Women Championship but lost the Golden Boot to teammate Julia Grosso on a tiebreaker, Grosso having had an assist and played fewer minutes.
| Full Name: | Jessie Alexandra Fleming |
| Current club: | Super League club Chelsea and the Canadian women’s national football team |
| Born: | March 11, 1998 |
| Place of Birth: | London, Canada |
| Nationality: | Canadian |
| Height: | 5 feet 6 inches |
| Parents: | John Fleming (father) and Michaele Fleming (mother) |
| Siblings: | Tristan, and Elysse |
| Husband• Spouse: | N/A |
| Zodiac sign: Pisces | |
| Children: | N/A |
| Occupation: | Footballer |
| Net Worth: | $1 million. |
CONCACAF Women’s Championship Best XI: 2018,[81] 2022[82]
CONCACAF Women’s U-17 Championship Golden Ball: 2013
CONCACAF Women’s U-17 Championship Best XI: 2013
Canadian Player of the Year: 2022, 2021
Canadian U-20 Player of the Year: 2015, 2016, 2017
Canadian U-17 Player of the Year: 2014
FA Women’s Super League Player of the Month: November 2021
First-team All-American: 2017, 2019
Third-team All-American: 2016
Early Life & Education
Jessie Alexandra Fleming was born on March 11th, 1998, to the family of John Fleming and Michaele Fleming in London, Canada. Fleming has an older brother, Tristan, and a younger sister, Elysse. Growing up, she competed in soccer, hockey (including in a full-contact boys’ league), track and field, and cross-country. She started playing soccer at the age of three for the London-based Nor’West Optimist Soccer Club, where she remained until 2016.
Fleming attended Ryerson Public School for elementary school, where she remained undefeated in cross-country throughout her entire elementary school career. She went on to attend London Central Secondary School from Grade 9 to Grade 10, where she competed in OFSAA track and field and cross-country. In 2012, she won the novice girls’ 4000m race at the OFSAA Cross Country Championships. The following year, she competed at the OFSAA Track and Field Championships and won both the midget women’s 1500m and midget women’s 3000m competitions.
She still holds the record for the 1500m in the midget women’s category. In 2014, she competed again at the OFSAA Track and Field Championships, winning a gold medal in the junior women’s 3000m race and a silver medal in the junior women’s 1500m race. She later changed to H. B. Beal Secondary School for Grades 11 and 12 and graduated in 2016. She was selected as the Top-Drawer Soccer Freshman of the Year.
Personal Life
Jessie Alexandra Fleming was born on March 11th, 1998, to the family of John Fleming and Michaele Fleming in London, Canada. Fleming has an older brother, Tristan, and a younger sister, Elysse.
Fleming is currently not in a relationship and not much information about her personal life.
Career
Fleming started her career with UCLA in December 2014 and later joined the Bruins in August 2016. She played her first game on August 28, less than ten days after helping Canada win a bronze medal at the Olympic Games, scoring twice in a 4–3 loss to Florida. Her goalscoring tear continued as she scored seven (7) goals in her first 6 games as a college player. She appeared in 19 games, making 16 starts, and finished as the leading scorer on the team with a total number of eleven (11) goals and 5 assists, for a total of 27 points. Fleming was one of just two freshmen to receive All-America honours in 2016, being selected to the NSCAA All-America third team. She was selected the Top Drawer Soccer Freshman of the Year, and also earned first-team NSCAA All-Pacific Region, All-Pac-12 and All-Freshman acclaim.
As a sophomore, Fleming scored 6 goals, including three game-winners, and recorded 8 assists, for a total of 20 points. She earned first-team All-America honours and received first-team All-West Region and All-Pac-12 honours for the second-straight year. After helping UCLA reach the College Cup final and scoring a goal in the championship match, she was selected as a finalist for the Hermann Trophy and chosen as one of four nominees for the Class of 2018 Honda Sports Award for soccer.
Although she missed nearly half of her junior season while on national team duty, Fleming still earned first-team All-Pac-12 honours for the third year in a row and was a second-team All-West Region honouree after scoring 15 points on 5 goals and 5 assists.
As a senior, Fleming played in a defensive midfield role, finishing the season with a total number of three (3) goals and 4 assists in 22 appearances, for a total of 10 points. She was chosen as one of three finalists for the Hermann Trophy and one of four finalists for the Honda Sports Award. She was also one of ten finalists for the Senior CLASS Award.
She graduated from UCLA in 2021, with a major in materials engineering and a minor in environmental science.
On July 22, 2020, Fleming signed for FA WSL champions Chelsea on a three-year deal. On August 29, she made her appearance for the Blues as a substitute against Manchester City in the 2020 Women’s FA Community Shield at Wembley. On December 9, she made her UEFA Women’s Champions League debut in a 5–0 away win over Benfica. She made her first start against the same opposition a week later, and helped her team to a 3–0 victory at Kingsmeadow. On January 27, 2021, she made her first league start in a 4–0 away win over Aston Villa at Banks’s Stadium. On March 14, she played the full 90 minutes as the Blues won the 2021 FA Women’s League Cup Final against Bristol City at Vicarage Road. In her first season at Chelsea, she made a total of 26 appearances across all competitions and won the 2020–21 FA WSL title. She was an unused substitute in the 2021 UEFA Women’s Champions League Final, where Chelsea was defeated by Barcelona. Fleming would later cite the transition to the professional scene as a challenge, in particular the need to raise her game in order to vie for playing time.
At the Beginning of the 2021–2022 FA WSL, Fleming scored her first goal for Chelsea in a 6–1 victory against Manchester United at Leigh Sports Village on September 26, 2021. Three days later, she got her first assist for the club in the 2020–2021 Women’s FA Cup quarter-final against Birmingham City, setting up Fran Kirby in the 72nd minute. On October 10, she registered her first league assist in a 2–0 win against Leicester City.
On October 31, she assisted Bethany England in a 3–0 victory against Manchester City at the Academy Stadium, helping Chelsea reach the 2021 Women’s FA Cup Final. On November 9, she scored her first Champions League goal in a 7–0 win away to Servette. The 2021–2022 WSL season saw Fleming’s usage by the club increase significantly, featuring in 21 of 22 games, 11 of those as starts, and tallying six goals and four assists. She won the league title with Chelsea for the second time, before playing in her second consecutive run with the club to the 2022 Women’s FA Cup Final.
Net Worth
Jessie Alexandra Fleming has worked as a footballer right from child. she has accumulated a satisfactory fortune from playing football. Jessie Alexandra Fleming has an astonished net worth of $1 million.
Social Media
Jessie Alexandra Fleming as humble and hardworking as she is discovered that she also has some social media platforms where she can be connected.
- @Jessie Alexandra Fleming (@_jessflem) is her Instagram handle.
- @Jessie Alexandra Fleming (@N/A) is her Twitter handle.
