Ella Ottey

Ella Ottey
Personal information
Full name Ella Grace Ottey[1]
Date of birth (2005-08-12) August 12, 2005
Place of birth Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position Defender
Team information
Current team
 Roma
Number 12
Youth career
Dixie SC
Woodbridge Strikers
NDC Ontario
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2023–2025 Wisconsin Badgers 59 (1)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022–2024 NDC Ontario 22 (2)
2026– Roma 0 (0)
International career‡
2021–2022 Canada U17 11 (0)
2023–2024 Canada U20 11 (3)
2025– Canada 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of July 28, 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of February 25, 2025

Ella Grace Ottey (born August 12, 2005) is a Canadian soccer player who plays for Roma in the Serie A and the Canada national team.

Early life

Ottey began playing soccer at age four with Dixie SC.[2] She later played with Woodbridge Strikers before joining the Canada Soccer NDC Ontario program.[3]

College career

In 2023, Ottey began attending the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where she played for the women's soccer team.[4] She made her debut on August 17, 2023 against the Kansas Jayhawks.[5] She scored her first collegiate goal on August 20, 2023 against the UIC Flames,[6] which earned her Big Ten Conference Freshman of the Week honours.[7] In 2024, she was named to the Big Ten All-Academic Team.[4] In September 2025, she was named the Big Ten Defender of the Week.[8] At the end of the 2025 season, she was named to the All-Big Ten Second Team and the Academic All-District team.[4]

Club career

In 2022, she played with NDC Ontario in League1 Ontario.[9] She helped them capture the league title in 2022.[10]

In July 2026, Ottey signed with Italian Serie A club Roma.[11]

International career

She made her debut in the Canada Soccer program in December 2021, attending a camp with the Canada U17 team.[2] She was subsequently selected to the roster for the 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship, where she won a bronze medal, and the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.[2]

After her performance at the U17 World Cup, she was called up to the Canada senior team for the first time, at age 17, for friendlies against Brazil in November 2022.[12][13] She earned her first senior cap on February 19, 2025 against China at the 2025 Pinatar Cup.[14]

Career statistics

As of August 4, 2024
Club Season League Playoffs Domestic Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
NDC Ontario 2022[15] League1 Ontario 11000——110
2023[16] 9200——92
2024[17] 20——0020
Career total 222000000222

References

  1. ↑ Ella Ottey at Soccerway
  2. 1 2 3 Ella Ottey at Canada Soccer
  3. ↑ "WSC OPDL Alumni make U17 National Camp in Mexico". Woodbridge Strikers.
  4. 1 2 3 "Ella Ottey Wisconsin profile". Wisconsin Badgers.
  5. ↑ Issar, Julian (August 17, 2023). "Wisconsin and Kansas battle to draw at McClimon". Wisconsin Badgers.
  6. ↑ Issar, Julian (August 20, 2023). "Wisconsin secures first win of the season". Wisconsin Badgers.
  7. ↑ "Two Badgers earn Big Ten Player of the Week honors". Wisconsin Badgers. August 22, 2023.
  8. ↑ Madonia, Abby (September 23, 2025). "Stover, Ottey earn Big Ten weekly honors". Wisconsin Badgers.
  9. ↑ "Ella Ottey 2022 L1O Stats". League1 Ontario.
  10. ↑ Jung, Sungyun (October 10, 2025). "Ella Ottey: the defender quietly shaping Badger women's soccer". The Daily Cardinal.
  11. ↑ "Ella Ottey è una nuova calciatrice giallorossa" [Ella Ottey is a new Giallorossi player]. AS Roma (in Italian). July 28, 2026.
  12. ↑ "Canada coach Bev Priestman calls up three youngsters for Brazil women's friendlies". Sportsnet. October 31, 2022.
  13. ↑ "Allen, Chukwu and Ottey earn first Canada call ups". Canadian Soccer Association. November 6, 2022.
  14. ↑ "Short-handed Canadian soccer women tie China in head coach Casey Stoney's debut". CBC Sports. February 19, 2025.
  15. ↑ "Ella Ottey 2022 L1O Stats". League1 Ontario.
  16. ↑ "Ella Ottey 2023 L1O Stats". League1 Ontario.
  17. ↑ "Ella Ottey 2024 L1O Stats". League1 Ontario.
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