Anna Bout

Anna Bout
Personal information
Full name Anna Maria Bout
Date of birth (2001-04-23) April 23, 2001
Place of birth Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Vancouver Rise FC
Number 14
Youth career
Cambridge United
2017–2019 Burlington SC
2019 Guelph SC
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2023 Pittsburgh Panthers 97 (8)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2024–2025 Odense Boldklub Q 24 (2)
2025– Vancouver Rise FC 0 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of August 2, 2025

Anna Maria Bout (born April 23, 2001) is a Canadian soccer player who plays for Vancouver Rise FC in the Northern Super League.

Early life

Bout played youth soccer with Cambridge United, before joining Burlington SC in 2017.[1] In 2019, she played with Guelph SC.[2] She also played with the Ontario provincial team from 2015 to 2017.[1] Bout attended St. John's-Kilmarnock School, where she was a multi-sport athlete in track and field, field hockey, ringette, and soccer.[2][3]

College career

In 2019, Bout began attending the University of Pittsburgh, where she played for the women's soccer team.[4] She made her collegiate debut on August 23, 2019, against the Loyola Marymount Lions.[5] On September 13, 2020, she scored her first collegiate goal in a 7–1 victory over the Appalachian State Mountaineers.[6] In October 2023, she was named the school's Achiever of the Week, after scoring the winning goal to help the team earn their first ever victory over the Duke Blue Devils.[7] Over her five seasons with Pittsburgh, she was named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll three times (2019–20, 2020–21, and 2022–23) and the All-ACC Academic Team twice (2022 and 2023).[4]

Club career

In August 2024, Bout signed with Danish club Odense Boldklub Q in the first tier Kvindeligaen on a one-year contrat.[8][9] After the season, where she scored two goals and added seven assists in 26 appearances in all competitions, she departed the club.[10]

In August 2025, she signed with Northern Super League club Vancouver Rise FC.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b Bryson, Mark (November 19, 2018). "Soccer standout Anna Bout kicks her way to Pittsburgh". Waterloo Region Record.
  2. ^ a b Doucet, Bill (20 June 2019). "Soccer scholarship a break for Cambridge multi-sport athlete". Cambridge Times.
  3. ^ "Interview with St. John's-Kilmarnock School Alum, Anna Bout". Our Kids. April 15, 2025.
  4. ^ a b "Anna Bout Pitt profile". Pittsburgh Panthers.
  5. ^ "West's Hat-Trick Lifts Panthers To 5-4 Opening Night Victory". Pittsburgh Panthers. August 23, 2019.
  6. ^ "Pitt Sweeps App State with 7-1 Road Win". Pittsburgh Panthers. September 13, 2020.
  7. ^ "Bout, Cilli Named PNC Achievers of the Week". Pittsburgh Panthers. October 10, 2023.
  8. ^ "Anna Bout skal skyde med skarpt fra kanten" [Anna Bout must shoot sharply from the edge]. Odense Boldklub Q (in Danish). August 8, 2025.
  9. ^ "Bout Signs Professional Contract with Odense Boldklub". Pittsburgh Panthers. August 8, 2024.
  10. ^ "OB Q Tager afsked med syv internationale spillere" [OB Q Says Farewell to Seven International Players]. Odense Boldklub Q (in Danish). July 27, 2025.
  11. ^ "Vancouver Rise FC Sign Canadian Midfielder Anna Bout". Vancouver Rise FC. August 16, 2025.