Melanie Forbes

Melanie Claire Rendeiro Forbes (born June 21, 1999) is a soccer player who plays for Northern Super League club Ottawa Rapid.

Early life Forbes was born in the United States to an American father and Portuguese-born Canadian mother, moving to Mississauga, Canada when she was seven.

College career In 2017, Forbes began attending Indiana University, where she played for the women's soccer team. On September 7, 2018, she scored her first collegiate goal in a 5-1 victory over the Kentucky Wildcats. At the end of her second season, she was named a Big Ten Conference Distinguished Scholar and named to the Academic All-Big Ten team. On February 28, 2021, she scored a brace in a 2-0 victory over the Iowa Hawkeyes, which earned her Big Ten Co-Offensive Player of the Week and Forbes Named TopDrawerSoccer’s Player of the Week honours. After completing her Bachelor of Science degree, she returned for a fifth year to play with the team and complete her Master of Science in Healthcare Management, with her completing her final semester of her master's in Portugal to enable her to also pursue professional soccer.

Club career In 2016, she played with Aurora United FC in League1 Ontario. In 2018 and 2019, she played with DeRo United FC. Later in 2019, she played with FC Pride in the Women's Premier Soccer League.

In 2021, she played with Detroit City FC in United Women's Soccer. She scored 7 goals that season and was named to the UWS All-Midwest Conference Second Team at the end of the season.

In February 2022, Forbes joined Portuguese club Damaiense. In April 2022, she was named to the league's Team of the Week.

In July 2023, she signed with Icelandic club Keflavík. On August 2, 2023, she scored her first goal for the club in a 1-1 draw with Stjarnan. On September 7, 2024, she scored a hat trick in a 4-4 draw with Stjarnan. After finishing as the team's top scorer in 2024, she was named the club's female player of the year.

Forbes joined Ottawa Rapid in January 2025, ahead of the inaugural Northern Super League season. Forbes recorded her first goal for the Rapid on June 21, 2025, coming off the bench on her birthday, also adding an assist in a 3-1 victory over Calgary Wild FC. On November 8, 2025, she scored in the second leg of the Rapid's aggregate 3–3 (5–4 on penalties) semifinal loss to Vancouver Rise FC in the inaugural NSL playoffs.

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