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List Of Foreign CPL Players
This is a list of foreign players in the Canadian Premier League (CPL), which commenced play in 2019. The following players: #Have played at least one CPL regular season game. Players who were signed by CPL clubs, but only played in playoff games, Canadian Championship games, or did not play in any competitive games at all, are not included. #Are considered foreign, i.e., outside Canada determined by the following: ::''A player is considered foreign if his allegiance is not to play for the Canada men's national soccer team, national team of Canada.'' More specifically, *If a player has been Cap (sport), capped at international level, the national team is used; if he has been capped by more than one country, the highest level (or the most recent) team is used. These include Canadian players with Multiple citizenship, dual citizenship. *If a player has not been capped at international level, his country of birth is used, except for those who are clearly indicated to have switched to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Premier League
The Canadian Premier League (CPL or CanPL; french: Première ligue canadienne, links=no) is a professional men's Association football, soccer league in Canada. At the top of the Canadian soccer league system, it is the country's primary national soccer league competition. The league consists of eight teams, from five of provinces and territories of Canada, Canada's ten provinces. Each team plays 28 games in the regular season which is followed by playoffs culminating in the Canadian Premier League Finals, CPL Finals. The CPL champion and regular season winner earn berths in the CONCACAF Champions League, competing against teams from across North America, Central America and Caribbean for a spot in the FIFA Club World Cup. All CPL teams also play in the Canadian Championship, alongside Canadian clubs from other leagues. Qualification for the CONCACAF Champions League is also available to CPL clubs by winning the Canadian Championship. The league was officially sanctioned by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kévin Dos Santos
Kévin David Nogueira Carvalho Santos (born 20 November 1999) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Atlético Ottawa in the Canadian Premier League. Early life He began his youth career in Portugal with Alverca. In 2013, he had a trial with the Manchester City Academy. He later played youth football with Vilafranquense and Vitória de Setúbal, eventually joining the U23 side of the latter. Club career In 2019, Santos joined Tadcaster Albion in the English eighth-tier Northern Premier League Division One North West. He made his debut against Prescot Cables. In July 2021, he joined Darlington of the sixth-tier National League North, after having impressed the club during an FA Cup match with Tadcaster against Darlington in the previous October. He scored his first goal on 2 October against AFC Telford United. His goal against AFC Fylde was named the Goal of the Season. During his only season at Darlington he scored four goals in 41 appearances across all comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Opoku Ampomah
Nana Opoku Ampomah (born 2 January 1996) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Canadian Premier League club Forge FC. Early life Ampomah played youth football with Prisco Minis, Santos Academy (the Ghanaian training center of Brazilian club Santos FC), and FC Bravo Bravo in his native Ghana. In 2016, he joined the U21 team of Belgian club KV Mechelen. Club career In July 2016, Ampomah signed a three-year contract with an option for an additional season with Belgian Pro League club Waasland-Beveren. In 2019, he signed with German Bundesliga club Fortuna Düsseldorf. In October 2020, he was loaned to Royal Antwerp of the Belgian Pro League. After failing to secure a move to another club in the summer of 2021, he returned to Antwerp for another season on loan. After his loan spell, he returned to Fortuna Düsseldorf in June 2022, after not making any appearances in his second season. After dealing with injuries upon his return, and arriving to p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elimane Cissé
Elimane Oumar Cissé (born 12 March 1995) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Canadian Premier League club Forge FC and the Senegal national football team. Club career Cissé began playing at the senior level with Diambars in the 2014-15 season. In 2016, he sought out a move to a European club, however, the move failed to materialize. In February 2019, Cissé signed with Canadian Premier League side Forge FC, ahead of the league's inaugural season. On 20 July 2019, he scored his first goal for the club in a victory over Valour FC. With the club, he won the 2019 and 2020 league titles. In February 2021, he extended his contract for another season. In 2021, he led the team in minutes played and was named to the league Team of the Week five times. In 2022, he joined Moroccan club US Touarga. He then subsequently returned to his former club Diambars. In January 2024, he returned to Forge FC on a multi-year contract. International career Cissà ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Achinioti-Jönsson
Alexander Börje Achinioti-Jönsson (born 17 April 1996) is a Swedish footballer who plays for Canadian club Forge FC as a midfielder. Club career Helsingborgs IF On 1 May 2014, Achinioti-Jönsson made his professional debut for Helsingborgs IF as an injury-time substitute in a Swedish Cup match against Malmö FF. Four days later on 5 May, he made his league debut as a 27th-minute substitute against AIK. In 2015, during a U21 match against IFK Göteborg, Achinioti-Jönsson was hospitalized due to a high heart rate. Shortly after being released from hospital, he suffered a concussion which kept him sidelined for two months. After returning to training, he had another heart episode during a workout which sent him to the hospital once again. On this occasion, he was not cleared to return to training until the end of the season, when doctors finally determined that his heartrate issues were benign. As a result of these health issues, Achinioti-Jönsson missed out on a large amount ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Béni Badibanga
Béni Badibanga Diata (born 19 February 1996) is a footballer who plays for Forge FC in the Canadian Premier League. Born in DR Congo, he represented Belgium at youth international level. He spent most of his career in Belgium, with over 100 appearances in the Belgian top flight and has also played professionally in Morocco and Canada. Early life Badibanga was born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. As his father was a businessman with a multinational Congolese company in the mining industry, he moved to London, England for a period, before moving to northern France near Lille. He later moved to Belgium, where he began playing youth football with RRC de Waterloo. He then joined RCS Brainois. At age 12, he joined AFC Tubize. When he was 14, he was approached by Standard Liège, but chose not to join as he was not yet mentally prepared to leave home. The following year, he was approached again by Standard Liège as well as Anderlecht, and chose to join Standard Liège ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malik Owolabi-Belewu
Abdulmalik Timmy Owolabi-Belewu (born 3 July 2002) is an English professional Association football, footballer who plays as a centre-back for Forge FC in the Canadian Premier League. Early life Born in London, England, Owolabi-Belewu began playing youth football with the Junior Red Spartans. When he was 13, he moved to London, Ontario, Canada with his family. He began playing with Whitecaps London SC, later being invited to try out for the official Vancouver Whitecaps FC Academy, however, due to an injury, he was unable to make the team. In 2018, he joined the Toronto FC Academy. While with the Toronto FC academy, he converted from striker to defender. In 2020, he returned to England. In June 2020, he was invited to trial with English club Chelsea F.C., Chelsea, however was unable to attend due to COVID-19 pandemic travel restrictions. He also had interest from English clubs Crystal Palace and Sunderland, Italian club AS Roma, German club Hertha Berlin, Belgian club Anderlecht, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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