Christian Oxner (born July 29, 1996) is a Canadian

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player.

Club career

Early career

Oxner was born in Halifax and grew up in the suburb of Clayton Park. Oxner began playing soccer with the U6 programme of local club Halifax Dunbrack.

Western Halifax

While attending Saint Mary's University, Oxner played for local Nova Scotia Soccer League amateur side Western Halifax FC during the summer. In 2016, he won his first provincial championship with Western Halifax and competed at his first

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that fall. In 2017, Oxner won a second provincial title in a row Western Halifax and went on to win the

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that year. Oxner kept a clean sheet in the final against FC Winnipeg Lions as Western Halifax won 1–0, becoming the first

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club to win the competition since in 2001. In 2018, Oxner helped Western Halifax to a third consecutive Nova Scotian title.

HFX Wanderers

On November 12, 2018, Oxner was drafted in the third round, nineteenth overall, in the

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by local club

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. On February 20, 2019 Oxner signed his first professional contract with Wanderers, becoming the second-ever Nova Scotian to sign for the club. He made his professional debut in a

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match against

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on May 16. On May 25, 2019 he made his league debut against

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. After starting the season as a back-up to veteran Trinidad and Tobago international

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, Oxner slowly earned himself the spot as Wanderers' starting keeper and went on to make eighteen league appearances that season. On November 5, 2019 Oxner re-signed with Halifax for the 2020 season. In the 2020 season, Oxner would be named a finalist for the league's best goalkeeper. In November 2020, Oxner would re-sign with the Wanderers for the 2021 and 2022 seasons, with a club option for the 2023 season. In December 2022 HFX announced they had declined Oxner's 2023 option, ending his time with the club.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Western Halifax *Nova Scotia Soccer League: 2016, 2017, 2018 *

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HFX Wanderers *

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**Runners-up:

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Oxner, Christian 1996 births Living people Men's association football goalkeepers Canadian men's soccer players Soccer people from Nova Scotia Sportspeople from Halifax, Nova Scotia Saint Mary's Huskies men's soccer players HFX Wanderers FC draft picks HFX Wanderers FC players Canadian Premier League players