Emile Saimovici (born 10 April 1993) is a

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who plays for Burnaby FC in

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. Born in Singapore, he plays for the Barbados national team. Besides Barbados, he has played in Canada and the United States.

Early life

A native of Vancouver, Canada, Saimovici is the son of a Romanian-Canadian father and a Barbadian mother. He earned a scholarship to play for the Oregon State University Beavers, but due to some logistical issues, he instead went to their feeder school

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. He later attended Centennial College in Toronto, where he was named an OCAA league all-star in 2013–14.

Club career

In 2014, he played with

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in League1 Ontario. He later played at the amateur level with

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club Vancouver Croatia SC, where he captained them to their first VMSL title in 30 years.

International career

In March 2021, he was named to the Barbados national team for the first time for 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches. He debuted internationally on 25 March 2021, in a match against Panama in a 1–0 loss. On 30 March 2021, Saimovici scored his first goal for Barbados against Anguilla in a 1–0 victory in his second international game.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Barbados's goal tally first.''

Honours

Club

;Croatia SC *

: 2018–19

References

External links

* *
Clark Penguins bio
1993 births Living people Naturalised citizens of Barbados Barbadian men's footballers Barbados men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders Barbadian people of Canadian descent Barbadian people of Romanian descent Canadian sportspeople of Barbadian descent Sportspeople of Barbadian descent Canadian people of Romanian descent Canadian men's soccer players Centennial College alumni Clark College alumni College men's soccer players in the United States University and college men's soccer players in Canada Pickering FC players People from Singapore League1 British Columbia players Burnaby FC players {{Barbados-footy-bio-stub