Julien Edwards (born July 30, 1988) is a former footballer. Born in Canada, he represented the Guyana national team.

Playing career

Edwards began playing at the college level with

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in 2006, where he appeared in a total of 50 matches, and earned All-Missouri Valley Conference first team and was selected for the NSCAA All-Region team in 2009. During the college off season he played in the

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originally with Ottawa Fury, and later with

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. In 2011, he signed his first professional contract with expansion franchise

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in the

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. During his tenure with Ottawa he reached the

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against

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, where the match concluded in a 1-0 victory for Croatia. He later played in the

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with

Alpha United FC Alpha United Football Club is a Guyanese football club based in Providence. The club competes in the GFF Elite League, the top league of football in Guyana. They were league champions in the 2009–10, 2010, 2012, 2012–13, and 2013–14 seasons ...

. Throughout his tenure with Alpha he featured in the

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. In 2012, he returned to the Canadian Soccer League to play with

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. In 2013, he played in the

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with

FC Gatineau Football Club Gatineau was a Canadian semi-professional soccer club based in Gatineau, Quebec that played in the Première Ligue de soccer du Québec until the 2019 season. It currentlty concentrates its activities on regional development of pla ...

. In 2017, he played in

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with

Toronto Skillz FC Toronto Skillz FC is a Canadian semi-professional association football, soccer club based in the Scarborough, Toronto, Scarborough district of Toronto, Ontario. The club was founded in 2008 and added its semi-professional club in League1 Ontario ...

International career

In 2010, he was called to a

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camp organized by head coach

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. Edwards instead made his debut for the

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on March 31, 2012 in a friendly match against

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. He featured in the

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match against

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. In total he has earned six caps for Guyana.

Honors

Alpha United FC *

GFF National Super League Guyana Football Federation (GFF) National Super League was the top division in Guyana. It was replaced by the GFF Elite League beginning with the 2015–16 season. The league used regional qualifying tournaments to determine participants. In i ...

: 2012

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Edwards, Julien Living people 1988 births Men's association football defenders Soccer players from Toronto Guyanese men's footballers Guyana men's international footballers Canadian men's soccer players Canadian people of Guyanese descent Ottawa Fury SC players Des Moines Menace players Alpha United FC players Kingston FC players USL League Two players Canadian Soccer League (1998–present) players Ligue1 Québec players League1 Ontario players Toronto Skillz FC players FC Gatineau players