Kadell Thomas (born November 26, 1996) is a Canadian professional

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player who plays for

Sigma FC Sigma Sports is a Canadian youth soccer development academy and player management company based in Mississauga, Ontario. They also operate a senior academy soccer team that currently competes in League1 Ontario, as Sigma FC. Over 140 Sigma player ...

League1 Ontario League1 Ontario (L1O) is a semi-professional men's soccer league in Ontario, Canada. The league began play in 2014 and is sanctioned by the Canadian Soccer Association and the Ontario Soccer Association as a pro-am league in the Canadian so ...

Early life

A native of

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, Thomas began playing soccer with Brampton Youth SC before later joining Brampton East SC. At age 15, he joined the

youth program.

College career

In 2014, Thomas attended

Cloud County Community College Cloud County Community College is a public community college with campuses in Concordia and Junction City, Kansas. Concordia campus Cloud County Community College was founded in Concordia in 1965 and began classes in the Concordia Junior-Sen ...

, playing for the men's soccer team, where he recorded two goals and five assists in 19 appearances. In 2016, he attended

Broward College Broward College is a public college in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It is part of the Florida College System. It was established in 1959 as part of a move to broaden Florida's two-year colleges. In 2008 it adopted its current name, reflecting that ...

, recording eight goals and four assists in six appearances, earning second team all-star honours. In 2017, he was set to transfer to

California State University, Fullerton California State University, Fullerton (CSUF or Cal State Fullerton) is a public university in Fullerton, California. With a total enrollment of more than 41,000, it has the largest student body of the 23-campus California State University (CSU) ...

to play for the

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, but did not eventually join. In 2022, he began attending

Humber College The Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning, commonly known as Humber College, is a public College of Applied Arts and Technology in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1967, Humber has two main campuses: the Humber North c ...

, where he will play for the men's soccer team. On September 17, 2022, he scored his first goal for Humber against

St. Clair College St. Clair College of Applied Arts and Technology is a college in the Southwestern Ontario counties of Essex and Chatham-Kent. Campus Its main administration and largest campus sites are in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. In addition, other campuses ...

. On October 5, he scored a hat-trick against the Conestoga Condors. He finished second on the team with nine goals in 2022, being named an OCAA First Team All-Star.

Club career

He made his senior debut with

in 2014. In 2017, Thomas scored a career-high seventeen goals in eighteen appearances, tied for second among league top scorers, and was subsequently named to the league First All-Star Team. In 2018, Thomas made fourteen league appearances, scoring four goals and added another four goals in three playoff appearances. He was subsequently named to the league First All-Star Team for the second year in a row. On March 2, 2019, Thomas signed his first professional contract with

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side

Forge FC Forge FC is a Canadian professional soccer club based in Hamilton, Ontario, that competes in the Canadian Premier League, the top tier of Canadian soccer. The club plays its home matches at Tim Hortons Field. Forge FC joined the CPL in 2019 as ...

, joining former coach

Bobby Smyrniotis Haralambos "Bobby" Smyrniotis (born April 24, 1979) is a Canadian soccer coach and former player who works as head coach of Forge FC of the Canadian Premier League. Smyrniotis is the co-founder of the Sigma FC soccer academy based in Mississauga ...

. On April 27, 2019, Thomas made his professional debut as a substitute in the inaugural match of the Canadian Premier League and scored the first goal in Forge FC history in the 78th minute. Later in 2019, he suffered a head injury during a collision, requiring oral surgery, which caused him to miss much of the remainder of the season, returning in the league final. In 2021, he returned to

. In 2023, he began playing with

North Mississauga SC North Mississauga Soccer Club is a Canadian semi-professional soccer club based in Mississauga, Ontario. The club was founded in 1982 as a youth soccer club and added its men's semi-professional club in League1 Ontario in 2016. The team plays ho ...

, before returning to

during the season.

Career statistics

Honours

Club

;Forge FC *

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Individual *

First Team All-Star:

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References

External links

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