Maël Henry (born May 26, 2004) is a Canadian

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player who plays for Cavalry FC in the Canadian Premier League.

Early life

Henry began playing youth soccer at age five with CS Boucaniers Montréal. He later played with FS Salasberry before joining the

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in 2017. In November 2018, he was named the Academy's Player of the Month. Henry also trialed with French clubs FC Lorient, AJ Auxerre and

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Club career

In 2022, he played with CF Montréal U23 in the Première ligue de soccer du Québec. After the season he had a two-week trial with French club FC Lorient, followed by a trial with the FC Nantes reserves, who offered him a ''pro trainee'' contract, but he was unable to sign due to some administrative issues. In February 2023, he signed with Vancouver FC in the Canadian Premier League. On June 29, 2023, he joined Cavalry FC in an intra-league swap for Mikaël Cantave. He made his debut for Cavalry on July 15 against the

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. He scored his first CPL goal on September 12, 2023 against the

. He missed the first months of the 2024 season due to injury, returning in July, before suffering a season ending injury on August 24.

International career

Henry was born in Canada to a French father and Canadian mother. In July 2019, he made his debut in the Canadian youth program in 2019 at a Canada U15 camp and was subsequently named to the roster for the

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. He was then named to the Canada U20 team for the

2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship The 2022 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship will be the 7th edition of the CONCACAF Under-20 Championship (28th edition if all eras included), the men's under-20 international football tournament organized by CONCACAF. It will be hosted in Honduras, ...

. On June 22, 2022, he scored against Saint Kitts and Nevis U20.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Henry, Maël Living people 2004 births Soccer players from Montreal Canadian men's soccer players Canada men's youth international soccer players Canadian people of French descent Men's association football midfielders CF Montréal players CF Montréal U23 players Ligue1 Québec players Vancouver FC players Cavalry FC players