Sitayeb Mohamed Nazim Belguendouz (born April 29, 1991) is a Canadian

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who plays for

CS Mont-Royal Outremont Club Soccer Mont-Royal Outremont is a Canadian semi-professional soccer club based in the Montreal boroughs of Mount Royal and Outremont. Since 2013, the club has competed in the Première ligue de soccer du Québec. Their women's team has compet ...

and the

Canada national futsal team The Canadian national futsal team is a futsal team that represents Canada at international competitions. It is controlled by the Canadian Soccer Association and affiliated with CONCACAF. Their first FIFA sanctioned international was played in 's ...

Early life

Belguendouz was born in

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n parents and moved to Canada when he was 3. He began playing youth soccer with Lakers du Lac Saint-Louis.

Career

University

In 2010, he began playing university soccer with the

Montreal Carabins The Montréal Carabins are the men's and women's athletic teams that represent the Université de Montréal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Teams play at the CEPSUM Stadium and at l'aréna du CEPSUM, located at the Université de Montréal campus. ...

. In 2019, he returned to university soccer with the

UQAM Citadins The UQAM Citadins are the athletic teams that represent the Université du Québec à Montréal in Montreal, Quebec and currently compete in the RSEQ conference of U Sports U Sports (stylized as U SPORTS) is the national sport governing body ...

Club

In 2012, he played with

FC Brossard FC Brossard was a Canadian semi-professional soccer club based in Brossard, Quebec that played for two seasons in the Première Ligue de soccer du Québec. History The club was originally formed in 1978 as a youth soccer club. In 2012, the s ...

in the

Première ligue de soccer du Québec The Première ligue de soccer du Québec (PLSQ) is a semi-professional soccer league created in 2012. The Quebec Soccer Federation operates both men's and women's divisions at the pro-am tier of the Canadian soccer league system. The league is pa ...

. In 2013, he joined

, helping them win the league and cup double that season. After the 2013 season, Mont-Royal Outremont got in contact with

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club Montreal Impact and arranged for him to have a three-day trial with the

Montreal Impact Academy Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple-pe ...

. He had a successful trial and joined the

Montreal Impact U23 Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple-pe ...

team in the

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, serving as the team's co-captain. The following season, he joined the club's new professional second team,

FC Montreal FC Montreal was a Canadian professional soccer team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada that played in the USL Championship, the third tier of the United States soccer league system. The team served as a reserve team of Major League Soccer (MLS) cl ...

, in the

USL The USL Championship (USLC) is a professional men's soccer league in the United States that began its inaugural season in 2011. The USL is sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation (U.S. Soccer) as a Division II league since 2017, p ...

serving as team captain. In March 2015, he made his debut as a starter in

's inaugural match, a 2–0 loss to

Toronto FC II Toronto FC II is a Canadian professional soccer team based in Toronto, Ontario, who play in MLS Next Pro, a third tier league of the United States soccer league system. It is the reserve team and minor league affiliate of Toronto FC as well as i ...

. In 2016, he returned to CS Mont-Royal Outremont. Late in the 2016 season, he obtained his release from Mont-Royal Outremont and joined

AS Blainville Association de Soccer de Blainville, commonly referred to as A.S. Blainville, is a Canadian semi-professional soccer club based in the Montreal suburb of Blainville, Quebec, that plays in the Première ligue de soccer du Québec. They are the onl ...

, staying with the club through 2018. In 2018, he scored against

Dynamo de Québec Dynamo de Québec was a professional Canadian soccer team based in Québec City. The team represented the Capitale-Nationale region in the PLSQ, which its men's side joined in 2017, and its women's side the year after until 2019. The team is a ...

to clinch the league title in a row for Blainville. For the 2019 season, he once again returned to CS Mont-Royal Outremont. After the season, he re-signed with the club.

International career

Belguendouz has been a member of the

since 2016. In 2017, he was named the first ever Canadian Futsal player of the year by the

Canadian Soccer Association The Canadian Soccer Association (Canada Soccer) is the governing body of soccer in Canada. It is a national organization that oversees the Canadian men's and women's national teams for international play, as well as the respective junior sides ( ...

. In 2017, he was part of the

Canada national beach soccer team The Canada national beach soccer team represents Canada in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the Canadian Soccer Association, the governing body for soccer in Canada. Current squad As of 13 February 2017 ...

Career statistics

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Belguendouz, Nazim 1991 births Living people Association football midfielders Algerian footballers Canadian soccer players Canadian beach soccer players Canadian men's futsal players Footballers from Athens Greek footballers Soccer players from Montreal Algerian emigrants to Canada Naturalized citizens of Canada Montreal Impact U23 players FC Montreal players USL League Two players USL Championship players Première ligue de soccer du Québec players FC Brossard players Lakers du Lac Saint-Louis players CS Mont-Royal Outremont players A.S. Blainville players