Mohamed Farsi

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Mohamed Farsi
Personal information
Full name Mohamed Farsi
Date of birth (1999-12-16) 16 December 1999 (age 21)
Place of birth Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Club information
Current team
 Cavalry FC
Number 21
Youth career
Boucaniers
2013–2014 Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
2015–2016 Panellinios
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Panellinios 13 (1)
2018 Longueuil 13 (0)
2019 Blainville 9 (0)
2019–2020 AS Aïn M'lila 0 (0)
2020– Cavalry FC 26 (2)
National team‡
2020– Canada Futsal 2 (1)
2021 Canada U23 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 September 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 25 March 2021

Mohamed Farsi (born 16 December 1999) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a right-back for Cavalry FC.

Early life[]

Farsi was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, to Algerian parents from Oran.[1][2][3] He began playing soccer at age eight with local club CS Boucaniers.[1] In 2013 and 2014, he played youth soccer for Notre-Dame-de-Grâce at the U14 and U15 level.[4]

Club career[]

Panellinios[]

In 2015, Farsi joined the U16 side of CS Panellinios, making twenty appearances that season.[4] The following year, he made his senior debut in LSEQ and made a total of eight senior appearances that year.[4] In 2017, he made five appearances for Panellinios and scored his first senior goal.[4]

Longueuil[]

In 2018, Farsi signed with Première Ligue de soccer du Québec side Longueuil, making thirteen league appearances that season.[4]

Blainville[]

In 2019, Farsi switched to defending PLSQ champions Blainville, making nine league appearances and two appearances in the Canadian Championship against Canadian Premier League side York9.[4][5]

Aïn M'lila[]

In 2019, Farsi signed his first professional contract with Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 side AS Aïn M'lila.[2] He left after the season, without making an appearance.[6]

Cavalry FC[]

On 15 April 2020, Farsi signed with Canadian Premier League side Cavalry FC.[3] He made his debut as a substitute in Cavalry's first game of the 2020 Canadian Premier League season, a 2–2 draw with Forge FC.[7] Farsi would excel during the 2020 season, earning praise for his offensive and defensive efforts, and would be named for the league's U-21 player of the year.[8][9] In November 2020, Farsi would re-sign with the club for the 2021 season.[10]

International career[]

Before starting his professional career, Farsi was a prominent member of the Canadian futsal team, even winning the Canadian Futsal Player of the Year award for 2020.[11] He would go on to be involved in the 2020 Olympic football qualifiers with the Canada under-23s after initially being named a back up to the team.[12]

Career statistics[]

As of 4 September 2021[4][5]
Club statistics
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
CS Panellinios 2016 LSEQ Division A 8 0 — — 8 0
2017 LSEQ Division A 5 1 — — 5 1
Total 13 1 0 0 0 0 13 1
CS Longueuil 2018 PLSQ 13 0 — 1 0 14 0
AS Blainville 2019 PLSQ 9 0 2 0 0 0 11 0
AS Aïn M'lila 2019–20 Ligue Professionnelle 1 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Cavalry FC 2020 Canadian Premier League 10 1 — — 10 1
2021 16 1 1 0 — 17 1
Total 26 2 1 0 0 0 27 2
Career total 61 3 3 0 1 0 65 3

Honours[]

Individual[]

  • Canadian Premier League Under 21 Canadian Player of the Year: 2020

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Mohamed Farsi". Canada Soccer. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Walid Ziani (23 August 2019). "Mohamed Farsi (AS Ain M'lila) : "L'Algérie, une belle opportunité"" (in French). DZ Foot. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Cavalry FC signs former PLSQ standout fullback Mohamed Farsi". Canadian Premier League. 15 April 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g "PTS-Ligue Archive" (in French). TSI Sports. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b "M. Farsi". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  6. ^ Tremblay, Olivier (27 November 2020). "Mohamed Farsi se donne les moyens de ses ambitions" [Mohamed Farsi gives himself the means to achieve his ambitions]. Ici Radio-Canada Télé (in French).
  7. ^ "Canadian Premier League". Canadian Premier League. Retrieved 2020-08-14.
  8. ^ Todd Saelhof (August 23, 2020). "Farsi finds breakthrough Mo-mentum with Cavalry". Calgary Sun.
  9. ^ "Canadian Premier League announces player of the year finalists". CBC. September 18, 2020.
  10. ^ "Three Young Canadian Players Re-sign with Cavalry FC". Cavalry FC. November 13, 2020.
  11. ^ "Mohamed Farsi named Canadian Futsal Player of the Year".
  12. ^ "CPLers Farsi, Abzi added to Canada's Olympic qualifying team". 19 March 2021.

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