Theo Bair
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Thelonius Bair | ||
Date of birth | August 27, 1999 | ||
Place of birth | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | ||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | St Johnstone | ||
Number | 17 | ||
Youth career | |||
Ottawa Royals | |||
Capital United | |||
–2015 | West Ottawa SC | ||
2015–2018 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019–2022 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 37 | (3) |
2021 | → HamKam (loan) | 17 | (4) |
2022– | St Johnstone | 4 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2018 | Canada U20 | 5 | (1) |
2018 | Canada U21 | 4 | (1) |
2021 | Canada U23 | 4 | (0) |
2020– | Canada | 2 | (1) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of March 3, 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of March 28, 2021 |
Thelonius Bair (born August 27, 1999) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Scottish Premiership club St Johnstone.
Club career[]
Youth[]
Bair started his youth career with Ottawa Royals, before joining Capital United FC and West Ottawa SC before his move to Vancouver.[1]
Vancouver Whitecaps FC[]
On July 24, 2018, Vancouver Whitecaps FC announced that it would be signing Bair to a multi-year MLS homegrown pre-contract beginning in 2019.[2] Bair made his Whitecaps FC and MLS debut on matchday 15 of the 2019 MLS season, coming off the bench in the 71st minute in a 2–1 home victory against FC Dallas.[3] On August 11 against the Portland Timbers, He scored his first professional goal.[4]
On August 6, 2021, Bair was loaned to Norwegian club HamKam for the remainder of the 2021 season.[5] In his first appearance on August 18, Bair scored a goal in a 2–0 victory over Jerv.[6] Bair would go on to make 17 appearances in the 1. divisjon, scoring 4 goals as HamKam were crowned champions and gained promotion to the 2022 Eliteserien.[7] In December 2021, upon his return to Vancouver, the Whitecaps announced they had exercised Bair's contract option, keeping him at the club through 2022.[8]
St Johnstone[]
In January 2022, Bair would transfer to Scottish Premiership club St Johnstone for an undisclosed fee on a contract through the end of the 2023-24 season.[9] He made his debut on February 9 against St Mirren.[10]
International career[]
Youth[]
In 2018, Bair represented Canada at the U21 level at the 2018 Toulon Tournament.[11] He subsequently played for the Canadian U20 team at the 2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship and, scoring a goal and two assists in five appearances.[11] Bair was named to the Canadian U-23 provisional roster for the 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship on February 26, 2020,[12] and was named to the final squad ahead of the rescheduled tournament on March 10, 2021.[13]
Senior[]
In January 2020, Bair was called up to the Canadian senior team ahead of friendlies against Barbados and Iceland.[14] He made his debut on January 7 in the first match against Barbados, and scored a goal in a 4–1 victory.[15]
International goals[]
- Scores and results list Canada's goal tally first.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | January 7, 2020 | Championship Soccer Stadium, Irvine, United States | ![]() |
4–1 | 4–1 | Friendly |
Career statistics[]
Club[]
- As of March 3, 2022[16]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Playoffs | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 2019 | MLS | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 2 | ||
2020 | 16 | 1 | — | — | 1[a] | 0 | 17 | 1 | ||||
2021 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
HamKam (loan) | 2021 | 1. divisjon | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 |
St Johnstone | 2021–22 | Scottish Premiership | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Career Totals | 57 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 59 | 7 |
- ^ Knockout Round of the MLS is Back Tournament.
International[]
- As of January 16, 2020
Canada national team | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
2020 | 2 | 1 |
Total | 2 | 1 |
References[]
- ^ "Theo Bair Whitecaps FC profile". whitecapsfc.com. Whitecaps FC. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
- ^ "Whitecaps FC sign residency forward Bair". whitecapsfc.com. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
- ^ "Whitecaps academy product Theo Bair moved by MLS debut". mlssoccer.com. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
- ^ Rowan, Samuel (August 11, 2019). "Bair's Wonder Goal Not Enough to Lift Caps Over Timbers". Eighty Six Forever.
- ^ "Whitecaps FC loan striker Theo Bair to Norwegian club HamKam". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. August 6, 2021. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
- ^ "Bair-show i første forsøk – HamKam imponerte mot Jerv". HA. August 18, 2021.
- ^ "HamKam vant og sikret opprykket til Eliteserien". Eurosport (in Norwegian). November 6, 2021. Retrieved November 6, 2021.
- ^ "Whitecaps FC announce end of season roster decisions". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. December 2, 2021.
- ^ "Theo Bair signs for Saints". St Johnstone. January 31, 2022.
- ^ Gallagher, Matthew (February 9, 2022). "St Mirren 2 St Johnstone 1: Perth Saints slip back to bottom of the Premiership".
- ^ a b "Theo Bair". Canada Soccer. Retrieved August 18, 2019.
- ^ "Canada Soccer announces Provisional List for Concacaf Men's Olympic Qualifying". Canada Soccer. February 26, 2020. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
- ^ "CANADA SOCCER ANNOUNCES SQUAD FOR CONCACAF MEN'S OLYMPIC QUALIFYING". March 10, 2021.
- ^ Jacques, John (January 3, 2020). "Tristan Borges Called Up To Canada National Team Ahead Of Three Friendlies".
- ^ "HIGHLIGHTS: CanMNT begins 2020 with a win in friendly vs. Barbados". January 7, 2019.
- ^ "Theo Bair Profile". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
External links[]
- Theo Bair at the Canadian Soccer Association (also available in French)
- Theo Bair at Soccerway
- 1999 births
- Living people
- Association football forwards
- Canadian soccer players
- Black Canadian soccer players
- Canadian people of Jamaican descent
- Soccer players from Ottawa
- Vancouver Whitecaps FC players
- Hamarkameratene players
- St Johnstone F.C. players
- Major League Soccer players
- Norwegian First Division players
- Canada men's youth international soccer players
- Canada men's international soccer players
- Homegrown Players (MLS)
- Canadian expatriate soccer players
- Expatriate footballers in Norway
- Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Norway
- West Ottawa SC players