Mehdi Essoussi

Mehdi Essoussi (born February 28, 2001) is a Tunisian-born, Canadian soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Toronto FC II in MLS Next Pro.

Mehdi Essoussi
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-02-28) February 28, 2001
Place of birth Tunis, Tunisia
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Toronto FC II
Number 35
Youth career
Nepean Hotspurs SC
2011 Ottawa Fury Academy
2010–2016 Ottawa South United
2017–2021 Toronto FC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018 Toronto FC III 13 (1)
2019– Toronto FC II 22 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of April 10, 2022

Early life

He began playing youth soccer with the Nepean Hotspurs SC, before moving on to Ottawa South United[1] and spending some time in the Ottawa Fury Academy.[2] He then moved on to join the Toronto FC Academy. He also played with the Team Ontario provincial team and attended a Canadian National team Identification Camp.[3]

Career

In 2018, he began playing for Toronto FC III in the semi-professional League1 Ontario. He scored his first goal on August 12 against Sigma FC.[4] He was named a 2nd team all-star at the end of the season.[5]

On September 27, 2018, he signed his first professional contract with Toronto FC II to join them for the 2019 season.[6][7] He made his debut on June 19 against the Lansing Ignite.[8]

International career

In 2016, he was called up to the Canadian U15 national team camp.[3][9]

Career statistics

Club
As of October 1, 2021[10]
Club Season League Domestic Cup League Cup Continental Total
Division AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Toronto FC III 2018[11] League1 Ontario 131–20–151
Toronto FC II 2019 USL League One 60–––60
2021 150–––150
Total 210000000210
Career total 341002000361

References
  1. "Force Academy Alumni: National Teams and Professional Players". Ottawa South United.
  2. "Ottawa Fury 2011 Media Guide" (PDF). Ottawa Fury SC.
  3. Mitchell, Marit (October 1, 2018). "High performance: Meet two elite student athletes at U of T Engineering". University of Toronto.
  4. "Sigma Goes Top Of League After Beating TFC III 2-1". League1 Ontario. August 13, 2018.
  5. Krueger, Adam (November 27, 2018). "Academy players honoured with League1 Ontario Awards". Toronto FC.
  6. "Toronto FC II sign three Academy players for 2019 season". Toronto FC. September 27, 2018.
  7. Grossi, James (April 4, 2019). "TFC II set to kickoff USL League One season". Waking the Red.
  8. Richards, Gwyn (June 20, 2019). "TFC II in D3: Lansing's Haitian Sensation Ends Young Reds' Unbeaten Run". Northern Starting XI.
  9. "U-15 Men's Team [2016-03]". Canadian Soccer Association.
  10. Mehdi Essoussi at Soccerway
  11. "2018 Statistics". League 1 Ontario. Retrieved 23 September 2018.


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