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Alessandro Hojabrpour
Personal information
Full name Alessandro Feridun Hojabrpour
Date of birth (2000-01-10) January 10, 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Pacific FC
Number 21
Youth career
0000–2014 Coquitlam Metro-Ford SC
2014–2017 Vancouver Whitecaps FC
2017–2019 Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019– Pacific FC 32 (0)
International career‡
2016–2017 Canada U17 3 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of September 15, 2020
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of May 12, 2019

Alessandro Feridun Hojabrpour (Persian: آلساندرو فریدون هژبرپور; born January 10, 2000) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays for Pacific FC as a defensive midfielder.

Club career

Early career

A product of the Vancouver Whitecaps FC Academy, Alessandro Hojabrpour signed with the under-19 side of Bulgarian club Lokomotiv Plovdiv in 2017.[1][2]

Pacific FC

Hojabrpour signed with Pacific FC on January 15, 2019 and made his Canadian Premier League debut on May 12, 2019 against FC Edmonton.[3][4] He was given his first start for the club in the next game during a Canadian Championship match against Cavalry FC on May 15, 2019.[5] Hojabrpour re-signed with Pacific in December 2019 for the 2020 season and in December 2020 for the 2021 season.[6][7]

International career

Youth

Born in Burnaby to an Italian mother and Iranian father,[8] Hojabrpour made his debut in the Canadian youth program in 2014. He represented the Canada men's national under-17 soccer team in the 2017 CONCACAF U-17 Championship, scoring a goal against Cuba on April 25, 2017.[2][9]

Style of play

Hojabrpour can operate as a central midfielder or defensive midfielder.[10]

Career statistics

As of 3 July 2019
Club Division Season League Cup Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Pacific FC Canadian Premier League 2019 6 0 2 0 — 8 0
Career total 6 0 2 0 — 8 0

References

  1. ^ "Alessandro Hojabrpour". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Pacific Football Club bolsters lineup with trio of Canadian youth internationals". Pacific FC. 15 January 2019. Archived from the original on 12 May 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  3. ^ Jesse Laufer (15 January 2019). "Three Burnaby natives join Langford-based Pacific FC". Victoria News. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Alessandro Hojabrpour". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  5. ^ https://twitter.com/Pacificfccpl/status/1128842766979461120
  6. ^ https://btsvancity.com/2019/12/12/trust-the-kids-looking-at-what-to-expect-from-pacific-fcs-re-signed-youngsters/
  7. ^ https://canpl.ca/article/pacific-fc-brings-back-hojabrpour-wirth-for-2021-cpl-season
  8. ^ ‘Always a ball within reach’: For Pacific’s Hojabrpour, soccer a family affair (Part 1) canpl.ca
  9. ^ "Alessandro Hojabrpour". Canada Soccer. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  10. ^ Pacific FC’s Hojabrpour emerging as key contributor in Fall push (Part 2) canpl.ca

External links

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