Ahinga Selemani

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Ahinga Selemani
Personal information
Full name Ahinga Bienvenu Selemani
Date of birth (1996-03-15) March 15, 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Hawke's Bay United
Number 9
Youth career
Michigan Tigers
2011–2014 Columbus Crew
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014 Michigan Wolverines 18 (3)
2015–2016 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos 43 (12)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015 AFC Ann Arbor
2016 Ventura County Fusion 1 (0)
2017 Panetolikos 0 (0)
2018–2019 Vlašim 15 (2)
2019– Hawke's Bay United 16 (10)
International career‡
2012–2013 United States U17 3 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of March 13, 2020
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of February 2, 2020

Ahinga Bienvenu Selemani (born March 15, 1996) is a Canadian-born American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for New Zealand club Hawke's Bay United.

Club career

Early career

Before attending college, Selemani played for Crew Soccer Academy Wolves from 2011 to 2014.[1]

In 2014, Selemani began attending the University of Michigan, where he scored three goals in eighteen appearances in his first year and was named to the Big Ten All-Freshman Team.[2] That summer, he played in the PDL with local club AFC Ann Arbor, before switching to UC Santa Barbara in the fall.[1] That year, he scored five goals in 23 appearances.[1] That summer, he made one appearance in the PDL for Ventura County Fusion.[3] In 2016, Selemani scored seven goals in twenty appearances for the Gauchos.[1]

Panetolikos

In April 2017, Selemani signed his first professional contract with Superleague Greece side Panetolikos.[4]

Vlašim

In 2018, Selemani signed with Czech National Football League side Vlašim and scored two goals in fifteen appearances that season.[5]

Hawke's Bay United

On October 30, 2019, Selemani signed with New Zealand Football Championship side Hawke's Bay United. He went on to score 10 goals and add 6 assists in 16 matches while finishing as a runner-up in the league MVP race. He also won Hawke's Bay United Player's choice player of the year, Coach's choice player of the year & took home the golden boot.[6]

International career

Selemani represented the United States at the 2013 CONCACAF U-17 Championship, making three appearances and scoring a goal against Haiti.[5]

Career statistics

As of 9 February 2020[5]
Club statistics
Club Season League National Cup[a] Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Ventura County Fusion 2016 USL PDL 1 0 — 0 0 1 0
Panetolikos 2017–18 Superleague Greece 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vlašim 2018–19 Czech NFL 15 2 1 0 0 0 16 2
Hawke's Bay United 2019–20 New Zealand Premiership 16 10 0 0 0 0 16 10
Career total 32 12 1 0 0 0 33 12

  1. ^ Includes appearances in the Czech Cup.

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Ahinga Selemani". UC Santa Barbara. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Ahinga Selemani". University of Michigan. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Ahinga Selemani 2016". USL League Two. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  4. ^ Phil Schoen (4 April 2017). "Americans Overseas: Carli Lloyd Gets First Taste Of European Action". BeIN Sports. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  5. ^ a b c "A. Selemani". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  6. ^ Anendra Singh (30 October 2019). "Football: Hawke's Bay United inject pivotal import trio to provide impetus". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 2 February 2020.

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