Alessandro Hojabrpour
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alessandro Feridun Hojabrpour | ||
| Date of birth | January 10, 2000 | ||
| 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 | |||
| –2014 | Coquitlam Metro-Ford SC | ||
| 2014–2017 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | ||
| 2017–2019 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019– | Pacific FC | 22 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016–2017 | Canada U17 | 3 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 19, 2019 ‡ 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]
International career
Youth
Born in Burnaby to an Italian mother and Iranian father,[6] 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][7]
Style of play
Hojabrpour can operate as a central midfielder or defensive midfielder.[8]
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
- ^ "Alessandro Hojabrpour". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Jesse Laufer (15 January 2019). "Three Burnaby natives join Langford-based Pacific FC". Victoria News. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
- ^ "Alessandro Hojabrpour". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
- ^ https://twitter.com/Pacificfccpl/status/1128842766979461120
- ^ ‘Always a ball within reach’: For Pacific’s Hojabrpour, soccer a family affair (Part 1) canpl.ca
- ^ "Alessandro Hojabrpour". Canada Soccer. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
- ^ Pacific FC’s Hojabrpour emerging as key contributor in Fall push (Part 2) canpl.ca
External links
- Canada Soccer profile
- Alessandro Hojabrpour at Soccerway
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Association football midfielders
- Canadian soccer players
- Iranian footballers
- Soccer people from British Columbia
- Sportspeople from Burnaby
- Canadian people of Italian descent
- Canadian people of Iranian descent
- Sportspeople of Iranian descent
- Canadian expatriate soccer players
- Expatriate footballers in Bulgaria
- Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria
- Vancouver Whitecaps Residency players
- PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv players
- Pacific FC players
- Canadian Premier League players
- Canada men's youth international soccer players