Kadell Thomas
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kadell Thomas | ||
Date of birth | 26 November 1996 | ||
Place of birth | North York, Ontario, Canada | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Forge FC | ||
Number | 17 | ||
Youth career | |||
Brampton East | |||
Brampton Youth | |||
2012–2014 | Sigma FC | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014 | Cloud County Thunderbirds | 19 | (2) |
2016 | Broward Seahawks | 6 | (8) |
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014–2018 | Sigma FC | 44 | (21) |
2019– | Forge FC | 22 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of September 15, 2020 |
Kadell Thomas (born 26 November 1996) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays for Forge FC as a forward.
Club career
Early career
A native of Brampton, Ontario, Thomas began playing soccer with Brampton YSC before later joining Brampton East.[1]
Sigma FC
Thomas joined Mississauga-based academy Sigma FC as a 15 year-old and made his senior debut for the club with the launch of League1 Ontario in 2014.[1][2] In 2016, Thomas made twelve league appearances for Sigma.[3]
In 2017, Thomas scored a career-high seventeen goals in eighteen appearances, tied for second among league top scorers, and was subsequently named to the league First All-Star Team.[4][5] In 2018, Thomas made fourteen league appearances, scoring four goals and added another four goals in three playoff appearances.[6] He was subsequently named to the league First All-Star Team for the second year in a row.[7]
Forge FC
On 2 March 2019, Thomas signed his first professional contract with Canadian Premier League side Forge FC, joining former coach Bobby Smyrniotis.[8] On 27 April 2019, Thomas made his professional debut as a substitute in the inaugural match of the Canadian Premier League and scored the first goal in Forge FC history in the 78th minute.[9]
Career statistics
- As of 22 October 2019
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other[A] | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Sigma FC | 2016[3][10] | League1 Ontario | 12 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 12 | 0 |
2017[4][11] | 18 | 17 | — | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 19 | 17 | ||
2018[6][12] | 14 | 4 | — | — | 3 | 4 | — | — | 3 | 4 | 20 | 12 | ||
Total | 44 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 51 | 29 | ||
Forge FC | 2019[13] | Canadian Premier League | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 |
Career total | 58 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 69 | 32 |
- A. ^ The "Other" column includes appearances and goals in the League1 Ontario Playoffs.
Honours
Club
- Forge FC
Individual
- League1 Ontario First Team All-Star: 2017, 2018
References
- ^ a b James Grossi (29 April 2019). "'It's been a journey': Forge's Kadell Thomas emerges under CPL spotlight". Canadian Premier League. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
- ^ Armin Tankovic (1 August 2014). "Sigma FC 2 - Vaughan Azzurri 2". League1 Ontario. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
- ^ a b "Kadell Thomas 2016". League1 Ontario. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
- ^ a b "Kadell Thomas 2017". League1 Ontario. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
- ^ "League1 Ontario Announces 2017 Men's First, Second and Third Team All-Stars". League1 Ontario. 7 November 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
- ^ a b "Kadell Thomas 2018". League1 Ontario. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
- ^ "Men's And Women's 2018 First, Second And Third Team All-Stars". League1 Ontario. 13 November 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
- ^ "Forge FC adds four players to roster". Forge FC. 2 March 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
- ^ "Forge vs. York9 - 27 April 2019". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
- ^ "Kadell Thomas 2016 Cup". League1 Ontario. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
- ^ "Kadell Thomas 2017 Cup". League1 Ontario. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
- ^ "Kadell Thomas 2018 Cup". League1 Ontario. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
- ^ "K. Thomas". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
External links
- Kadell Thomas at Soccerway
- 1996 births
- Living people
- Association football forwards
- Canadian soccer players
- People from North York
- Soccer players from Toronto
- Black Canadian sportspeople
- Canadian expatriate soccer players
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Broward College alumni
- Forge FC players
- League1 Ontario players
- Canadian Premier League players