 Oxner with HFX Wanderers in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | July 29, 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Halifax Dunbrack | |||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2018 | Saint Mary's Huskies | 33 | (0) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2022 | HFX Wanderers | 60 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 9, 2022 | |||
Christian Oxner (born July 29, 1996) is a Canadian soccer player.
Oxner was born in Halifax and grew up in the suburb of Clayton Park. [1] Oxner began playing soccer with the U6 programme of local club Halifax Dunbrack. [2]
While attending Saint Mary's University, Oxner played for local Nova Scotia Soccer League amateur side Western Halifax FC during the summer. [3] In 2016, he won his first provincial championship with Western Halifax and competed at his first national championships that fall. [4]
In 2017, Oxner won a second provincial title in a row Western Halifax and went on to win the Challenge Trophy that year. [4] Oxner kept a clean sheet in the final against FC Winnipeg Lions as Western Halifax won 1–0, becoming the first Nova Scotia club to win the competition since in 2001. [5] In 2018, Oxner helped Western Halifax to a third consecutive Nova Scotian title. [4]
On November 12, 2018, Oxner was drafted in the third round, nineteenth overall, in the 2018 CPL–U Sports Draft by local club HFX Wanderers. [6] On February 20, 2019 Oxner signed his first professional contract with Wanderers, becoming the second-ever Nova Scotian to sign for the club. [7] He made his professional debut in a Canadian Championship match against Vaughan Azzurri on May 16. [8] On May 25, 2019 he made his league debut against Cavalry FC. [8] After starting the season as a back-up to veteran Trinidad and Tobago international Jan-Michael Williams, Oxner slowly earned himself the spot as Wanderers' starting keeper and went on to make eighteen league appearances that season. [8] On November 5, 2019 Oxner re-signed with Halifax for the 2020 season. [9] In the 2020 season, Oxner would be named a finalist for the league's best goalkeeper. [10] In November 2020, Oxner would re-sign with the Wanderers for the 2021 and 2022 seasons, with a club option for the 2023 season. [11] In December 2022 HFX announced they had declined Oxner's 2023 option, ending his time with the club. [12]
| Club | League | Season | League | Playoffs | Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| HFX Wanderers FC | CPL | 2019 | 18 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | |||
| 2021 | 18 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |||
| 2022 | 18 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 60 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 66 | 0 | ||
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