Dino Gardner

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Dino Gardner
Personal information
Full name Dino Roberto Gardner
Date of birth (1993-06-18) June 18, 1993 (age 30)
Place of birth Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1998–2003 Wallace Emerson CC
2006–2007 Wexford SC
2008–2011 Toronto FC
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2015 Humber Hawks 8 (2)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–2010 Toronto FC Academy
2011 York Region Shooters
2012 FC Edmonton 2 (0)
2013 Atak Sports 2 (0)
2014 York Region Shooters
International career
2011 Canada U-18 2 (0)
2012 Canada U-20 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dino Roberto Gardner (born June 18, 1993) is a Canadian soccer player.

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Early career

Gardner started his career with five years in the Wallace Emerson House League. [1] He played than in the youth teams of Wexford SC and was part of the local Ontario Under 16 squad. [2]

Professional career

He spent some time in the Canadian Soccer League with the Toronto FC Academy. In 2011, he left Toronto FC [3] and joined fellow CSL team York Region Shooters. [4] [5]

In 2012, he joined NASL club FC Edmonton, signing a one year contract with an option. [3] where he made two appearances in 2012. At the end of the season, after only playing two games for FC Edmonton, he was released. [6]

He then signed with Atak Sports. [7] In 2014, he returned to his former club the York Region Shooters. [8]

Afterwards, he attended Humber College playing for the men's soccer team. [9]

International career

Gardner played two games for the U-18 and one game for the Canadian U-20. [10] [11]

Personal life

He attended the Humberside Collegiate Institute and played until his graduating 2011 Basketball and Soccer for the Huskies. [10] His parents immigrated in the late 80s from Jamaica, his father, David, was a former Jamaican footballer from Manchester, Jamaica and his mother, Elaine, was a high jumper Elaine, who was originally from St. Mary, Jamaica. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ Sandor, Steven (13 June 2012). "Ex-TFC Academy prospect Gardner signs deal with FC Edmonton". the11.ca. Archived from the original on 20 June 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
  2. ↑ "Funding A Dream Supporters: Team Ontario Under 16 Boys". Soccer.on.ca. 13 June 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2012.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. 1 2 Sandor, Steven (July 10, 2012). "FC Edmonton's Gardner reflects on Canadian U-20 team's battles with Mexico". The 11.
  4. ↑ Adamson, Stan (May 3, 2018). "CSL Coaches will be looking for that Special Player". Canadian Soccer League .
  5. ↑ "Canadian Soccer League". 2011-10-02. Archived from the original on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2016-12-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ↑ Sandor, Steven (December 4, 2012). "FCE makes cuts: Craig, Oppong, West, Gardner and Pinto won't be back". The 11.
  7. ↑ Sandor, Steven (13 June 2012). "Dino Gardner - Soccer Academy Alliance Canada". Academysoccer.ca. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
  8. ↑ "York Region Shooters | Canadian Soccer League". 2015-03-14. Archived from the original on 2015-03-14. Retrieved 2016-12-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  9. ↑ "Dino Gardner profile". Humber Hawks .
  10. 1 2 3 Sandor, Steven (13 June 2012). "Dino Gardner - Canada Soccer". the11.ca. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
  11. ↑ Catania, Joe (October 24, 2014). "Dino Gardner leads in soccer, rising rap star as 'Franchise'". Humber Et Cetera.
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