Emile Saimovici

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Emile Saimovici
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-04-10) 10 April 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Singapore
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Burnaby FC
Youth career
Richmond FC
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011 Clark Penguins
2013 Centennial Colts 9 (2)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014 Durham United
2014 Master's FA
2024– Burnaby FC 10 (1)
International career
2021– Barbados 5 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of August 8, 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 December 2021

Emile Saimovici (born 10 April 1993) is a footballer who plays for Burnaby FC in League1 British Columbia. Born in Singapore, he plays for the Barbados national team. Besides Barbados, he has played in Canada and the United States.

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Early life

A native of Vancouver, Canada, Saimovici is the son of a Romanian-Canadian father and a Barbadian mother. [1] He earned a scholarship to play for the Oregon State University Beavers, but due to some logistical issues, he instead went to their feeder school Clark College. [1] He later attended Centennial College in Toronto, where he was named an OCAA league all-star in 2013–14. [1] [2]

Club career

In 2014, he played with Durham United FC in League1 Ontario. [3] [4]

He later played at the amateur level with Vancouver Metro Soccer League club Vancouver Croatia SC, [5] [6] where he captained them to their first VMSL title in 30 years. [1]

International career

In March 2021, he was named to the Barbados national team for the first time for 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches. [7] [8] He debuted internationally on 25 March 2021, in a match against Panama in a 1–0 loss. [9] On 30 March 2021, Saimovici scored his first goal for Barbados against Anguilla in a 1–0 victory in his second international game. [10] [11]

International goals

Scores and results list Barbados's goal tally first. [12]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.30 March 2021 Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium, Santo Domingo, Dominican RepublicFlag of Anguilla.svg  Anguilla 1–01–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.8 June 2021Flag of Dominica.svg  Dominica 1–01–1

Honours

Club

Croatia SC

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