Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kobe Lloyd Franklin | ||
Date of birth | May 10, 2003 | ||
Place of birth | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | ||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Toronto FC | ||
Number | 19 | ||
Youth career | |||
Beach Community Soccer | |||
Power Soccer | |||
Evanston SC | |||
2012–2016 | Chicago Fire FC | ||
2017–2021 | Toronto FC | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018 | Toronto FC III | 1 | (1) |
2021–2022 | Toronto FC II | 44 | (4) |
2022 | → Toronto FC (loan) | 1 | (0) |
2023– | Toronto FC | 33 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2019 | Canada U17 | 2 | (0) |
2022– | Canada U20 | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of April 13, 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of June 26, 2022 |
Kobe Lloyd Franklin (born May 10, 2003) is a Canadian soccer player who plays as a defender for Toronto FC in Major League Soccer.
Born in Toronto, Franklin began playing soccer at age four with Beach Community Soccer. [1] [2] Shortly after he began to play with Power Soccer Academy. [3] When he was 9, his family moved to Chicago, where he began playing with Evanston SC before quickly joining the academy of Major League Soccer club Chicago Fire. [3] He later returned to Toronto, joining the Toronto FC Academy in February 2017. [4]
He made his senior debut playing for the Senior Academy team, Toronto FC III, on August 19, 2018, in League1 Ontario against Ottawa South United, scoring a 94th minute goal, becoming the youngest ever goal scorer in League1 Ontario at the age of 15 years, 3 months. [5]
On May 13, 2021, he signed his first professional contract with Toronto FC II of USL League One to join the team for the 2021 season. [4] He made his debut for Toronto FC II on May 22, 2021, against North Texas SC. [6] He scored his first professional goal on August 18 against Forward Madison. [7] On October 1, he recorded two assists and set up a third goal (although was not credited with a third assist) in a 3–0 victory over North Carolina FC. [8] For the 2021 season, he was named a league First Team All-Star and was a finalist for both the USL League One Young Player of the Year and Defender of the Year awards. [9] [10] He was subsequently invited to training camp with the first team ahead of the 2022 season (and once again for the 2023 season). [11]
On April 1, 2022, he joined the first team, Toronto FC on a short-term four-day loan. [12] He signed additional four day loans on April 23, May 4, and May 7. [13] [14] [15] He made his Major League Soccer debut on May 4, 2022, as a second half substitute against FC Cincinnati. [16] In February 2023, he signed a two-year homegrown player contract with two option years with Toronto FC. [17] [18] After a few substitute appearances, Franklin made his first start on April 29, 2023 against New York City FC. [19] [20]
Franklin represented the Canada U17 team at the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup. [21] In June 2022, he was named to the Canadian U-20 team for the 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship. [22]
Club | Season | League | Playoffs | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Toronto FC III | 2018 [24] | League1 Ontario | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
Toronto FC II | 2021 | USL League One | 24 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 24 | 2 | ||||
2022 | MLS Next Pro | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 22 | 2 | ||||
Total | 44 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 0 | ||
Toronto FC (loan) | 2022 | Major League Soccer | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
Toronto FC | 2023 | 27 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 29 | 0 | |||
2024 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
Total | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 0 | ||
Career total | 79 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 83 | 5 |
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