Ousman Maheshe

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Ousman Maheshe
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Maheshe in 2022 with FC Edmonton
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-04-02) 2 April 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Goma, DR Congo
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 St. Albert Impact
Youth career
South Clareview Cobras
Edmonton Xtreme FC
Edmonton Victoria SC
St. Albert Impact
2016–2020 FC Edmonton
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021 NAIT Ooks 10 (18)
2022 MacEwan Griffins 10 (3)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021 Edmonton Scottish 0 (0)
2022 HFX Wanderers FC 0 (0)
2022 → FC Edmonton (loan) 1 (0)
2024– St. Albert Impact 2 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of May 15, 2024

Ousman Maheshe (born 2 April 2002) is a Congolese professional footballer who plays for St. Albert Impact in League1 Alberta.

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Early life

Born in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mahesle grew up in Edmonton, Canada. He began playing youth soccer at age four with the South Clareview Cobras, [1] later playing with Xtreme FC, Victoria FC, and St. Albert Impact, also playing for the Alberta provincial team, where after impressing at nationals, he was selected to join a Canada U15 camp. [2] At the age of 14, he joined the FC Edmonton Academy. [2]

College career

In 2019, he committed to attend the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, where he would play for the men's soccer team beginning in 2020. [2] In his first season playing for the Ooks in 2021, he scored 10 goals in six league games, to lead the Alberta Colleges Athletics Conference. [3] He scored another eight goals in four national championship matches, helping the Ooks to a third-place finish, [4] including a four-goal performance against the Brandon Bobcats [5] and a hat trick the next day against St. Thomas Tommies. [6] That year, he was named to the 2021-22 ACAC Men's Soccer All-Conference Team [7] and a 2021 CCAA Men's Soccer Championship All-Star. [8]

In 2022, he began attending MacEwan University, playing for the men's soccer team. [9] [10]

Club career

In 2021, he played with Edmonton Scottish in the 2021 Summer Series. [11]

On 29 March 2022, he signed a contract with HFX Wanderers FC of the Canadian Premier League, immediately being sent on loan to FC Edmonton. [12] He made his professional debut, in a substitute appearance, on May 15 against Pacific FC. [13] In August, he departed the club, returning to university, as part of his developmental contract. [9]

International career

In November 2016, he attended a training camp with the Canada U15 team. [14]

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References

  1. ↑ Ousman Maheshe at the Canadian Soccer Association
  2. 1 2 3 "Ooks men's soccer add four new recruits". Northern Alberta Institute of Technology . November 25, 2019.
  3. ↑ "NAIT Ooks Player Feature: Ousman Maheshe". Northern Alberta Institute of Technology . October 20, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Ousman Maheshe Eikon profile". Eikon Sports.
  5. ↑ "CCAA Men's Soccer Nationals: BU Bobcats final match vs. NAIT Ooks in Bronze quarter-final". Manitoba College Athletic Conference. November 12, 2021.
  6. ↑ "NAIT Ooks Men's Soccer Team Wins Bronze at Nationals". Northern Alberta Institute of Technology . November 8, 2021.
  7. ↑ "2021-22 ACAC Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams". Alberta Colleges Athletics Conference . October 28, 2021.
  8. ↑ "2021 CCAA Men's Soccer Championship". Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association .
  9. 1 2 "FC Edmonton's Kairo Coore returns to university; Bitar will stay with the club for the remainder of the season". FC Edmonton . August 19, 2022.
  10. ↑ "Ousman Maheshe MacEwan profile". MacEwan Griffins .
  11. ↑ @EDMscottish (June 26, 2021). "We've got one hour until the kickoff of the 2021 Summer Series! Here's our team list against @FoothillsFCU23 today" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  12. ↑ Jacques, John (March 29, 2022). "Halifax Wanderers Loan Three Players To FC Edmonton". Northern Tribune.
  13. ↑ Van Diest, Derek (May 15, 2022). "FC Edmonton put up another good fight, but fall short again". Edmonton Sun .
  14. ↑ "Canada Soccer invites 30 young players to identification camp". SIRC. November 15, 2016.
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