Yacine Ait-Slimane

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Yacine Ait-Slimane
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-05-30) May 30, 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec, Canada
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
2001–2004 FC Ecublens
2004–2007 AS Saint-Lambert
2007–2012 Longueuil
2012–2015 Montreal Impact
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2022 Concordia Stingers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014 Montreal Impact U23 11 (1)
2015–2016 FC Montreal 30 (1)
International career
Canada U18
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Yacine Ait-Slimane (born May 30, 1995) is a Canadian soccer player who played as a forward.

Contents

Club career

Early career

Ait-Slimane began playing football as a 5-year-old with FC Ecublenbs Vaud in Switzerland, before returning to Canada with AS Saint-Lambert for 3 years. [1] He then played with Longueuil's academy in 2007. [1] In 2009, while playing with Longueuil he was named the league's best player and top goal scorer. [1]

He joined the Montreal Impact's academy team in the Canadian Soccer League's first division in 2012. [2] He would help Montreal secure another playoff berth by finishing second in the division. [3] In the first round of the playoffs, they defeated Toronto FC's academy. [4] Ait-Slimane would contribute a goal in the semifinal round against the York Region Shooters and helped advance Montreal to the championship final. [5] [6] In the championship title match, the team was defeated by Toronto Croatia. [7] After the conclusion of the season, he was nominated for the league's rookie of the year. [8]

In 2013, when Montreal left the CSL circuit he resumed playing with the academy side in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy. [9] He would also feature with Montreal Impact's reserve team in the MLS Reserve League. [10] His final run with the academy was during the 2014 season when the team competed in the American-based USL Premier Development League. [11]

FC Montreal

On March 13, 2015, it was announced that Ait-Slimane would join FC Montreal, a USL affiliate club of the Montreal Impact for their inaugural season. [12] [13] [14] He made his professional debut for the club on March 28 in a 2–0 defeat to Toronto FC II. [15] He would record his first goal for the club on August 9, 2015, against Saint Louis. [16] In his debut season, he played in 11 matches and scored 1 goal. [16]

Ait-Slimane would re-sign with Montreal the following season. [17] The club would fail to qualify for the postseason. [18] In total, he played in 19 matches. [16]

Concordia

After two seasons with Montreal, he began playing at the college level with the Concordia Stingers. [19] [20] In his third season, he was named to the first all-star team. [21] The following season, he was named the athlete of the week in September. [22] His final season with Concordia was in the 2021-2022 season. [23]

International career

Born in Canada, Ait-Slimane is of Algerian descent. [1] He was initially selected for the Canada under-18 national team camp in 2012. [24] He was called up once again to the under-18 national team camp in 2012. [25] [26] He received his third invitation to the national youth team camp in 2013. [27]

Honors

Montreal Impact Academy

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