Mallan Roberts

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Mallan Roberts
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-06-06) 6 June 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Freetown, Sierra Leone
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Position(s) Centerback
Team information
Current team
 FC Edmonton
Number 15
Youth career
NAIT Ooks
2012–2013 FC Edmonton
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013– FC Edmonton 46 (3)
International career‡
2015– Canada 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of May 4, 2016
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 June 2015

Mallan Roberts (born 6 June 1992) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a centerback for FC Edmonton of the North American Soccer League.

Career

Youth

Born in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Roberts began playing soccer in Sierra Leone before continuing to play the game in Edmonton, Alberta after he and his father fled from Sierra Leone due to the Sierra Leone Civil War.[1] While in high-school Roberts started to play Canadian Football for his high-school side and then for the local Canadian Junior Football League side, the Edmonton Huskies.[2] He also spent a few weeks training with Canadian Football League side, the Edmonton Eskimos before going back into soccer and playing with the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology soccer team before joining the FC Edmonton reserves in 2012.[2]

FC Edmonton

On 20 February 2013 it was announced that Roberts had signed his first professional contract with FC Edmonton of the North American Soccer League.[2] He then made his professional debut for FC Edmonton in a Canadian Championship match against the Vancouver Whitecaps FC in which started and played the full 90 minutes as Edmonton lost the match 2–3.[3] Roberts then scored his first professional goal of his career on 30 June 2013 against Minnesota United FC in an NASL match in which he found the net in the 11th minute as FC Edmonton went on to win the match 3–1.[4]

International

Roberts had said he was open to representing either Sierra Leone or Canada.

Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone attempted to call up Roberts twice in 2014 for Africa Cup of Nations qualifying, but due to the Ebola Epidemic in West Africa, and coaching issues with the team, he was unable to join the squad.[5]

Canada

Roberts was expecting to gain Canadian citizenship sometime during the summer of 2013.[1] Roberts finally received his Canadian citizenship on February 12, 2015.[6] On June 6, 2015 Roberts received his first call up from Canada coach Benito Floro to the senior squad for two 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Dominica as a replacement for an injured Dejan Jaković.[7] He made his debut in the return leg against Dominica as a late substitute on June 16 and as a result, became cap-tied to Canada.

Career statistics

Club

As of May 4, 2016[8]
Season Club League League League Cup Domestic Cup CONCACAF Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
FC Edmonton 2013 NASL 11 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 13 1
2014 12 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 14 1
2015 21 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 25 2
2016 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
FC Edmonton Total 46 3 0 0 8 0 0 0 54 4
Career Total 46 3 0 0 8 0 0 0 54 4

International

As of June 16, 2015[8]
Canada national team
2015 1 0
Total 1 0

References

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  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Mallan Roberts at Soccerway

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