Maheshe in 2022 with FC Edmonton | |||
Personal information | |||
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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 | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021 | NAIT Ooks | 10 | (18) |
2022 | MacEwan Griffins | 10 | (3) |
2024– | Carleton Ravens | 11 | (5) |
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2022 | HFX Wanderers FC | 0 | (0) |
2022 | → FC Edmonton (loan) | 1 | (0) |
2024– | St. Albert Impact | 12 | (9) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of July 24, 2024 |
Ousman Maheshe (born 2 April 2002) is a Congolese professional footballer who plays for St. Albert Impact in League1 Alberta.
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, 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. At the age of 14, he joined the FC Edmonton Academy.
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. 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. He scored another eight goals in four national championship matches, helping the Ooks to a third-place finish, including a four-goal performance against the Brandon Bobcats and a hat trick the next day against St. Thomas Tommies. That year, he was named to the 2021-22 ACAC Men's Soccer All-Conference Team and a 2021 CCAA Men's Soccer Championship All-Star.
In 2022, he began attending MacEwan University, playing for the men's soccer team.
In 2024, he began attending Carleton University. At the end of the 2024 season, he was named an OUA East First Team All-Star.
Club career
In 2021, he played with Edmonton Scottish in the 2021 Summer Series exhibition tournament.
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. He made his professional debut, in a substitute appearance, on May 15 against Pacific FC. In August, he departed the club, returning to university, as part of his developmental contract.
In 2024, he played with the St. Albert Impact in League1 Alberta.
International career
In November 2016, he attended a training camp with the Canada U15 team.
References
- Ousman Maheshe at the Canadian Soccer Association
- ^ "Ooks men's soccer add four new recruits". Northern Alberta Institute of Technology. 25 November 2019.
- "NAIT Ooks Player Feature: Ousman Maheshe". Northern Alberta Institute of Technology. 20 October 2021.
- "Ousman Maheshe Eikon profile". Eikon Sports.
- "CCAA Men's Soccer Nationals: BU Bobcats final match vs. NAIT Ooks in Bronze quarter-final". Manitoba College Athletic Conference. 12 November 2021.
- "NAIT Ooks Men's Soccer Team Wins Bronze at Nationals". Northern Alberta Institute of Technology. 8 November 2021.
- "2021-22 ACAC Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams". Alberta Colleges Athletics Conference. 28 October 2021.
- "2021 CCAA Men's Soccer Championship". Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association.
- ^ "FC Edmonton's Kairo Coore returns to university; Bitar will stay with the club for the remainder of the season". FC Edmonton. 19 August 2022.
- "Ousman Maheshe MacEwan profile". MacEwan Griffins.
- "Osman Wins Community Service Award, Four Ravens Named All-Stars". Carlton Ravens. 1 November 2024.
- @EDMscottish (26 June 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.
- Jacques, John (29 March 2022). "Halifax Wanderers Loan Three Players To FC Edmonton". Northern Tribune.
- Van Diest, Derek (15 May 2022). "FC Edmonton put up another good fight, but fall short again". Edmonton Sun.
- "Ousman Maheshe L1AB Stats". League1 Alberta.
- "Canada Soccer invites 30 young players to identification camp". SIRC. 15 November 2016.
External links
- Ousman Maheshe at Soccerway
- NAIT Ooks profile
- 2002 births
- Living people
- Men's association football forwards
- Democratic Republic of the Congo men's footballers
- Canadian men's soccer players
- Democratic Republic of the Congo emigrants to Canada
- Canadian Premier League players
- FC Edmonton players
- League1 Alberta players
- 21st-century Canadian sportsmen
- Carleton Ravens men's soccer players