Maël Henry
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | May 26, 2004 | ||
| Place of birth | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Cavalry FC | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2009–2015 | CS Boucaniers Montréal | ||
| 2016–2017 | FS Salaberry | ||
| 2017–2022 | CF Montréal | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022 | CF Montréal U23 | 13 | (5) |
| 2023 | Vancouver FC | 3 | (0) |
| 2023– | Cavalry FC | 21 | (4) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Canada U15 | 5 | (1) |
| 2022 | Canada U20 | 3 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of August 24, 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of June 22, 2022 | |||
Maël Henry (born May 26, 2004) is a Canadian soccer player who plays for Cavalry FC in the Canadian Premier League.
Early life
[edit]Henry began playing youth soccer at age five with CS Boucaniers Montréal.[1] He later played with FS Salasberry before joining the CF Montréal Academy in 2017.[2] In November 2018, he was named the Academy's Player of the Month.[3]
Henry also trialed with French clubs FC Lorient, AJ Auxerre and Stade Malherbe Caen.[4]
Club career
[edit]In 2022, he played with CF Montréal U23 in the Première ligue de soccer du Québec.[5] After the season he had a two-week trial with French club FC Lorient, followed by a trial with the FC Nantes reserves, who offered him a pro trainee contract, but he was unable to sign due to some administrative issues.[6]
In February 2023, he signed with Vancouver FC in the Canadian Premier League.[7]
On June 29, 2023, he joined Cavalry FC in an intra-league swap for Mikaël Cantave.[8] He made his debut for Cavalry on July 15 against the HFX Wanderers.[9] He scored his first CPL goal on September 12, 2023 against the HFX Wanderers.[10] He missed the first months of the 2024 season due to injury,[11] returning in July, before suffering a season ending injury on August 24.[12]
International career
[edit]Henry was born in Canada to a French father and Canadian mother.[1] In July 2019, he made his debut in the Canadian youth program in 2019 at a Canada U15 camp and was subsequently named to the roster for the 2019 CONCACAF Boys' Under-15 Championship.[1] He was then named to the Canada U20 team for the 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.[13][14] On June 22, 2022, he scored against Saint Kitts and Nevis U20.[15]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of August 24, 2024[16]
| Club | Season | League | Playoffs | Domestic Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| CF Montréal U23 | 2022[17] | Première ligue de soccer du Québec | 13 | 5 | – | – | – | 13 | 5 | |||
| Vancouver FC | 2023 | Canadian Premier League | 3 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | ||
| Cavalry FC | 2023 | Canadian Premier League | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 15 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | ||
| Total | 21 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 4 | ||
| Career total | 37 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 9 | ||
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Maël Henry at the Canadian Soccer Association
- ^ "Loïc Cloutier et Maël Henry sélectionnés par l'équipe U20 du Canada" [Loïc Cloutier and Maël Henry selected by Canada's U20 team]. CF Montréal (in French). April 5, 2022.
- ^ "Maël Henry : Joueur du mois Nutrilait" [Maël Henry: Nutrilait Player of the Month]. Collège de Montréal (in French). November 9, 2018.
- ^ "Vancouver FC add midfielders Maël Henry, Cristian Mares". Canadian Premier League. February 28, 2023.
- ^ "Quatre joueurs du CF Montréal sélectionnés par l'équipe U-20 du Canada" [Four CF Montreal players selected by Canada's U-20 team]. CF Montréal (in French). June 10, 2022.
- ^ Parisis, Quentin (September 13, 2023). "Maël Henry, l'homme heureux du Cavalry" [Maël Henry, the happy man of the Cavalry]. Canadian Premier League (in French).
- ^ Jacques, John (February 28, 2023). "Vancouver FC Adds Mael Henry". Northern Tribune.
- ^ "Cavalry FC Signs Maël Henry to 2023 Roster". Cavalry FC. June 29, 2023.
- ^ Saelhof, Todd (July 15, 2023). "Cavalry's luck changing with good form following to start second half of CPL season". Calgary Sun.
- ^ Hunt, Stephen (September 13, 2023). "Road warriors: Cavalry playoff-bound following 2-1 victory in Halifax". CTV News.
- ^ "Henry's first goal of CPL campaign leads Cavalry to win over host Vancouver". Calgary Herald. July 27, 2024.
- ^ Jacques, John (September 3, 2024). "Mael Henry Out For Season". Northern Tribune.
- ^ "Vigie internationale" [International lookout]. CF Montréal (in French). June 15, 2022.
- ^ "Loïc Cloutier, Keesean Ferdinand, Maël Henry et Rida Zouhir avec le Canada U20" [Loïc Cloutier, Keesean Ferdinand, Maël Henry and Rida Zouhir with Canada U20]. RDS (in French). June 10, 2022.
- ^ Jacques, John (February 7, 2023). "Bernier: Mael Henry Nears CPL Move". Northern Tribune.
- ^ Maël Henry at Soccerway
- ^ "PTS-Ligue Archive" (in French). TSI Sports.
External links
[edit]- Maël Henry at Soccerway
- Living people
- 2004 births
- Soccer players from Montreal
- Canadian men's soccer players
- Canada men's youth international soccer players
- Canadian people of French descent
- Men's association football midfielders
- CF Montréal players
- CF Montréal U23 players
- Ligue1 Québec players
- Vancouver FC players
- Cavalry FC players
- 21st-century Canadian sportsmen