Kamron Habibullah

Kamron Habibullah (born October 23, 2003) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Pacific FC, on loan from Vancouver Whitecaps FC. He has represented Canada at the under-17 level.

Kamron Habibullah
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-10-23) October 23, 2003
Place of birth Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Pacific FC
(on loan from Vancouver Whitecaps FC)
Youth career
South Burnaby Metro SC
Burnaby Selects
Mountain United FC
2016–2021 Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–pres. Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3 (0)
2022 → Pacific FC (loan) 1 (0)
National team‡
2019 Canada U17 8 (3)
2022– Canada U20 2 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of April 16, 2022
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of April 26, 2022

Early life

Habibullah was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan to Afghan parents and emigrated to British Columbia, Canada with his family at the age of two. He played youth soccer at age seven with South Burnaby Metro SC, and later played with Burnaby Selects, and Mountain United FC.[1][2] He joined the Whitecaps academy system in 2016 at the age of 12. He went on to score 21 goals in 58 appearances from U-16 to U-19, netting four goals at the 2019 Generation Adidas Cup and scoring the winning goal against Real Madrid Academy.[2]

Club career

After spending the duration of the preseason with the first team, it was announced on April 23, 2021, that Vancouver Whitecaps FC would be signing Habibullah to a multi-year MLS homegrown contract.[3] He made his first team debut the following week, replacing Caio Alexandre in the 88th minute of a 1–0 loss to the Colorado Rapids.[4]

On March 11, 2022, Habibullah went on loan with Canadian Premier League side Pacific FC.[5] He made his debut in Pacific's season-opener against Forge FC on April 10.[6]

International career

Habibullah was first called up to a Canada U17 national camp in March 2019 by head coach Andrew Olivieri, in preparation for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup. He went on to score three goals in qualifying and appeared three times for Canada at the U-17 World Cup finals.[1]

In April 2022, Habibullah was called up to the Canadian Under-20 side for two friendly matches against Costa Rica.[7] He scored a goal in the first friendly on April 15.[8]

Career statistics
As of October 2, 2021[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club League Season League Playoffs Domestic Cup Continental Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Vancouver Whitecaps FC MLS 2021 300000–30
Career total 3000000030

References
  1. "Profile - Canada Soccer". Canada Soccer. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
  2. "Kamron Habibullah profile". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
  3. "VWFC sign Habibullah to MLS homegrown contract". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
  4. "Rapids 1, Whitecaps 0: Undefeated start comes to a halt". The Province. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
  5. Charlie O'Connor-Clarke (March 11, 2022). "Pacific FC acquires Kamron Habibullah on loan from Whitecaps". Canadian Premier League. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
  6. Pacific FC [@pacificfccpl] (April 10, 2022). "85' Substitution Off: Marco Bustos, Nathan Mavila On: Kamron Habibullah, Jordan Haynes Captain's armband now goes to TMG, and Habibullah makes his club debut!" (Tweet). Retrieved April 10, 2022 – via Twitter.
  7. "CANADA SOCCER ANNOUNCES MEN'S U-20 NATIONAL TEAM CAMP AND MATCHES FOR APRIL". Canada Soccer. April 5, 2022.
  8. Davidson, Neil (April 15, 2022). "Canadian men's under-20 soccer team features some very familiar names". North Shore News.
  9. "Kamron Habibullah profile". Soccerway. Retrieved May 3, 2021.
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