Mohamed Farsi

Mohamed Farsi (born 16 December 1999) is a Canadian professional soccer player who currently plays as a right-back for Columbus Crew 2.

Mohamed Farsi
Personal information
Full name Mohamed Farsi
Date of birth (1999-12-16) 16 December 1999
Place of birth Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Club information
Current team
 Columbus Crew 2
Number 20
Youth career
Boucaniers
2013–2014 Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
2015–2016 Panellinios
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Panellinios 13 (1)
2018 Longueuil 13 (0)
2019 Blainville 9 (0)
2019–2020 AS Aïn M'lila 0 (0)
2020–2021 Cavalry FC 35 (2)
2022– Columbus Crew 2 4 (0)
National team‡
2020– Canada Futsal 2 (1)
2021 Canada U23 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 01:14, 16 April 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 25 March 2021

Early life

Farsi was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, to Algerian parents from Oran.[1][2][3] He began playing soccer at age eight with local club CS Boucaniers.[1] In 2013 and 2014, he played youth soccer for Notre-Dame-de-Grâce at the U14 and U15 level.[4]

Club career

Panellinios

In 2015, Farsi joined the U16 side of CS Panellinios, making twenty appearances that season.[4] The following year, he made his senior debut in LSEQ and made a total of eight senior appearances that year.[4] In 2017, he made five appearances for Panellinios and scored his first senior goal.[4]

Longueuil

In 2018, Farsi signed with Première Ligue de soccer du Québec side Longueuil, making thirteen league appearances that season.[4]

Blainville

In 2019, Farsi switched to defending PLSQ champions Blainville, making nine league appearances and two appearances in the Canadian Championship against Canadian Premier League side York9.[4][5]

Aïn M'lila

In 2019, Farsi signed his first professional contract with Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 side AS Aïn M'lila.[2] He left after the season, without making an appearance.[6]

Cavalry FC

On 15 April 2020, Farsi signed with Canadian Premier League side Cavalry FC.[3] He made his debut as a substitute in Cavalry's first game of the 2020 Canadian Premier League season, a 2–2 draw with Forge FC.[7] Farsi would excel during the 2020 season, earning praise for his offensive and defensive efforts, and would be named for the league's U-21 player of the year.[8][9] In November 2020, Farsi would re-sign with the club for the 2021 season.[10] After the 2021 season, Cavalry announced that Farsi would leave the club in order to pursue a contract in Europe or Major League Soccer.[11]

Columbus Crew 2

In March 2022, Columbus Crew 2 of MLS Next Pro announced they had signed Farsi ahead of their inaugural season.[12] He made his debut in the club's first match against Inter Miami CF II on March 26.[13]

International career

Before starting his professional career, Farsi was a prominent member of the Canadian futsal team, even winning the Canadian Futsal Player of the Year award for 2020.[14] He would go on to be involved in the 2020 Olympic football qualifiers with the Canada under-23s after initially being named a back up to the team.[15]

Career statistics
As of 16 April 2022[4][5]
Club statistics
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
CS Panellinios 2016 LSEQ Division A 80——80
2017 LSEQ Division A 51——51
Total 1310000131
CS Longueuil 2018 PLSQ 130—10140
AS Blainville 2019 PLSQ 902000110
AS Aïn M'lila 2019–20 Ligue Professionnelle 1 0000—00
Cavalry FC 2020 Canadian Premier League 101——101
2021 2512010281
Total 3522010382
Columbus Crew 2 2022 MLS Next Pro 40000040
Career total 7434020803

    Honours

    Individual
    • Canadian Premier League Under 21 Canadian Player of the Year: 2020

    References
    1. "Mohamed Farsi". Canada Soccer. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
    2. Walid Ziani (23 August 2019). "Mohamed Farsi (AS Ain M'lila) : "L'Algérie, une belle opportunité"" (in French). DZ Foot. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
    3. "Cavalry FC signs former PLSQ standout fullback Mohamed Farsi". Canadian Premier League. 15 April 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
    4. "PTS-Ligue Archive" (in French). TSI Sports. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
    5. "M. Farsi". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
    6. Tremblay, Olivier (27 November 2020). "Mohamed Farsi se donne les moyens de ses ambitions" [Mohamed Farsi gives himself the means to achieve his ambitions]. Ici Radio-Canada Télé (in French).
    7. "Canadian Premier League". Canadian Premier League. Retrieved 2020-08-14.
    8. Todd Saelhof (August 23, 2020). "Farsi finds breakthrough Mo-mentum with Cavalry". Calgary Sun.
    9. "Canadian Premier League announces player of the year finalists". CBC. September 18, 2020.
    10. "Three Young Canadian Players Re-sign with Cavalry FC". Cavalry FC. November 13, 2020.
    11. Charlie O'Connor-Clarke (November 25, 2021). "Cavalry FC announce departure of six players including Farsi, Yao". Canadian Premier League.
    12. "Columbus Crew 2 signs three players". March 18, 2022.
    13. Columbus Crew 2 [@ColumbusCrew2] (March 26, 2022). "Our Inaugural Starting XI vs. Inter Miami CF II" (Tweet). Retrieved March 29, 2022 – via Twitter.
    14. "Mohamed Farsi named Canadian Futsal Player of the Year".
    15. "CPLers Farsi, Abzi added to Canada's Olympic qualifying team". 19 March 2021.
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