Jean-Aniel Eclesiaste Assi (born 12 August 2004) is a professional soccer player who plays as a winger for CF Montréal. Born in the Ivory Coast, Assi represents Canada internationally.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jean-Aniel Eclesiaste Assi | ||
Date of birth | (2004-08-12) 12 August 2004 (age 18) | ||
Place of birth | Adzopé, Ivory Coast | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | CF Montréal | ||
Youth career | |||
ASM LaSalle | |||
Royal-Sélect de Beauport | |||
2017–2020 | Montreal Impact | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2020– | CF Montréal[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | (0) |
2022 | → Cavalry FC (loan) | 19 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2019 | Canada U15 | 5 | (4) |
2022– | Canada U20 | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of November 8, 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of June 26, 2022 |
Born in Adzopé, Ivory Coast, in 2004, Assi moved to Canada at age 10.[1] He began playing youth soccer in Canada with ASM LaSalle,[2] before joining Royal-Sélect de Beauport.[1] When he was 13, he joined the Montreal Impact Academy.[1]
On 4 December 2020, Assi signed his first homegrown contract with Montreal Impact, later renamed CF Montréal for the 2021 season.[3] Assi made his professional debut with Montreal Impact in a 1-0 CONCACAF Champions League win over C.D. Olimpia on 15 December 2020.[1] In doing so, he became their youngest ever debutante in their history.[4]
On 18 March 2022, Assi went on loan with Canadian Premier League side Cavalry FC.[5] Cavalry would announce that Assi would return to Montreal upon completion of his loan at the end the 2022 season.[6]
As of January 2021[update], Assi is eligible to represent both the Ivory Coast and Canada.[1] He represented the Canada U15s at the 2019 CONCACAF Boys' Under-15 Championship,[7] where he was named to the Tournament All-Star XI.[8] In June 2022, he was named to the Canadian U-20 team for the 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.[9]
Club | League | Season | League | Playoffs | Domestic Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
CF Montreal | MLS | 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Cavalry FC (loan) | CPL | 2022 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
Career Total | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
Cavalry FC – current squad | |
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