Kadell Thomas (born November 26, 1996) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays for Sigma FC in League1 Ontario.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kadell Thomas | ||
| Date of birth | (1996-11-26) November 26, 1996 (age 25) | ||
| Place of birth | North York, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Sigma FC | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Brampton Youth SC | |||
| Brampton East SC | |||
| 2012–2014 | Sigma FC | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014 | Cloud County Thunderbirds | 19 | (2) |
| 2016 | Broward Seahawks | 6 | (8) |
| 2022– | Humber Hawks | 0 | (0) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2018 | Sigma FC | 44+ | (21+) |
| 2019–2020 | Forge FC | 22 | (3) |
| 2021– | Sigma FC | 5 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of June 4, 2022 | |||
A native of Brampton, Ontario, Thomas began playing soccer with Brampton Youth SC before later joining Brampton East SC.[1] At age 15, he joined the Sigma FC youth program.[1]
In 2014, Thomas attended Cloud County Community College, playing for the men's soccer team, where he recorded two goals and five assists in 19 appearances.[2]
In 2016, he attended Broward College, recording eight goals and four assists in six appearances,[2] earning second team all-star honours.[3]
In 2017, he was set to transfer to California State University, Fullerton to play for the Cal State Fullerton Titans,[4] but did not eventually join.
In 2022, he began attending Humber College, where he will play for the men's soccer team.[5][6]
He made his senior debut with Sigma FC in League1 Ontario in 2014.[1][7] In 2017, Thomas scored a career-high seventeen goals in eighteen appearances, tied for second among league top scorers, and was subsequently named to the league First All-Star Team.[8][9] In 2018, Thomas made fourteen league appearances, scoring four goals and added another four goals in three playoff appearances.[10] He was subsequently named to the league First All-Star Team for the second year in a row.[11]
On March 2, 2019, Thomas signed his first professional contract with Canadian Premier League side Forge FC, joining former coach Bobby Smyrniotis.[12] On April 27, 2019, Thomas made his professional debut as a substitute in the inaugural match of the Canadian Premier League and scored the first goal in Forge FC history in the 78th minute.[13][14] Later in 2019, he suffered a head injury during a collision, requiring oral surgery, which caused him to miss much of the remainder of the season, returning in the league final.[15][16][17]
In 2021, he returned to Sigma FC.[18][19]
| Club | Season | League | Playoffs | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sigma FC | 2016[20][21] | League1 Ontario | 12 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | |||
| 2017[8][22] | 18 | 17 | — | — | 1 | 0 | — | 19 | 17 | |||||
| 2018[10][23] | 14 | 4 | 3 | 4 | — | 3 | 4 | — | 20 | 12 | ||||
| Total | 44 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 29 | ||
| Forge FC | 2019[24] | Canadian Premier League | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | 18 | 3 | |
| 2020[24] | Canadian Premier League | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Total | 22 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 32 | 3 | ||
| Sigma FC | 2021[25] | League1 Ontario | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 2022[26] | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 71 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 88 | 32 | ||
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