Maël Henry
Personal information
Date of birth (2004-05-26) 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 12 (2)
International career‡
2019 Canada U15 5 (1)
2022– Canada U20 3 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 8, 2023
‡ 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

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

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 against the HFX Wanderers.[10]

International career

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.[11][12] On June 22, 2022, he scored against Saint Kitts and Nevis U20.[13]

Career statistics

As of October 28, 2023[14]
Club Season League Playoffs Domestic Cup Continental Total
Division AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
CF Montréal U23 2022[15] Première ligue de soccer du Québec 135–––135
Vancouver FC 2023 Canadian Premier League 30–00–30
Cavalry FC 2023 Canadian Premier League 1223000–152
Career total 287300000317

References

  1. 1 2 3 Maël Henry at the Canadian Soccer Association
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. ↑ "Maël Henry : Joueur du mois Nutrilait" [Maël Henry: Nutrilait Player of the Month]. Collège de Montréal (in French). November 9, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Vancouver FC add midfielders Maël Henry, Cristian Mares". Canadian Premier League. February 28, 2023.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ 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).
  7. ↑ Jacques, John (February 28, 2023). "Vancouver FC Adds Mael Henry". Northern Tribune.
  8. ↑ "Cavalry FC Signs Maël Henry to 2023 Roster". Cavalry FC. June 29, 2023.
  9. ↑ Saelhof, Todd (July 15, 2023). "Cavalry's luck changing with good form following to start second half of CPL season". Calgary Sun.
  10. ↑ Hunt, Stephen (September 13, 2023). "Road warriors: Cavalry playoff-bound following 2-1 victory in Halifax". CTV News.
  11. ↑ "Vigie internationale" [International lookout]. CF Montréal (in French). June 15, 2022.
  12. ↑ "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.
  13. ↑ Jacques, John (February 7, 2023). "Bernier: Mael Henry Nears CPL Move". Northern Tribune.
  14. ↑ Maël Henry at Soccerway
  15. ↑ "PTS-Ligue Archive" (in French). TSI Sports.
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