Kamron Habibullah

Kamron Habibullah (born October 23, 2003) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Born in Uzbekistan, he has represented Canada at the under-17 and under-20 level.

Kamron Habibullah
A player on the pitch looking at the match from a corner
Habibullah with Pacific FC in 2022
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
Team information
Current team
 Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Number 30
Youth career
South Burnaby Metro SC
Burnaby Selects
Mountain United FC
2016–2021 Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021– Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3 (0)
2022 → Pacific FC (loan) 14 (0)
2023– → Whitecaps FC 2 (loan) 11 (4)
International career‡
2019 Canada U17 8 (3)
2022– Canada U20 5 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of June 6, 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of June 26, 2022

Early life

Habibullah was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan to Afghan Uzbek 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

His parents' Afghan link and his Uzbek ancestry, himself belonging to the Uzbek Afghan minority, means Kamron is available to play for either Canada, Afghanistan and Uzbekistan.

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] In June 2022, he was officially called up by the Canadian U-20 team for the 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.[9]

Career statistics
As of October 27, 2022[10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Playoffs National Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2021 MLS 300000–30
Pacific FC (loan) 2022 Canadian Premier League 140200000160
Whitecaps FC 2 (loan) 2023 MLS Next Pro 6300——63
Career total 233200000253

References
  1. Kamron Habibullah at the Canadian Soccer Association
  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 can matches for April". Canadian Soccer Association. 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. "Four 'Caps have joined Canada's men's U-20 side for Concacaf U-20 Championships in Honduras". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. June 10, 2022.
  10. "Kamron Habibullah profile". Soccerway. Retrieved May 3, 2021.
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