Maël Henry

Maël Henry (born May 26, 2004) is a Canadian soccer player who plays for Cavalry FC in the Canadian Premier League.

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

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 21, 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 1222000–142
Career total 287200000307

References
  1. 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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