Jump to content

Maël Henry

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Maël Henry
Personal information
Date of birth (2004-05-26) May 26, 2004 (age 20)
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 21 (4)
International career
2019 Canada U15 5 (1)
2022 Canada U20 3 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of August 24, 2024
‡ 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

[edit]

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

[edit]

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, 2023 against the HFX Wanderers.[10] He missed the first months of the 2024 season due to injury,[11] returning in July, before suffering a season ending injury on August 24.[12]

International career

[edit]

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.[13][14] On June 22, 2022, he scored against Saint Kitts and Nevis U20.[15]

Career statistics

[edit]
As of August 24, 2024[16]
Club Season League Playoffs Domestic Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
CF Montréal U23 2022[17] Première ligue de soccer du Québec 13 5 13 5
Vancouver FC 2023 Canadian Premier League 3 0 0 0 3 0
Cavalry FC 2023 Canadian Premier League 12 2 3 0 0 0 15 2
2024 9 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 2
Total 21 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 25 4
Career total 37 9 3 0 0 0 1 0 41 9

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b c 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. ^ "Henry's first goal of CPL campaign leads Cavalry to win over host Vancouver". Calgary Herald. July 27, 2024.
  12. ^ Jacques, John (September 3, 2024). "Mael Henry Out For Season". Northern Tribune.
  13. ^ "Vigie internationale" [International lookout]. CF Montréal (in French). June 15, 2022.
  14. ^ "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.
  15. ^ Jacques, John (February 7, 2023). "Bernier: Mael Henry Nears CPL Move". Northern Tribune.
  16. ^ Maël Henry at Soccerway
  17. ^ "PTS-Ligue Archive" (in French). TSI Sports.
[edit]