Derek Cornelius

Derek Cornelius
Personal information
Full name Derek Austin Cornelius
Date of birth (1997-11-25) 25 November 1997
Place of birth Ajax, Ontario, Canada
Height 187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 Javor Ivanjica
Number 13
Youth career
2009–2011 Spartacus SC
2011–2013 Unionville
2014 VfB Lübeck
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 VfB Lübeck 1 (0)
2016 VfR Neumünster 17 (2)
2017– Javor Ivanjica 28 (0)
National team‡
2018– Canada U23 4 (0)
2018– Canada 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of August 30, 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of September 9, 2018

Derek Austin Cornelius (born 25 November 1997) is a Canadian soccer player who plays for FK Javor Ivanjica.

Club career

Youth

Cornelius was born in Ajax, Ontario to a Barbadian father and a Jamaican mother.[1] Cornelius started playing when he was selected for the 1996 House League All-Star team.[2] Then he got selected by Ajax Thunder U-8 at six years old.[2] Next season he was the Unionville Milliken Challenge Cup Champions Most Valuable Player.[2] Next year he moved to North York Spartacus and reached 2nd Place in the Indoor League. Next season at U-11 he won the C.O.V.I. Championship and was proclaimed the Most Valuable Player.[2]

In 2012, he played in the Oviedo Cup with PFC CSKA Moscow in Spain, then he played in the Milk Cup by CSKA Moscow in Northern Ireland where he led the team scoring four goals in the tournament. He ended that year by being invited to the CSKA Moscow Reserve Camp and by playing in the U-21 Provincial and Men's Regional leagues, scoring 22 goals in 30 games.[2]

In 2013, he was selected for Canadian national U-17 team for camp in Florida and Costa Rica, and later selected for CONCACAF World Cup U-17 Qualifier pre-camp in Florida. He was also selected for Canadian National U-16 Team for Torneo delle Nazioni tournament in Italy. That same year he was invited to Hungary for trials with Nyíregyháza Spartacus FC and Győri ETO FC in March.[2]

Germany

In January 2014, he moved to Germany, due to his father's work. He began training with VfB Lübeck U-19 team.[3] He then got upgraded to play with the main team in the seasons 2015–16 and first half of 2016–17.[4] With VfB Lübeck he won the Schleswig-Holstein Cup two years in a raw and made an appearance in the 2015–16 Regionalliga Nord.[5]

In summer 2016 he moved to VfR Neumünster playing with them the first half of the season.[4]

Serbia

During the winterbreak of the 2016–17 season, after trials, Cornelius was signed by Serbian top-league side FK Javor Ivanjica. He made his debut in the 2016–17 Serbian SuperLiga on April 29, 2017, in an away game against FK Radnički Niš.[5][6]

International career

Youth

Derek Cornelius was part of the Canadian U-17 camp in February 2013.[7] He was called up to a U-23 camp on January 8, 2018.[8] In May 2018, Cornelius was named to Canada's under-21 squad for the 2018 Toulon Tournament.[9] Cornelius would earn rave reviews for his performance at the tournament.[10]

Senior

On March 12, 2018, Cornelius received his first call up to the Canadian senior side for a friendly against New Zealand to be played on March 24, 2018.[11] He would make his debut for Canada on September 9, 2018, starting and playing the entire match in an 8-0 victory over the U.S. Virgin Islands.[12][13]

Honours

VfB Lübeck

References

  1. ↑ "Canada Soccer". canadasoccer.com.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Experience And Accomplishments at derek-cornelius.com, retrieved 5-11-2017
  3. ↑ Profile at derek-cornelius.com, retrieved 5-11-2017
  4. 1 2 Derek Cornelius at thefinalball.com
  5. 1 2 3 Derek Cornelius at Soccerway
  6. ↑ Vujcic, Djuradj (2017-08-04). "Canadian Derek Cornelius on professional debut in Serbia". Retrieved 2017-08-08.
  7. ↑ Canada M17 announces roster for February camp at Canada Soccer, 31-1-2013
  8. ↑ "Canada Soccer's Men's National Team Program announces U-23 camp squad". January 8, 2018.
  9. ↑ Alicia Rodriguez (May 19, 2018). "Canada national team roster for prestigious Toulon Tournament released". Major League Soccer.
  10. ↑ Peter Galindo (June 8, 2018). "Four things we learned about Canada at Toulon Tournament". Sprotsnet.
  11. ↑ Boehm, Charles (March 12, 2018). "Canada call up 10 MLSers for Herdman's first camp, New Zealand friendly".
  12. ↑ "Canada cruises to record win in Concacaf Nations League opener". September 9, 2018.
  13. ↑ Derek Cornelius at National-Football-Teams.com
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