Kianz Froese
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kianz González-Froese | ||
Date of birth | April 16, 1996 | ||
Place of birth | Havana, Cuba | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Fortuna Düsseldorf | ||
Number | 40 | ||
Youth career | |||
2012–2014 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2014 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23 | 15 | (3) |
2014–2016 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 15 | (1) |
2015–2016 | → Whitecaps FC 2 (loan) | 19 | (2) |
2017– | Fortuna Düsseldorf II | 36 | (10) |
2018– | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 0 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2011 | Cuba U17 | 3 | (0) |
2013 | Canada U17 | 5 | (0) |
2014–2015 | Canada U20 | 8 | (1) |
2015– | Canada | 2 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of September 8, 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of February 5, 2016 |
Kianz González-Froese (born April 16, 1996) is a Canadian soccer player who currently plays for Fortuna Düsseldorf.
Career
Youth
With a father from Saskatchewan and a mother from Cuba, Kianz grew up playing soccer in both Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, and Havana, Cuba.[1]
Froese began his career with the Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency program in 2012. He made 23 appearances in the 2012–13 season and recorded three goals. He also spent the 2012 season with Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23 in the USL Premier Development League.[2]
Professional
Froese made his first team debut with Vancouver Whitecaps FC in a 2–1 defeat to Toronto FC in the first leg of the Canadian Championship semifinals.[3][4] On September 14, 2014, he officially signed with Vancouver as a Homegrown Player.[5] He made his MLS regular season debut for the Whitecaps against the Seattle Sounders FC on October 10.[6]
He scored his first MLS goal against the New York Red Bulls on June 20, 2015. Froese scored his second goal for Vancouver in a 1–0 home win against Honduran side Olimpia in the CONCACAF Champions League.
Froese was sold to Fortuna Düsseldorf in February 2017.[7] He signed a first-team deal in December 2017.[8]
International
Froese represented his country of birth, Cuba, at the 2011 CONCACAF U-17 Championship. However, in April 2012 he switched his allegiance to Canada.[9] On October 3, 2013, he was named to Canada's under-17 squad for the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[10] He made three appearances during the tournament. He was also called into Canadian national team camp on January 10, 2014.[11] In the summer of 2014, Froese joined the U-20s for the 2014 Milk Cup.[12] In January 2015, Froese was named to the Canadian squad that would participate at the 2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.[13] He scored a goal against El Salvador in a 3–2 loss during the tournament.[14]
Froese received his first cap for the senior side against Ghana on October 14, 2015.[15]
Career statistics
Club
- As of September 8, 2018[16]
Club | League | Season | League | Playoffs | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Vancouver Whitecaps FC | MLS | 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
2015 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 2 | ||
2016 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
Total | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 1 | ||
Whitecaps FC 2 (loan) | USL | 2015 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
2016 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | ||
Total | 19 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4 | ||
Fortuna Düsseldorf II | Regionalliga | 2016–17 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 |
2017–18 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | ||
2018-19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Total | 36 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 10 | ||
Career total | 70 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 81 | 15 |
References
- ↑ "Kianz Gonzalez-Froese". Canada Soccer. Retrieved June 21, 2015.
- ↑ "2012 Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23 stats". USLsoccer.com. United Soccer Leagues. Retrieved May 9, 2014.
- ↑ Devji, Farhan (May 7, 2014). "Whitecaps FC fall 2–1 to Toronto FC in first leg of Amway Canadian Championship semifinal". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Retrieved May 9, 2014.
- ↑ Devji, Farhan (May 8, 2014). "Promising Residency pair Marco Bustos and Kianz Froese recount decade-long friendship". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Retrieved May 9, 2014.
- ↑ "Whitecaps FC add Homegrown player Kianz Froese". September 14, 2014.
- ↑ "Whitecaps FC silence first place Seattle Sounders FC, earn monumental 1–0 road win to clinch Cascadia Cup". October 10, 2014.
- ↑ "Whitecaps FC transfer Kianz Froese to German side Fortuna Düsseldorf". February 1, 2017. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
- ↑ https://www.f95.de/aktuell/news/profis/detail/21681-kianz-froese-erhaelt-profivertrag-bei-fortuna-duesseldorf/7a5702e824eebbd033282b8aa25e985e/
- ↑ "Froese's name the highlight of Canada's roster for ASG Cup". September 24, 2012.
- ↑ "Canada selects 21 for the FIFA U-17 World Cup UAE 2013". Canada Soccer. October 3, 2013. Retrieved May 9, 2014.
- ↑ "Young MNT to set up camp in Florida". Canada Soccer. January 10, 2014. Retrieved May 9, 2014.
- ↑ "Canada M20 heads to 2014 Dale Farm Milk Cup". July 23, 2014.
- ↑ Rowaan, Dave (January 5, 2014). "Canada names squad for CONCACAF U20 Championships".
- ↑ Shuller, Rudi (January 15, 2015). "El Salvador 3–2 Canada: Central Americans win at the death".
- ↑ "Canada MNT deliver impressive performance in Ghana draw". October 13, 2015.
- ↑ "Kianz Froese Profile". Retrieved March 22, 2016.
External links
- Kianz Froese at Major League Soccer
- Canada Soccer bio
- Kianz Froese at Soccerway
- Kianz Froese – FIFA competition record (archive)
- Kianz Froese on Twitter