Phil Ionadi

Phil Ionadi
Ionadi in 2005
Personal information
Full name Philip Ionadi
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position Attacking midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1993 North York Rockets
1996 Toronto Italia
1997 Toronto Supra 6 (0)
1998 Toronto Lynx 5 (0)
1998 Glen Shields Sun Devils 11 (2)
1999 Montreal Impact (indoor) 30 (5)
2000 Montreal Impact 5 (0)
2000–2001 Toronto ThunderHawks (indoor) 32 (3)
2002–2004 Brampton Hitmen 72 (22)
2005 Oakville Blue Devils 17 (4)
Teams managed
2006 Oakville Blue Devils
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of December 23, 2014

Phil Ionadi is a Canadian former soccer player and head coach who played in the Canadian Soccer League, Canadian National Soccer League, USL A-League, Canadian Professional Soccer League, and National Professional Soccer League. He is currently the President of the Canadian Academy of Futbol.

Playing career

Ionadi began his professional career with the North York Rockets of the Canadian Soccer League.[1] He also played with the Jackson Chargers in the USISL Premier League.[2] After the demise of North York he signed with Toronto Italia of the Canadian National Soccer League. [3] He added a Treble to his resume by winning the Regular League Championship, domestic cup, and the Playoff Championship. In 1997, he signed with the Toronto Supra making his debut on June 29, 1997 in a Cup match against London City.[4] During his tenure with the Supra he assisted in reaching the postseason by making the playoff finals match, but unfortunately were defeated by St. Catharines Wolves.

The following year he signed a contract with the Toronto Lynx in the USL A-League.[5] For the remainder of the year he played with Glen Shields Sun Devils in the Canadian Professional Soccer League.[6] In 1999, he signed with the Toronto Lynx rivals the Montreal Impact, and played an indoor season with the Impact. The following year he played an outdoor season with Montreal while playing indoor with the Toronto Thunderhawks.[7][8]

Ionadi returned to the CPSL in 2001 with expansion franchise the Brampton Hitmen, where he served as the team captain during his tenure with the club.[9] His greatest success with the club came in the 2003 season where he managed to score 12 goals, and secure a playoff berth for the club by finishing second in their division. In the postseason Brampton defeated the Vaughan Shooters to secure the teams first CPSL Championship.[10] At the CPSL awards ceremony he was awarded the Canadian Soccer League MVP Award.[11][12] On May 19, 2005 Ionadi was signed by the Oakville Blue Devils a newly expansion franchise club and was named team captain.[13] He led Oakville to the finals of the CSL Cup, where they defeated the Vaughan Shooters to a score of 2-1 making the club the first expansion franchise to win the CPSL Cup in their debut season.[14]

Managerial career

In 2006, Oakville head coach Duncan Wilde signed with the Toronto Lynx, and Ionadi retired from competitive soccer to make the transition to head coach of the Blue Devils.[15]In his debut season he won the National Division title, but Oakville were eliminated in the early stages of the postseason. On April 10, 2008 he was appointed Director of Business Operations for the Brampton Lions.[16] In 2013, he served on the CSL Board of Directors as the Director for Youth, and on October 27, 2014 Ionadi was awarded the Harry Paul Gauss Memorial Award .[17]

Managerial stats

Team Nat From To Record
GWLDWin %
Oakville Blue Devils Canada 28 May 2006 30 October 2006 22106645.45

Honours

Player

Brampton Hitmen
2003
Oakville Blue Devils
2005

Individual

Managerial

Oakville Blue Devils
  • Canadian Soccer League National Division: 1
2006

References

  1. ↑ Glover, Robin. "May 2, 2013 CSL Press Conference (by Rocket Robin)". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2016-07-02.
  2. ↑ "CPSL - Canadian Professional Soccer League". 2005-01-01. Archived from the original on 2005-01-01. Retrieved 2017-03-14.
  3. ↑ Glover, Robin. "Sunday June 23rd, 1996". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2016-07-02.
  4. ↑ Glover, Robin. "June 29, 1997". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  5. ↑ "Phil Ionadi | SoccerStats.us". soccerstats.us. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  6. ↑ "Canadian Professional Soccer League". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2017-08-02.
  7. ↑ "Phil Ionadi Statistics on JustSportsStats.com". Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  8. ↑ "L'Impact congédie sept joueurs". RDS.ca (in French). Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  9. ↑ "CPSL - Canadian Professional Soccer League". 2003-04-23. Archived from the original on 2003-04-23. Retrieved 2017-10-28.
  10. ↑ Glover, Robin. "October 5th, 2003 CPSL Rogers Cup Playoffs Final Vaughan Sun Devils vs Brampton Hitmen". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  11. ↑ "October 5, 2003 CPSL Awards Dinner from CPSL site". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  12. ↑ Glover, Robin. "October 5, 2003 CPSL Awards Banquet". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  13. ↑ Details of the CPSL press conference of Thursday May 19, 2005 held at Toronto City Hall members lounge at 12:30pm. (by Rocket Robin)
  14. ↑ Glover, Robin. "October 10, 2005 CPSL Vaughan Shooters vs Oakville Blue Devils (by Rocket Robin)". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  15. ↑ "May 25, 2006 CSL news and previews (from CSL website)". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  16. ↑ "Brampton Lions Powered by Goalline Sports Administration Software". 2009-05-08. Archived from the original on May 8, 2009. Retrieved 2016-07-02.
  17. ↑ "VUCEMILOVIC GRGIC CSL's MVP | SIRC". sirc.ca. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
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