Alex Semenets

Alexander Semenets (born March 10, 1990) is a former Ukrainian-born Canadian soccer player, last with the defunct Toronto Lynx of the USL Premier Development League.

Alex Semenets
Personal information
Full name Alexander Semenets
Date of birth (1990-03-10) March 10, 1990
Place of birth Kiev, Ukraine SSR, Soviet Union
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Playing position(s) Midfielder/Striker
Club information
Current team
 Toronto Lynx
Youth career
2000–2007 Oakville Blue Stars
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2009 Whitecaps Residency 17 (4)
2009–2010 Vancouver Whitecaps 3 (0)
2010 → Whitecaps Residency (loan) 11 (3)
2011–2012 FC Edmonton 15 (1)
2013 Toronto Lynx 2 (0)
National team
2006–2007 Canada U17 15 (1)
2009–2010 Canada U20 4 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of September 5, 2012

Career

Club

Semenets moved from his native Ukraine to Canada in 1998, settling in Mississauga, Ontario. He attended Iona Catholic High School and played club soccer for the Oakville Blue Stars before joining the Vancouver Whitecaps residency program in 2007.

Semenets played with the Vancouver Whitecaps Residency squad in the USL Premier Development League season in 2008 and 2009, helping his team to the PDL playoffs in his debut season, before being called up to the senior Vancouver Whitecaps side following the conclusion of the 2009 PDL season. He made his first-team debut on July 25, 2010, in a match against the NSC Minnesota Stars, coming on as a substitute in the 80th minute.[1]

On March 5, 2011 Semenets signed with FC Edmonton, an expansion club in the second division North American Soccer League.[2] The club re-signed Semenets for the 2012 season on October 12, 2011.[3]

In 2014 he briefly appeared for Cape Breton University.[4]

International

Semenets is a member of the Canada U-20 men's national soccer team, having made his debut in Beirut, Lebanon at the tournament "Les Jeux de la Francophonie" in a match against the Rwanda national football team.[5] He recorded his first two goals in that same game.[6] By the end of the tournament he was the joint top scorer with 3 goals.

References
  1. http://ussf.demosphere.com/stats/2010/1634249.html
  2. http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=4162335
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-10-15. Retrieved 2011-10-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Morley ushers in new era for Capers soccer". Cape Breton Athletics. 2014-09-05. Retrieved 2018-08-17.
  5. Beirut - Jeux de la francophonie 2:3 RWA - Rwanda
  6. "Can - Congo match". Archived from the original on 2011-06-05. Retrieved 2009-10-18.
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