Anthony Adur

Anthony Christopher Bahadur or Anthony Adur (born February 25, 1988) is a Canadian soccer player who played in the Canadian Soccer League, USL Premier Development League, S. League, Thai Premier League, National Premier Soccer League, and the North American Soccer League.

Anthony Adur
Adur in 2006
Personal information
Full name Anthony Christopher Bahadur
Date of birth (1988-02-25) February 25, 1988
Place of birth Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position(s) Striker
Youth career
2005 Berbice High School
2006 Cruz Azul Shooters
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006 Italia Shooters 5 (3)
2008 Toronto Lynx 11 (1)
2008 North York Astros
2009 Hougang United 5 (0)
2010 Maccabi Haifa
2010–2012 TOT
2013 Zanesville Athletic FC
2013–2014 FC Edmonton 8 (0)
2016 York Region Shooters 8 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Adur began playing in the Ontario Soccer League with Cruz Azul Shooters, where he received the OSL Provincial East U21 MVP award in 2006.[1] As a result, he was called up to play in the Canadian Soccer League with Cruz Azul's parent club the Italia Shooters. In his debut season with Italia he won the CSL Championship by scoring the lone goal in a 1–0 victory over the Serbian White Eagles.[2][3] In 2008, he signed with the Toronto Lynx of the USL Premier Development League. He made his debut on May 30, 2008, in a match against Chicago Fire Premier.[4] He played a total of 11 matches and recorded one goal.[5] After the conclusion of the PDL season he returned to the CSL to sign with North York Astros. He helped the club clinch a postseason berth and faced the White Eagles in the quarterfinals, but lost to a score of 2–1.[6]

On 3 February 2009 signed a contract with Sengkang Punggol FC in Singapore, and played with former Lynx teammate Murphy Wiredu.[7] In 2010, he signed with Maccabi Haifa in Israel, but was released six months later.[8] He then moved to Thailand to sign with TOT S.C. where he spent two seasons.[9] He had brief stint in National Premier Soccer League in 2012 with Zanesville Athletic FC.[10] In 2013, he returned to Canada to sign with FC Edmonton of the North American Soccer League.[11] In Edmonton he featured in eight matches.[12]

In 2016, he returned to play with his original club the York Region Shooters, where he appeared in 8 matches and recorded 2 goals.[13] During the season, he won the regular season championship. In the preliminary round of the postseason he contributed a goal in 5–0 victory over Milton SC.[14] Their playoff journey came to a conclusion after suffering a 4–1 defeat in a penalty shootout to Hamilton City SC.[15]

Honours

Italia/York Region Shooters
  • CSL Championship (1): 2006
  • Canadian Soccer League Regular Season Champions (1): 2016
  • 2006: MVP of the Year in the OSL Provincial East U21

References
  1. "Ontario Soccer League: View News Article". osl.e2esoccer.com. Retrieved 2019-01-31.
  2. Glover, Robin. "October 15, 2006 CSL Playoff Final Serbian White Eagles vs Italia Shooters (by Rocket Robin)". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2016-05-24.
  3. "October 15, 2006 CSL Playoff Final Serbian White Eagles vs Italia Shooters (from CSL website)". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2016-12-25.
  4. Glover, Robin. "May 30, 2008 PDL Toronto Lynx vs Chicago Fire Premier (by Rocket Robin)". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2016-05-24.
  5. "Anthony Bahadur | SoccerStats.us". soccerstats.us. Archived from the original on 2016-06-24. Retrieved 2016-05-24.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  6. Glover, Robin. "October 11, 2008 CSL Quarterfinal Serbian White Eagles vs North York Astros (by Rocket Robin)". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2016-05-24.
  7. "Fish Out of Water". Fish Out of Water. Archived from the original on 2009-03-01. Retrieved 2017-02-23.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  8. Rowaan, Dave (2012-09-19). "Get to know Anthony Bahadur". Waking The Red. Retrieved 2016-05-24.
  9. 2009, Thai Football | since. "Transfers Thai Premier League 2011 - Thai Football | since 2009". www.thai-fussball.com. Retrieved 2017-02-23.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. "AFC Cleveland Royals". afccleveland.com. Archived from the original on 2013-07-27. Retrieved 2016-05-24.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  11. Sandor, Steven. "Adur dreams of MLS, national team; hopes that FC Edmonton can relaunch his career". the11.ca. Archived from the original on 2016-06-11. Retrieved 2016-05-24.
  12. "Anthony Adur | SoccerStats.us". soccerstats.us. Archived from the original on 2016-06-24. Retrieved 2016-05-24.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  13. "York Region Shooters | Canadian Soccer League". canadiansoccerleague.ca. Retrieved 2016-12-12.
  14. Adamson, Stan. "YORK REGION AND HAMILTON ADVANCE TO SEMIFINALS……Shooters and Atomic will meet in Second Division final | Canadian Soccer League". canadiansoccerleague.ca. Retrieved 2016-12-12.
  15. Adamson, Stan. "SERBIAN EAGLES, HAMILTON CITY IN CSL CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL | Canadian Soccer League". canadiansoccerleague.ca. Retrieved 2016-12-12.
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