Mallan Roberts
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 6 June 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Freetown, Sierra Leone | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Richmond Kickers | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| NAIT Ooks | |||
| 2012–2013 | FC Edmonton | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2016 | FC Edmonton | 46 | (3) |
| 2016 | → Ottawa Fury (loan) | 22 | (1) |
| 2017– | Richmond Kickers | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2015– | Canada | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of December 14, 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 June 2015 |
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Mallan Roberts (born 6 June 1992) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a centre back for Richmond Kickers.
Born in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Roberts began playing soccer in Sierra Leone before continuing to play the game in Edmonton, Alberta after he and his father fled from Sierra Leone due to the Sierra Leone Civil War. While in high-school Roberts started to play Canadian Football for his high-school side and then for the local Canadian Junior Football League side, the Edmonton Huskies. He also spent a few weeks training with Canadian Football League side, the Edmonton Eskimos before going back into soccer and playing with the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology soccer team before joining the FC Edmonton reserves in 2012.
On 20 February 2013 it was announced that Roberts had signed his first professional contract with FC Edmonton of the North American Soccer League. He then made his professional debut for FC Edmonton in a Canadian Championship match against the Vancouver Whitecaps FC in which started and played the full 90 minutes as Edmonton lost the match 2–3. Roberts then scored his first professional goal of his career on 30 June 2013 against Minnesota United FC in an NASL match in which he found the net in the 11th minute as FC Edmonton went on to win the match 3–1.
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