Tomas Giraldo
Personal information
Full name Tomas Giraldo Ortiz
Date of birth (2003-03-08) March 8, 2003 (age 20)
Place of birth Medellín, Colombia
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 HFX Wanderers FC
Youth career
Instituto Jorge Robledo
CS Braves d'Ahuntsic
FS Salaberry
2015–2020 Montreal Impact
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2022 CF Montréal[a] 0 (0)
2021 → FC Edmonton (loan) 0 (0)
2023– HFX Wanderers 19 (2)
International career‡
2019 Canada U17 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 6, 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of October 29, 2019

Tomas Giraldo Ortiz (born March 8, 2003) is a soccer player who plays for HFX Wanderers FC in the Canadian Premier League. Born in Colombia, he represented Canada at youth international level.

Early life

Ortiz began playing youth soccer at age six, in his native Colombia, with Instituto Jorge Robledo.[1] At age eight, he moved to Canada with his family and began playing with CS Braves d'Ahuntsic.[1] Afterwards, he joined FS Salaberry.[2] In 2015, he joined the Montreal Impact Academy.[3]

Club career

In June 2020, he signed a professional contract with the Montreal Impact (later renamed CF Montréal) as a homegrown player.[2] In 2021, he went on loan with FC Edmonton of the Canadian Premier League.[4][5] However, he was unable to appear for Edmonton, after suffering an injury that kept him out for the entire season.[6] In July 2022, he suffered a Jones fracture in his right foot, forcing his to miss the remainder of the 2022 season with Montreal.[7] After the 2022 season, he won CF Montréal's new Jason Di Tullio Trophy, voted on by the player's in honour of the former assistant coach to the player who best demonstrated his courage and resolve.[8]

In February 2023, he signed a contract with the HFX Wanderers of the Canadian Premier League for the 2023 season, with club options for the following two seasons.[9][10] He made his debut in a substitute appearance on May 20 against York United FC.[11] On August 26, 2023, he scored his first professional goal, in a victory over Valour FC.[12] On September 18, he scored the game-winning goal in stoppage time, to give the Wanderers a 3-2 victory over Atlético Ottawa.[13][14]

International career

Born in Colombia and spending much of his youth in Canada, Giraldo is eligible to represent both national teams.[15]

He made his debut in the Canadian national program at a Canada U17 camp in March 2019.[1] He was subsequently named to the roster for the 2019 CONCACAF U-17 Championship and 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[16] He made one appearance at the U17 World Cup, coming on as a substitute against Angola.[17]

Notes

  1. ^ Montreal Impact changed its name to CF Montréal in 2021

References

  1. ^ a b c Tomas Giraldo at the Canadian Soccer Association
  2. ^ a b Hickey, Pat (June 17, 2020). "Montreal Impact signs two teenagers from its Academy". Montreal Gazette.
  3. ^ "Le CF Montréal prête Tomas Giraldo à Edmonton" [CF Montreal loans Tomas Giraldo to Edmonton]. RDS (in French). February 12, 2021.
  4. ^ "FC Edmonton add Tomas Giraldo on loan from Club de Foot Montréal". Canadian Premier League. February 12, 2021.
  5. ^ O'Connor-Clarke, Charlie (April 24, 2021). "FC Edmonton loanee Tomas Giraldo aiming for silverware in CPL stint". Canadian Premier League.
  6. ^ "CF Montréal to resume training on Wednesday at Olympic Stadium". CF Montréal. January 10, 2022.
  7. ^ "CF Montréal: Tomas Giraldo sera opéré au pied gauche et sa saison est terminée" [CF Montreal: Tomas Giraldo will have surgery on his left foot and his season is over]. Le Devoir (in French). July 25, 2022.
  8. ^ "Tomas Giraldo, Alistair Johnston and Romell Quioto win end-of-season honours". CF Montréal. October 13, 2022.
  9. ^ "Wanderers sign Canadian U-21 midfielder Tomas Giraldo". HFX Wanderers FC. February 3, 2023.
  10. ^ Jacques, John (February 3, 2023). "Tomas Giraldo Goes To Halifax Wanderers". Northern Tribune.
  11. ^ Healey, Josh (May 21, 2023). "HFX Wanderers suffer first loss of season to York United". Wanderers Notebook.
  12. ^ Peres, Ben (August 27, 2023). "The Wanderers Recap: Stolen Valour". Northern Tribune.
  13. ^ Healey, Josh (September 19, 2023). "Tomas Giraldo plays hero as HFX Wanderers batter Atlético Ottawa for dramatic 3-2 win". Wandereres Notebook.
  14. ^ Parisis, Quentin (28 September 2023). "La renaissance de Tomas Giraldo à Halifax" [The rebirth of Tomas Giraldo in Halifax]. Canadian Premier League (in French).
  15. ^ Mora, Alberto (February 28, 2021). ""La espinita que me quedó fue, no poder debutar con el CF Montréal" – Tomás Giraldo" ["The little thorn that stayed with me was not being able to debut with CF Montréal" – Tomás Giraldo]. Radio Sports Montreal (in Spanish).
  16. ^ Jacques, John (February 8, 2021). "CF Montreal: Tomas Giraldo Set For CPL Loan". Northern Tribune.
  17. ^ Jacques, John (February 10, 2021). "CPL: Giraldo Loan Will Be To FC Edmonton". Northern Tribune.

External links

HFX Wanderers FC – current squad
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