Emile Saimovici
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 10 April 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Singapore | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Burnaby FC | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Richmond FC | |||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011 | Clark Penguins | ||
| 2013 | Centennial Colts | 9 | (2) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014 | Durham United | ||
| 2014 | Master's FA | ||
| 2024– | Burnaby FC | 25 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021– | Barbados | 5 | (2) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of August 8, 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 31 December 2021 | |||
Emile Saimovici (born 10 April 1993) is a footballer who plays for Burnaby FC in League1 British Columbia. Born in Singapore, he plays for the Barbados national team. Besides Barbados, he has played in Canada and the United States.
Early life
[edit | edit source]A native of Vancouver, Canada, Saimovici is the son of a Romanian-Canadian father and a Barbadian mother.[1] He earned a scholarship to play for the Oregon State University Beavers, but due to some logistical issues, he instead went to their feeder school Clark College.[1] He later attended Centennial College in Toronto, where he was named an OCAA league all-star in 2013–14.[1][2]
Club career
[edit | edit source]In 2014, he played with Durham United FC in League1 Ontario.[3][4]
He later played at the amateur level with Vancouver Metro Soccer League club Vancouver Croatia SC,[5][6] where he captained them to their first VMSL title in 30 years.[1]
International career
[edit | edit source]In March 2021, he was named to the Barbados national team for the first time for 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches.[7][8] He debuted internationally on 25 March 2021, in a match against Panama in a 1–0 loss.[9] On 30 March 2021, Saimovici scored his first goal for Barbados against Anguilla in a 1–0 victory in his second international game.[10][11]
International goals
[edit | edit source]- Scores and results list Barbados's goal tally first.[12]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 30 March 2021 | Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | File:Flag of Anguilla.svg Anguilla | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 2. | 8 June 2021 | File:Flag of Dominica.svg Dominica | 1–0 | 1–1 |
Honours
[edit | edit source]Club
[edit | edit source]- Croatia SC
- Vancouver Metro Soccer League: 2018–19[1]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Emile Saimovici at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Emile Saimovici at SoccerwayLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Clark Penguins bio
- 1993 births
- Living people
- Naturalised citizens of Barbados
- Barbadian men's footballers
- Barbados men's international footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Barbadian people of Canadian descent
- Barbadian people of Romanian descent
- Canadian sportspeople of Barbadian descent
- Canadian people of Romanian descent
- Canadian men's soccer players
- Centennial College alumni
- Clark College alumni
- College men's soccer players in Washington (state)
- University and college men's soccer players in Canada
- Pickering FC players
- People from Singapore
- League1 British Columbia players
- Burnaby FC players
- 21st-century Canadian sportsmen
- Barbadian football biography stubs