Matthew Arnone

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Matthew Arnone
File:Matthew Arnone.jpg
Arnone in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-02-28) February 28, 1994 (age 32)
Place of birth Vaughan, Ontario, Canada
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)
Youth career
Vaughan Azzurri
2010–2012 Toronto FC
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2016 York Lions 70 (5)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 Vaughan Azzurri 5+ (0+)
2017 North Carolina FC U23 14 (1)
2017–2018 Vaughan Azzurri 25 (1)
2019 HFX Wanderers 24 (2)
2020 York9 2 (0)
2021 Atlético Ottawa 14 (1)
Total 84+ (5)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13 January 2022

Matthew Arnone (born February 28, 1994) is a Canadian former professional soccer player who played as a centre-back and midfielder.

Early life

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Arnone played youth soccer with Vaughan Azzurri,[1] later joining the Toronto FC Academy for two years.[2]

University career

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In 2012, Arnone began attending York University, where he played for the men's soccer team.[3] In 2015, he was named team captain.[4] In January 2016, he received York's Men's Soccer Sport Excellence Award.[5] At the end of the 2016 season, he was named an OUA West Second-Team All-Star.[6] After the season, he again received York's Men's Soccer Sport Excellence Award and won York's Charles Saundercook Memorial Trophy.[7][8]

Club career

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In 2014, Arnone began playing for League1 Ontario side Vaughan Azzurri.[9][10] In 2017, he played with North Carolina FC U23 in the Premier Development League.[11] He then returned to Vaughan Azzurri for the second half of 2017 and 2018.[12][13] He won the league and cup double with Vaughan in 2018.[14][15]

In the winter of 2018–19, Arnone spent five months training with Italian Serie D side Vis Artena.[16] In May 2019, he signed a contract with the HFX Wanderers of the Canadian Premier League.[17] At the end of the season, he was named the Player of the Year by the supporters group of the team.[18]

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Arnone (right) playing for HFX Wanderers in 2019

In February 2020, Arnone signed with York9.[19][20] At the end of the season, he departed the club.[21][22]

In August 2021, Arnone signed with Atlético Ottawa.[23][24] He scored his first goal on November 7, in a 1-1 draw against HFX Wanderers FC, immediately getting sent off after earning a second yellow for kicking the corner flag during his celebration.[25][26]

Personal life

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Along with his mother, Arnone founded a charity known as Jason's Wish, raising money for the Sunnybrook Hospital Trauma Care Centre, in honour of his older brother, who died in a car accident.[27]

Honours

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Vaughan Azzurri

HFX Wanderers

  • Player of the Year: 2019

References

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