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Ryan Fante

Ryan Fante

Canadian soccer player

Ryan Fante (born 24 February 1986) is a Canadian former professional soccer player who played as a forward.

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Club career

Early career

Fante played his youth soccer with Sporting de Toronto, a club that was affiliated with Sporting Lisbon.[3] He would go to Portugal for a trial run with Sporting's youth team.[3] In 2006, he played in Ontario's top amateur circuit with Hearts Azzurri and finished as the division's top goal scorer.[2] The following year he joined Toronto FC's reserve squad that competed in the MLS Reserve League.[4] He would appear in 3 matches in the reserve division.[5] After his brief stint with Toronto's reserve side, he played the remainder of the season in the interprovincial Canadian Soccer League with the North York Astros.[6]

Fante returned to the CSL circuit in 2009 to sign with league rivals Vaughan Italia Shooters.[7] He would help Vaughan secure the divisional title along with a playoff berth.[8] The Shooters would defeat the Brampton Lions in the opening round of the postseason.[9] Their playoff journey would conclude in the next round after a defeat by the Serbian White Eagles.[10] In 2009, he had another run in the amateur Ontario league with G.S. United.[11]

Singapore

Fante sealed a move to Singaporean outfit Sengkang Punggol in 2010.[12][13] The Canadian then recorded his first start in a 1–0 defeat to Albirex Niigata S[14] and registered his first goal in a 1–1 tie with Beijing Guoan Singapore.[15] Deployed as a winger or second striker, Fante often outdistanced opponents but failed to score on numerous occasions.[16] Because of this, the forward was demoted to Sengkang Punggol's Prime League squad but there too he was unable to produce goals.[16] By mid-season 2010, the club decided to release Fante due to the lack of goals scored.[16] In total, he played in 7 league matches and recorded 1 goal.[17]

Australia

Around a year after his release from Sengkang Punggol, Fante transferred to Australian semi-pro club Valentine Phoenix FC with Canadians Adrian Butters and Shondell Busby.[1][18]

Mongolia

Upon leaving Australia, he ventured to East Asia to play in the Mongolian Premier League with Khoromkhon in June 2012.[19] In his debut season in Mongolia, he helped the club finish as runners-up in the standings and won the Borgio Cup.[20] He returned to Khoromkhon for the 2014 season and helped the club secure the championship by defeating Erchim which also secured a berth for the club in the 2015 AFC Cup.[21]

In 2016, he was transferred to the country's capital Ulaanbaataryn Unaganuud.[22][23] The following season he was traded to league rivals Deren FC.[24] His final season in the Mongolian circuit occurred in the 2019 season when he re-signed with Deren.[25]

Honours

Individual

  • OSL Provincial East Rookie of the Year- 2007[26]
  • OSL Central Region East Leading Goal Scorer- 2006[27]
  • Hearts Azzurri U18 League Ontario Cp and National Champions- 2004
  • Pine Ridge S.S. Sr. Boys Soccer MVP-2003/04[2]
  • Sporting Lisbon Training-2001[2]
  • Sporting Toronto League Leading Goal Scorer-1999[2]
  • Stadium Newspaper Portuguese Cup MVP-1998[2]

References

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    Canadians welcome additions at Valentine The Sydney Morning Herald
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    Hayakawa, Mike (October 6, 2008). "Shooters hammer Toronto to take division crown". Vaughan Citizen.
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    "Shooters on way to semifinals". Vaughan Citizen. October 16, 2008.
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    Tan, Kenneth (June 9, 2010). "SAFFC move up to 5th after narrow victory over Sengkang Punggol in S.League football". RED SPORTS. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
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    Leeson, Josh (April 22, 2012). "Case of perfect timing or simultaneous misery as Olympic miss first win". Newcastle Herald. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
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    ""Хоромхон" цомын эзнээр тодорлоо" ["Horomhon" was declared the winner of the trophy]. time.mn (in Mongolian). July 23, 2012. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
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    Bagozzi, Marco (September 3, 2014). "Mongolia, campionato al Khoromkhon" [Mongolia, championship at Khoromkhon]. Tuttocalcioestero.it (in Italian). Retrieved March 31, 2024.
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    "Хөлбөмбөгийн үндэсний шигшээ баг легионеруудтай өрсөлдөнө" [The national football team will compete against the legionnaires]. gogo.mn (in Mongolian). June 16, 2016. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
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    "Найман гоол орсон тоглолтын ялагч нь "Дэрэн" байлаа | News.MN" ["Deren" was the winner of the eight-goal match]. News.MN - Мэдээллийн эх сурвалж (in Mongolian). September 22, 2016. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
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    Bagozzi, Marco (April 29, 2017). "Mongolia: tutte a caccia dell'Erchim" [Mongolia: all hunting for Erchim]. l'Opinione Pubblica (in Italian). Retrieved March 31, 2024.
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    Grimm, Justin (July 18, 2019). "2019 Transfer Tracker (UPDATED)". mongolianfootball. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
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