Safwane Mlah | |
Birth Date: | December 8, 2001 |
Birth Place: | United States |
Position: | Forward |
Clubnumber: | 64 |
Youthyears1: | –2018 |
Youthclubs1: | FS Salaberry |
Youthyears2: | 2019 |
Youthclubs2: | CS St-Hubert |
College1: | Aigles du Collège Ahuntsic |
Years1: | 2020–2021 |
Clubs1: | CS St-Hubert |
Caps1: | 18 |
Goals1: | 6 |
Years2: | 2022 |
Clubs2: | AS Blainville |
Caps2: | 22 |
Goals2: | 3 |
Years3: | 2023–2024 |
Clubs3: | CS St-Laurent |
Caps3: | 24 |
Goals3: | 10 |
Years4: | 2024– |
Clubs4: | Valour FC |
Caps4: | 4 |
Goals4: | 1 |
Nationalyears1: | 2021– |
Nationalteam1: | Canada (futsal) |
Nationalcaps1: | 6 |
Nationalgoals1: | 4 |
Club-Update: | August 4, 2024 |
Nationalteam-Update: | April 17, 2024 |
Safwane Mlah (born December 8, 2001) is a soccer player who plays for Valour FC in the Canadian Premier League. Born in the United States, he represents Canada at international level in futsal.
Mlah played youth soccer with FS Salaberry.[1] He later attended Collège Ahuntsic, where he played for the men's soccer team.[2]
He has also regularly played futsal, into his adulthood.[3]
In 2020, he began playing at the senior level with CS St-Hubert in the Première ligue de soccer du Québec.[4] In 2022, he played with AS Blainville and was named to the PLSQ All-Star team for a pre-season match against Major League Soccer club CF Montréal in January 2022.[5] In 2023, he helped CS St-Laurent win the 2023 title.[6] He was also named the Ballon D'or winner as the league's best player.[7] In January 2024, he went on trial with Swedish Superettan club Trelleborgs FF.[8] He then continued playing with CS St-Laurent for the 2024 season.[9]
In June 2024, he signed with Valour FC of the Canadian Premier League.[10] [11] He made his debut on July 18, in a substitute appearance, against the HFX Wanderers. On July 21, 2024, he scored his first professional goal, in his first professional start, against Atlético Ottawa.[12]
Mlah began playing with the Canada national futsal team in 2021, where he was named to the roster for the 2021 CONCACAF Futsal Championship. He scored his first international futsal goal for Canada on May 4, 2021 at the CONCACAF championships. In December 2023, he was named the Canadian Soccer Association Futsal Player of the Year.[13]
Club | Season | League | Playoffs | National Cup | League Cup | Total | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
CS St-Hubert | 2020 | Première ligue de soccer du Québec | 7 | 2 | — | — | — | 7 | 2 | ||||
2021 | 11 | 4 | — | — | — | 11 | 4 | ||||||
Total | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 6 | |||
AS Blainville | 2022[14] | Première ligue de soccer du Québec | 22 | 3 | — | — | 2 | 0 | 24 | 3 | |||
CS St-Laurent | 2023[15] | Ligue1 Québec | 19 | 8 | — | — | 3 | 4 | 22 | 12 | |||
2024 | 5 | 2 | — | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | ||||
Total | 24 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 14 | |||
Valour FC | 2024 | Canadian Premier League | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 1 | ||
Career total | 68 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 76 | 24 |