Obeng Tabi
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Obeng Tabi Amponsah | ||
Date of birth | October 28, 2000 | ||
Place of birth | Laval, Quebec, Canada | ||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Left back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | CS St-Laurent | ||
Youth career | |||
FS Salaberry | |||
2019 | CS St-Laurent | ||
2021 | CS Étoiles de l'Est | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2020–2021 | LSU Eunice Bengals | 25 | (0) |
2024– | Concordia Stingers | 10 | (0) |
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2022 | HFX Wanderers FC | 19 | (0) |
2023– | CS St-Laurent | 34 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2024– | Canada (futsal) | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of September 8, 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of April 14, 2024 |
Obeng Tabi Amponsah (born October 28, 2000) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays for CS St-Laurent in Ligue1 Québec.
Early life
[edit]He played youth soccer with FS Salaberry.[1] In 2019, he played in the U21 LSEQ with CS St-Laurent.[1] In 2021, he played at the senior amateur level in the LSEQ with CS Étoiles de l'Est.[1]
College career
[edit]Tabi played college soccer at the junior college level for Louisiana State University Eunice in 2020 and 2021.[2][3] In 2021, as a sophomore, he was named an NJCAA Third Team All-American, after contributing three assists in 14 starts with LSU Eunice.[4]
In 2024, he began attending Concordia University in Canada, where he played for the men's soccer team.[5]
Club career
[edit]In January 2022, he signed a deal with HFX Wanderers FC of the Canadian Premier League.[6][7] He made his professional debut in the Wanderers' first game of the season against York United, making an impact by preventing a clear scoring chance from York at the end of the first half.[8] At the end of the season, HFX declined Tabi's contract option for the 2023 season.[9]
In 2023, he played for CS St-Laurent in Ligue1 Québec, winning the league and cup double.[10]
International career
[edit]In December 2022 and December 2023, Tabi was called up to camps with the Canada national futsal team.[11][12] In April 2024, he was named to the roster for the 2024 CONCACAF Futsal Championship.[13]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of September 29, 2024[14]
Club | League | Season | League | Playoffs | Domestic Cup | League Cup | Total | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
HFX Wanderers FC | Canadian Premier League | 2022 | 19 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 19 | 0 | ||
CS St-Laurent | Ligue1 Québec | 2023[15] | 20 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
2024[15] | 14 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |||
Total | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 42 | 0 | ||
Career total | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 61 | 0 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Archive Ligue" [League Archive]. TSI Sports (in French).
- ^ "Obeng Tabi LSU Eunice profile". LSU Eunice Bengals.
- ^ Griffiths, Gary (November 14, 2022). "Interview: Matt Fegan, Halifax Wanderers FC Sporting Director". From Aways.
- ^ "Men's Soccer Duo Earn All-American Honors". LSU Eunice Bengals. November 30, 2021.
- ^ Tierney, Mitchell (December 2, 2024). "5 familiar faces available in the 2025 CPL-U SPORTS Draft". Canadian Premier League.
- ^ "Halifax Wanderers Sign Pair of Canadian Fullbacks". HFX Wanderers FC. January 26, 2022.
- ^ MacDonald, Glenn (January 26, 2022). "HFX Wanderers sign young fullbacks Fernandez, Tabi". SaltWire Network.
- ^ "Stories of the match: Wanderers 1–0 victory over York United FC". HFX Wanderers FC. April 8, 2022.
- ^ "Halifax Wanderers announce year-end roster moves". HFX Wanderers FC. December 6, 2022.
- ^ Tougas, Marc (October 31, 2023). "Le CS St-Laurent réalise le doublé coupe-championnat… à l'usure" [CS St-Laurent achieves the cup-championship double ... with wear and tear]. Ligue1 Québec (in French).
- ^ "Canada Soccer hosts Futsal National Team camp in Montréal". Canadian Soccer Association. December 2, 2022.
- ^ "Canada Soccer announces futsal camp and squad for December window". Canadian Soccer Association. December 8, 2023.
- ^ "Canada Soccer unveils roster for the 2024 CONCACAF Futsal Championship". Canadian Soccer Association. April 5, 2024.
- ^ Obeng Tabi at Soccerway
- ^ a b "2023 Ligue1 Quebec stats". Ligue1 Québec.
External links
[edit]- Obeng Tabi at Soccerway
- Obeng Tabi at the Canadian Soccer Association
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Men's association football defenders
- Black Canadian men's soccer players
- HFX Wanderers FC players
- Canadian Premier League players
- Canadian men's soccer players
- Louisiana State University at Eunice
- Soccer people from Quebec
- Sportspeople from Laval, Quebec
- Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- Canadian expatriate men's soccer players
- Ligue1 Québec players
- Louisiana State University at Eunice people
- CS Saint-Laurent players
- 21st-century Canadian sportsmen
- Concordia Stingers men's soccer players