Ryan Fante
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-02-24) February 24, 1986[1]
Place of birth Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Deren FC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006 Hearts Azzurri[2]
2007' Toronto FC Reserves 3 (0)
2008 Vaughan Italia Shooters[2]
2009 G.S. United[2]
2010 Sengkang Punggol 7 (1)
2012 Valentine Phoenix 5 (0)
2012–20xx Khoromkhon FC
Ulaanbaataryn Unaganuud FC
2019- Deren FC
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ryan Fante (born 24 February 1986) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays for Mongolian Premier League club Deren FC.

Career

Singapore

Spending his early career in Canada where he played in the Ontario Soccer League, and Canadian Soccer League,[2][3] Fante sealed a move to Singaporean outfit Sengkang Punggol in 2010.[2] The Canadian then recorded his first start in a 1–0 defeat to Albirex Niigata S[4] and registered his first goal in a 1–1 tie with Beijing Guoan Singapore.[5] Deployed as a winger or second striker, Fante often outdistanced opponents but failed to score on numerous occasions.[6] Because of this, the forward was demoted to Sengkang Punggol's Prime League squad but there too he was unable to score goals in abundance.[6] By mid-season 2010, the club decided to release Fante due to his goalscoring ineptitude.[6]

Australia and Mongolia

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] In spite of saying that the standard was not as high as in Singapore,[1] he stayed there for a few months before going to Mongolia to play for Khoromkhon FC in June 2012.[7]

Honours

Individual

  • OSL Provincial East Rookie of the Year- 2007[8]
  • OSL Central Region East Leading Goal Scorer- 2006[9]
  • 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

  1. 1 2 3 Canadians welcome additions at Valentine The Sydney Morning Herald
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Ryan Fante – Footballer or Poker Player?". March 20, 2010.
  3. "Canadian Soccer League Powered by Goalline Sports Administration Software". April 24, 2009. Archived from the original on April 24, 2009. Retrieved October 6, 2018.
  4. "S.League 2010 Match 7". April 2010.
  5. "Beijing shows fighting spirit | : The World Game". theworldgame.sbs.com.au. Archived from the original on August 27, 2017.
  6. 1 2 3 "Top 10 worst foreign flops in S.League history | FourFourTwo". www.fourfourtwo.com. Archived from the original on August 28, 2017.
  7. "Press Release- Trebol Sports International places 5 quality foreign players with Mongolian Club, Khoromkhon FC | Sports | UR | Woodstock Sentinel Review". Archived from the original on August 27, 2017. Retrieved August 27, 2017.
  8. "Ontario Soccer League: About".
  9. "Ontario Soccer League: View News Article". Retrieved November 30, 2023.


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