Killian Colombie (born 2 November 1995) is a French professional

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who plays as a

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for

Atlètic Club d'Escaldes Atlètic Club d'Escaldes, also commonly known as Atlètic d'Escaldes, is an Andorran professional football club based in Escaldes-Engordany, currently playing in Primera Divisió. History Atlètic Club d'Escaldes was founded on 20 May 2002 in ...

in Andorra.

Career

Youth and college

Colombie enrolled at

Iona College Iona University () is a private Catholic university with a main campus in New Rochelle, New York, United States. It was founded in 1940 by the Congregation of Christian Brothers and occupies a campus of in New Rochelle and a campus of in Bro ...

in 2015 and joined the

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men's soccer team. Once the Iona season began, Colombie started in all 18 games he appeared in. Across four seasons with Iona, Colombie played in 72 games and tallied 15 goals and six assists as a forward. The Paris, France native set career-best marks in his senior season with the Maroon & Gold, scoring seven goals and assisting on three more. His performance in his senior season garnered him recognition on the All-MAAC First Team as well as second team honors on the United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division I All-East Region Team. Colombie finished his Iona career ranked tied for ninth all-time in shots attempted (119) and shots on goal (48). He ended his career with 15 goals, six assists and three game-winning goals. Colombie's efforts placed him among 50 student-athletes on the initial PDL College Prospect List. Additionally, Colombie was eligible for the MLS Super Draft 2019 in Chicago. In 2018, Colombie had most recently been on trial with Hearts F.C. in Edinburgh, Scotland. He has also received invitation from the New York Red Bulls. In addition to securing a training spot with Edinburgh, Colombie has trained with the Major League Soccer programs, the New York Red Bulls and San Jose Earthquakes, during the winter.

Senior

Over the summer before the fall 2018 season, Colombie played for the Albion Hurricanes FC Royals in the

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Mid-South Division. He led the team and tied for the conference-best with 10 goals. His five assists were a team-best and ranked second in the league. The Royals finished the season with a third place 7–7–0 record and a goal differential of zero. Iona College men's soccer alumnus Killian Colombie signed with the

Swope Park Rangers Sporting Kansas City II is a MLS Next Pro club affiliated with Sporting Kansas City of Major League Soccer. For the 2022 season they will play their home games at Kansas Jayhawks, Rock Chalk Park at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas, ...

of the

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in February 2019. The Rangers are affiliated with

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. In September 2020, he joined

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side

Aldershot Town Aldershot Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Aldershot, Hampshire, England. The team competes in the National League, the fifth level of the English football league system. The club was founded in the spr ...

, before moving to

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ahead of the 2021-22 season.

References

External links

Profile at Iona College
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