Chrisnovic Isemoli N'sa (born January 28, 1999) is a Canadian professional

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player who plays for Swedish club

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in the

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Early life

N'sa began playing youth soccer at age nine with AS Concordia. Afterwards, he played for CS Panellinios. In 2016, he joined the

Montreal Impact Academy Montreal is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest in Canada, and the ninth-largest in North America. It was founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", and is now named after Mount Royal, the triple-pea ...

, where he played for two years, before departing in 2018, after he aged out of the program.

Club career

In 2018, he joined

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in the

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. In February 2019, N'sa signed his first professional contract with

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side

HFX Wanderers Halifax Wanderers FC, also written as HFX Wanderers FC, is a Canadian professional soccer club in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The club competes in the Canadian Premier League (CPL) at the top of the Canadian soccer league system, and play their home ...

. In December 2019, N'sa re-signed with Wanderers for the 2020 season. He was only one of seven returning players for the side in 2020, from the 2019 season. He helped the Wanderers reach the 2020 CPL Championship final, where they were defeated by

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. After the 2020 season, he was nominated for the CPL U-21 Player of the Year award. In November 2020, N'sa signed with

York United York United Football Club (formerly known as York9 FC) is a Canadian professional soccer club based in Toronto, Ontario. The club competes in the Canadian Premier League and plays its home games at York University's York Lions Stadium. History ...

, joining his brother Felix who had signed with the club the day before. He declined an extension from the Wanderers, as well as offers from other CPL clubs and foreign clubs in order to sign with York. He made his debut for York in their

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opener against

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on June 27, 2021. N'Sa scored his first goal for York on October 24 against

Atlético Ottawa Atlético Ottawa is a Canadian professional soccer club based in Ottawa, Ontario. The club competes in the Canadian Premier League and plays its home games at TD Place. The team was founded in 2020 by Spanish club Atlético Madrid. History F ...

. After the end of the season, York exercised his club option for the 2022 season. In December 2022, York revealed they could not agree to terms over a new contract, and that N'Sa would be departing the club. In February 2023, he joined

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. He made his debut on March 26 against

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. He joined the first team, on a short-term loan, for a

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match in April, but did not appear in the match. In January 2024, N'sa signed with

club

on a two-year contract.

International career

In 2014, he made his debut in the Canadian youth program at an identification camp for the Canada U15 team. In 2017, he was called up to a Quebec-Canada U20 team to play friendlies against Haiti U20, who were preparing for the

2017 Jeux de la Francophonie The 2017 Jeux de la Francophonie, also known as ''VIIIèmes Jeux de la Francophonie'' (French language, French for ''8th Francophone Games''), informally known as Abidjan 2017, took place in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, from July 21–30. This was the f ...

. He was then named to the Quebec U20 team for the

Personal life

His younger brother, Felix, is also a professional soccer player. N'sa has a big presence on the social media app

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, with him being nicknamed 'Tik Tok Man' by his

coach Stephen Hart.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:N'sa, Chrisnovic 1999 births Soccer players from Montreal Living people Canadian men's soccer players Men's association football defenders Black Canadian men's soccer players Canadian people of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent Francophone Quebec people HFX Wanderers FC players York United FC players CS Longueuil players CF Montréal players Huntsville City FC players Östersunds FK players Canadian Premier League players Ligue1 Québec players MLS Next Pro players Superettan players Canadian expatriate men's soccer players Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden 21st-century Canadian sportsmen