Emad Houache (born September 4, 1994) is a

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player who plays for

Ottawa South United Ottawa South United is a Canadian semi-professional association football, soccer team based in Manotick, Ontario, a community in the rural south part of Ottawa that plays in Ligue1 Québec. The club previously competed in League1 Ontario. The cl ...

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Early life

Born in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Houache is of Algerian descent. He grew up in

Ghardaïa Ghardaïa (, ) is the capital city of Ghardaïa Province, Algeria. The commune of Ghardaïa has a population of 93,423 according to the 2008 census, up from 87,599 in 1998, with an annual growth rate of 0.7%. It is located in northern-central A ...

, Algeria, before moving to Ottawa, Canada with his family when he was ten years old. In Ottawa, he began playing youth soccer with Ottawa Royals SC, before joining the Ottawa Fury Academy. Afterwards, he played with SPA for a year and a half, before joining AS Hull. After being invited to trial with 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 ...

, he joined their U18 team in January 2012.

University career

In 2017, Houache began attending

Carleton University Carleton University is an English-language public university, public research university in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1942 as Carleton College, the institution originally operated as a private, non-denominational evening college to se ...

, where he played for the men's soccer team. In 2020, he began serving as team captain. In 2018, he was named an OUA East Division First Team All-Star. In 2019, he won the OUA title with Carleton, scoring in the championship final. At the national tournament, they were defeated in the semi-finals by the eventual champions

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. In 2021, he served as team captain.

Club career

In 2014, he played with the

Montreal Impact U23 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-peak ...

in the

Premier Development League USL League Two (USL2), formerly the Premier Development League (PDL), is a semi-professional soccer league sponsored by United Soccer Leagues in the United States, forming part of the United States soccer league system. The league will featu ...

. In March 2015, he joined

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club

FC Montreal FC Montreal was a Canadian professional association football, soccer team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada that played in the USL Championship, the third tier of the United States soccer league system. The team served as a reserve team of Major ...

, the second team of the Montreal Impact, on a professional contract. In July 2015, he was released by the club. After being released by FC Montreal, Houache joined the

Ottawa Fury FC Academy Ottawa Fury FC Academy was the youth academy and development system of Canadian soccer club Ottawa Fury FC. In 2015 and 2016, they played in the Première Ligue de soccer du Québec. History The Fury Academy was launched in 2006, under the um ...

in the

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. In October 2015, he signed with the

Ottawa Fury FC Ottawa Fury Football Club was a Canadian professional soccer club based in Ottawa, Ontario. The club competed in the North American Soccer League and USL Championship and played its home games at TD Place Stadium. The Ottawa Fury FC were di ...

first team in the

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. In 2016, he played with

club

Kitsap Pumas Kitsap SC Pumas was an American soccer team based in Bremerton, Washington, United States. The team played in the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL), the fourth tier of the American soccer pyramid. From its foundation in 2009 to 2016, the club ...

. In 2017, he joined

FC Gatineau Football Club Gatineau was a Canadian semi-professional soccer club based in Gatineau, Quebec that played in the Première Ligue de soccer du Québec until the 2019 season. It currentlty concentrates its activities on regional development of pla ...

of the

and was named to the PLSQ All-Star team in 2018. In 2020 he played with

Career statistics

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*{{Soccerway, emad-houache/400876 1994 births Living people Footballers from Abu Dhabi Canadian men's soccer players Canadian people of Algerian descent Ottawa Fury FC players CF Montréal U23 players FC Montreal players Kitsap Pumas players FC Gatineau players Ottawa South United players USL League Two players USL Championship players Ligue1 Québec players Carleton Ravens men's soccer players Men's association football midfielders