Kadell Thomas (born November 26, 1996) is a Canadian professional

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player who plays for

Sigma FC Sigma Sports is a Canadian youth soccer development academy and player management company based in Mississauga, Ontario. They also operate a senior academy soccer team that currently competes in League1 Ontario, as Sigma FC. Over 140 Sigma playe ...

League1 Ontario League1 Ontario (L1ON) is a semi-professional men's soccer league in Ontario, Canada. The league is sanctioned by the Canadian Soccer Association and the Ontario Soccer Association. League1 Ontario consists of three tiers – League1 Premier ...

Early life

A native of

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, Thomas began playing soccer with Brampton Youth SC before later joining Brampton East SC. At age 15, he joined the

youth program.

College career

In 2014, Thomas attended

Cloud County Community College Cloud County Community College is a public community college with campuses in Concordia and Junction City, Kansas. Concordia campus Cloud County Community College was founded in Concordia in 1965 and began classes in the Concordia Junior-Seni ...

, playing for the men's soccer team, where he recorded two goals and five assists in 19 appearances. In 2016, he attended

Broward College Broward College is a public college based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Miramar, Florida, Pembroke Pines, Florida and Davie, Florida. It is a member of the Florida College System, and offers several associate and baccalaureate degree programs. H ...

, recording eight goals and four assists in six appearances, earning second team all-star honours. In 2017, he was set to transfer to

California State University, Fullerton California State University, Fullerton (CSUF or Cal State Fullerton) is a public research university in Fullerton, California, United States. With a total enrollment of more than 41,000, it has the largest student body of the California State ...

to play for the

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, but did not eventually join. In 2022, he began attending

Humber College The Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning, rebranded as Humber Polytechnic since 2024, is a public Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning, college in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1967, Humber has three mai ...

, where he will play for the men's soccer team. On September 17, 2022, he scored his first goal for Humber against

St. Clair College St. Clair College of Applied Arts and Technology is a college in the Southwestern Ontario counties of Essex and Chatham-Kent, partnered with private Ace Acumen Academy in Toronto. Campus Its main administration and largest campus sites are in W ...

. On October 5, he scored a hat-trick against the Conestoga Condors. He finished second on the team with nine goals in 2022, being named an OCAA First Team All-Star.

Club career

He made his senior debut with

in 2014. In 2017, Thomas scored a career-high seventeen goals in eighteen appearances, tied for second among league top scorers, and was subsequently named to the league First All-Star Team. In 2018, Thomas made fourteen league appearances, scoring four goals and added another four goals in three playoff appearances. He was subsequently named to the league First All-Star Team for the second year in a row. On March 2, 2019, Thomas signed his first professional contract with

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side

Forge FC Forge FC, also known as Forge Football Club, Forge FC Hamilton, or Hamilton Forge FC, is a Canadian professional Association football, soccer club based in Hamilton, Ontario, that competes in the Canadian Premier League, the top tier of Canadia ...

, joining former coach

Bobby Smyrniotis Haralambos "Bobby" Smyrniotis (born April 24, 1979) is a Canadian soccer coach and former player who works as head coach of Forge FC of the Canadian Premier League. Smyrniotis is the co-founder of the Sigma FC soccer academy based in Mississauga ...

. On April 27, 2019, Thomas made his professional debut as a substitute in the CPL inaugural match and scored the first goal in Forge FC history in the 78th minute. Later in 2019, he suffered a head injury during a collision, requiring oral surgery, which caused him to miss much of the remainder of the season, returning in the league final. In 2021, he returned to

. In 2023, he began playing with

North Mississauga SC North Mississauga Soccer Club is a Canadian semi-professional soccer club based in Mississauga, Ontario. The club was founded in 1982 as a youth soccer club and added its men's semi-professional club in League1 Ontario in 2016. The team plays ho ...

, before returning to

during the season.

Career statistics

Honours

Club

;Forge FC *

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Individual *

First Team All-Star:

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Thomas, Kadell 1996 births Living people Men's association football forwards Canadian men's soccer players Soccer players from North York Black Canadian men's soccer players Canadian expatriate men's soccer players Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Broward College alumni Humber College alumni Forge FC players League1 Ontario players Canadian Premier League players Sigma FC players Cloud County Thunderbirds men's soccer players Broward Seahawks men's soccer players North Mississauga SC players 21st-century Canadian sportsmen