Sitayeb Mohamed Nazim Belguendouz (born April 29, 1991) is a

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player who plays as a

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for

CS Mont-Royal Outremont Club Soccer Mont-Royal Outremont is a Canadian semi-professional soccer club based in the Montreal boroughs of Mount Royal and Outremont. Since 2013, the club has competed in Ligue1 Québec. Their women's team has competed in the women's divi ...

. Born in Greece, he represents the

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Early life

Belguendouz was born in

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Greece Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th ...

Algeria Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northeast by Tunisia; to Algeria–Libya border, the east by Libya; to Alger ...

n parents and moved to Canada when he was 3. He began playing youth soccer with

Lakers du Lac Saint-Louis Lakers du Lac Saint-Louis was a Canadian women's semi-professional association football, soccer club based in Lachine, Quebec, Lachine, Urban agglomeration of Montreal, Montréal, Quebec that played in the Ligue1 Québec (women), Première ligu ...

Career

University

In 2010, he began playing university soccer with the

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. In 2019, he returned to university soccer with the

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Club

In 2012, he played with FC Brossard in the

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. In 2013, he joined

, helping them win the league and cup double that season. After the 2013 season, Mont-Royal Outremont got in contact with

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club Montreal Impact and arranged for him to have a three-day 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 had a successful trial and joined the

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team in the

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, serving as the team's co-captain. The following season, he joined the club's new professional second team,

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 ...

, in the

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serving as team captain. In March 2015, he made his debut as a starter in

's inaugural match, a 2–0 loss to

Toronto FC II Toronto FC II is a Canadian professional soccer team based in Toronto, Ontario, that competes in MLS Next Pro, a third tier league of the United States soccer league system. It is the reserve team and minor league affiliate of Toronto FC as we ...

. In 2016, he returned to CS Mont-Royal Outremont. Late in the 2016 season, he obtained his release from Mont-Royal Outremont and joined

AS Blainville Association de Soccer de Blainville, commonly referred to as A.S. Blainville, is a Canadian semi-professional soccer club based in the Montreal suburb of Blainville, Quebec, that plays in Ligue1 Québec. They are the only club to have participate ...

, staying with the club through 2018. In 2018, he scored against

Dynamo de Québec Dynamo de Québec was a professional Canada, Canadian soccer team based in Quebec City, Québec City. The team represented the Capitale-Nationale region in the Ligue1 Québec (women), PLSQ, which its men's side joined in 2017, and its women's s ...

to clinch the league title in a row for Blainville. For the 2019 season, he once again returned to CS Mont-Royal Outremont. After the season, he re-signed with the club.

International career

Belguendouz has been a member of the

since 2016. In 2017, he was named the first ever Canadian Futsal player of the year by the

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. In 2017, he was part of the

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Career statistics

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Belguendouz, Nazim 1991 births Living people Men's association football midfielders Algerian men's footballers Canadian men's soccer players Canadian beach soccer players Canadian men's futsal players Footballers from Athens Greek men's footballers Algerian emigrants to Canada Naturalized citizens of Canada CF Montréal U23 players FC Montreal players USL League Two players USL Championship players Ligue1 Québec players AS Brossard players Lakers du Lac Saint-Louis players CS Mont-Royal Outremont players A.S. Blainville players Canadian people of Algerian descent 21st-century Canadian sportsmen 21st-century Greek sportsmen