Obeng Tabi Amponsah (born October 28, 2000) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays for

FC Laval FC Laval (formerly CS Fabrose) is a Canadian semi-professional soccer club based in Laval, Quebec that plays in Ligue1 Québec. In 2021, CS Fabrose merged with youth clubs CS Chomedey and Delta Laval to form FC Laval. History CS Fabrose The ...

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Early life

He played youth soccer with FS Salaberry. In 2019, he played in the U21 LSEQ with CS St-Laurent. In 2021, he played at the senior amateur level in the LSEQ with CS Étoiles de l'Est.

College career

Tabi played college soccer at the junior college level for

Louisiana State University Eunice Louisiana State University Eunice (LSU Eunice or LSUE) is a public junior college in Eunice, Louisiana, United States. It is the only junior college associated with the Louisiana State University System. It enrolls over 4,000 full and part-time ...

in 2020 and 2021. In 2021, as a sophomore, he was named an

NJCAA The National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) is the governing association of community college, State college (disambiguation), state college, and junior college athletics throughout the United States. Currently the NJCAA holds 24 sepa ...

Third Team All-American, after contributing three assists in 14 starts with LSU Eunice. In 2024, he began attending

Concordia University Concordia University () is a Public university, public English-language research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1974 following the merger of Loyola College (Montreal), Loyola College and Sir George Williams Universit ...

in Canada, where he played for the men's soccer team.

Club career

In January 2022, he signed a deal with

HFX Wanderers FC Halifax Wanderers FC, also written as HFX Wanderers FC, is a Canadian professional Association football, soccer club in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The club competes in the Canadian Premier League (CPL) at the top of the Canadian soccer league syste ...

of the

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. He made his professional debut in the Wanderers' first game of the season against

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 ...

, making an impact by preventing a clear scoring chance from York at the end of the first half. At the end of the season, HFX declined Tabi's contract option for the 2023 season. In 2023, he played for CS St-Laurent in

, winning the league and cup double. In 2025, he joined

International career

In December 2022 and December 2023, Tabi was called up to camps with the

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. In April 2024, he was named to the roster for the

2024 CONCACAF Futsal Championship The 2024 CONCACAF Futsal Championship was the 8th edition of the CONCACAF Futsal Championship, the quadrennial international futsal championship organised by CONCACAF for the men's national teams of the North, Central American and Caribbean regio ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tabi, Obeng 2000 births Living people Men's association football defenders Black Canadian men's soccer players HFX Wanderers FC players Canadian Premier League players Canadian men's soccer players Louisiana State University at Eunice Soccer players from Laval, Quebec Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Canadian expatriate men's soccer players Ligue1 Québec players Louisiana State University at Eunice people CS Saint-Laurent players 21st-century Canadian sportsmen Concordia Stingers men's soccer players FC Laval players