Quillan Eon Myles Roberts (born 13 September 1994) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for Western Suburbs in the New Zealand

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. Born in Canada, he currently plays for the Guyana national team after having previously represented Canada at both youth and senior level. After spells in the youth ranks of

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and

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, Roberts signed a first-team contract with

in 2012. After loan spells with the

Wilmington Hammerheads Wilmington Hammerheads FC was a semi-professional American soccer team based in Wilmington, North Carolina. Founded in 1996, the team last competed in the Premier Development League, the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid in 2017. Histor ...

and

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 ...

, he was released after the 2016 season. A move to

Woodbridge Strikers Woodbridge Strikers Soccer Club is a Canadian semi-professional soccer club based in Woodbridge, Ontario. The club was founded in 1976 as a youth soccer club and added its semi-professional club in League1 Ontario in 2014. The team plays home g ...

saw Roberts record a league and cup double, while also being named First Team All Star and Goalkeeper of the Year. That year, he also appeared for York University Lions and lifted the title in the

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. He has been capped once for the Canada national team, and scored from his own half in one of three appearances at youth level during the FIFA Under-17 World Cup in

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Club career

Early career

Roberts began playing soccer at age six with Brampton Youth SC.

Toronto FC

A product of the

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, Roberts also had a brief spell in the youth ranks of

in the

Canadian Soccer League The Canadian Soccer League (CSL; ) is a semi-professional league for Canadian soccer clubs primarily located in the province of Ontario, and claims the history of the Canadian National Soccer League (CNSL). It is a non-FIFA league previously ...

. On April 10, 2012, he became the seventh graduate to join

after signing a first team contract. On July 21, 2012, he made his first appearance as a second-half substitute for Freddy Hall in a 1–1 draw against a Liverpool side including

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and

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. After five years in the first team squad without making a senior appearance, Roberts was released in December 2016.

Wilmington Hammerheads (loan)

After failing to make a competitive appearance in two seasons with Toronto, Roberts was loaned to

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side the

alongside teammates

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and Daniel Lovitz. On April 6, 2014, he kept a clean sheet on his debut in a 0–0 draw with the

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. On August 6, Roberts was recalled having made 17 appearances for the club.

Toronto FC II (loan)

On March 20, 2015, Roberts was one of seven players loaned to Toronto FC II. He was joined by

Alex Bono Alexander Nicholas Bono (born April 25, 1994) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Major League Soccer club New England Revolution. College career Born and raised in Baldwinsville, New York, Bono attended ...

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, Jay Chapman,

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and Jordan Hamilton. On April 19, he made his debut in a 1–1 draw with the

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. After making 15 appearances during the

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, Roberts' loan was extended and he went on to make a further nine appearances for the club.

Woodbridge Strikers

Following an unsuccessful trial with United Soccer League club the

Rochester Rhinos Rochester Rhinos, formerly known as the Rochester Raging Rhinos, was an American soccer team based in Rochester, New York, United States. The club won the 1999 U.S. Open Cup, marking the only time a non-MLS team has won the U.S. Open Cup sinc ...

, Roberts signed with

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club

for the 2017 season. Recording nine clean sheets in 19 games, he was named League1 Ontario Goalkeeper of the Year on November 10. Roberts was also named as a League1 Ontario First Team All Star as his team won the league championship. He also appeared in every match as Woodbridge Strikers went on to clinch the League1 Ontario Cup. They saw off Sanjaxx Lions,

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and North Mississauga before a 3–1 win against Vaughan in the final.

York University

In 2017, Roberts joined York University Lions while studying Liberal Arts & Professional Studies. He started six games in the regular season and all three in the

play-offs. He suffered just a single defeat while keeping clean sheets, including in the final of the Ontario University Athletics where they emerged successful.

Los Angeles FC

Roberts began the 2018 season on trial with United Soccer League club Ottawa Fury. He later featured for

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side

Los Angeles FC Los Angeles Football Club (LAFC) is an American professional association football, soccer club based in Los Angeles. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference (MLS), Western Conference. It was establi ...

in their first ever pre-season match. He officially signed for the club on May 30, 2018. In November 2018, his contract option was declined by Los Angeles.

Forge FC

Roberts joined

Canadian Premier League The Canadian Premier League (CPL or CanPL; ) is a professional Association football, soccer league in Canada and the highest level of the Canadian soccer league system. The league comprises eight teams, from five of provinces and territories of ...

club

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 ...

on March 2, 2019. He made his debut on May 8, 2019, recording a clean sheet in a 3–0 win over

Pacific FC Pacific Football Club is a Canadian professional soccer club based in Greater Victoria, British Columbia. The club competes in the Canadian Premier League, playing home matches at Starlight Stadium located in Langford. History On May 5, 20 ...

. He made eight league starts and one in the

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that season on route to a CPL Championship win for Forge. On January 8, 2020, the club announced Roberts would not be returning for the 2020 season.

Return to League1 Ontario

In 2021, he joined

side

1812 FC Barrie 1812 FC Barrie (also known as 1812 FC) was a Canadian semi-professional soccer club that played in League1 Ontario in 2021. In their sole season of operation, the club played home matches at Terry Fox Stadium in Brampton, Ontario. The team was o ...

as a player-coach. He was named the East Division Top Goalkeeper and an East Division All-Star. In early 2022, he went on trial with

club

Valour FC Valour FC is a Canadian professional soccer club in Winnipeg, Manitoba, which competes in the Canadian Premier League and plays their home matches at Princess Auto Stadium. The team is coached by Phillip Dos Santos and community owned throu ...

. In March 2022, he joined

Electric City FC Electric City Football Club was a Canadian semi-professional soccer team based in Peterborough, Ontario, that competed in League1 Ontario's men's and women's division. History Formation The presence of soccer in Peterborough is large despite i ...

in League1 Ontario. He was named a league Third Team All-Star in 2022.

New Zealand

In March 2023, he joined New Zealand

club

Western Suburbs FC Western Suburbs Football Club is an association football club in Porirua, New Zealand. They play their home matches at Endeavour Park in the Porirua suburb of Whitby and compete in the Central Premier League. Western Suburbs is in partnership ...

, via their partnership with

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International career

Canada

In 2011, Roberts was called up to

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of coun ...

Under-17s ahead of the 2011 FIFA Under-17 World Cup in Mexico. He headed to the tournament as the backup goalkeeper to Maxime Crépeau, but injuries forced Roberts to play in the second group stage game against

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. In the 87th minute, with Canada trailing England 2–1, Roberts kicked the ball into the England box from inside his own half, which bounced over English keeper

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and into the back of the net. The goal was the first scored by a goalkeeper in any

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finals tournament, and earned Canada a point as the game ended 2–2. Roberts made a further two other appearances in the tournament as Canada failed to progress past the group stages. On March 30, 2015, Roberts made his international debut at senior level in a 3–0 win against Puerto Rico. He replaced

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in the 86th minute of the friendly. Later he represented his country for

2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup The 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the 13th edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup competition and the 23rd CONCACAF regional championship overall in the organization's fifty-four years of existence. It was held in the United States, with two matches bei ...

. Canada was eliminated from championship after group stage.

Guyana

As the only match Roberts played for Canada at senior level was a friendly, he could still change his affiliation to the national teams of

Guyana Guyana, officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern coast of South America, part of the historic British West Indies. entry "Guyana" Georgetown, Guyana, Georgetown is the capital of Guyana and is also the co ...

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, the countries of birth of his father and his mother, respectively. On May 20, 2019, he was named to Guyana's 40-man provisional squad for the

2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup The 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the 15th edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup, the biennial international men's association football, soccer championship of the North, Central American, and Caribbean region organized by CONCACAF. The tournament was p ...

. He was named to the final squad on May 30. He debuted for Guyana in the final group stage match on June 26 at the Gold Cup against

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in a 1–1 draw.

Personal life

Roberts was born in

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, Ontario to a Guyanese father and a Jamaican mother. He has one brother, Jamal, and moved to

Brampton, Ontario Brampton is a city in the Canadian Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Ontario, and the regional seat of the Regional Municipality of Peel. It is part of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and is a List of municipalities in Ontario#L ...

aged six. He studied at

Heart Lake Secondary School Heart Lake Secondary School, commonly known as HLSS or Heart Lake, is a public secondary school in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. It is located along Conestoga Drive to the north of Wexford Road, and is named after the Heart Lake neighborhood of Brampt ...

between 2009 and 2012, and joined

York University York University (), also known as YorkU or simply YU), is a public university, public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's third-largest university, and it has approximately 53,500 students, 7,000 faculty and staff, ...

five years later. In his spare time, Roberts has volunteered for the

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, Youth Without Shelter, St Margaret's School and Young Street Mission.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Toronto FC *

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

Woodbridge Strikers *

Cup:

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 ...

Forge FC *

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

Individual *League1 Ontario Goalkeeper of the Year:

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

*League1 Ontario First Team All Star:

References

External links

* * *
Toronto FC profile
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