Thelonius Bair (born August 27, 1999) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a

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for

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club

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Club career

Youth

Bair started his youth career with Ottawa Royals, before joining Capital United FC and

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before his move to Vancouver.

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

On July 24, 2018,

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announced that it would be signing Bair to a multi-year MLS homegrown pre-contract beginning in 2019. Bair made his Whitecaps FC and

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debut on matchday 15 of the

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, coming off the bench in the 71st minute in a 2–1 home victory against

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. On August 11 against the

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, He scored his first professional goal. On August 6, 2021, Bair was loaned to Norwegian club

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for the remainder of the 2021 season. In his first appearance on August 18, Bair scored a goal in a 2–0 victory over Jerv. Bair would go on to make 17 appearances in the

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, scoring 4 goals as HamKam were crowned champions and gained promotion to the

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. In December 2021, upon his return to Vancouver, the Whitecaps announced they had exercised Bair's contract option, keeping him at the club through 2022.

St Johnstone

In January 2022, Bair was transferred to

club

for an undisclosed fee on a contract through the end of the 2023-24 season. He made his debut on February 9 against St Mirren. Bair scored his first goal for the club against Kilmarnock on October 5, 2022.

International career

Youth

In 2018, Bair represented Canada at the U21 level at the

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. He subsequently played for the Canadian U20 team at the

2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship The 2018 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship was the 6th edition of the CONCACAF Under-20 Championship (27th edition if all eras included), the men's under-20 international football tournament organized by CONCACAF. It was hosted at Bradenton, Florid ...

and, scoring a goal and two assists in five appearances. Bair was named to the Canadian U-23 provisional roster for the

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on February 26, 2020, and was named to the final squad ahead of the rescheduled tournament on March 10, 2021.

Senior

In January 2020, Bair was called up to the Canadian senior team ahead of friendlies against

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and

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. He made his debut on January 7 in the first match against Barbados, and scored a goal in a 4–1 victory.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Canada's goal tally first.''

Career statistics

Club

International

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bair, Theo 1999 births Living people Association football forwards Canadian soccer players Black Canadian soccer players Canadian people of Jamaican descent Soccer players from Ottawa Vancouver Whitecaps FC players Hamarkameratene players St Johnstone F.C. players Major League Soccer players Norwegian First Division players Canada men's youth international soccer players Canada men's international soccer players Homegrown Players (MLS) Canadian expatriate soccer players Expatriate footballers in Norway Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Norway West Ottawa SC players