Tyson James Farago (born May 1, 1991) is a Canadian former professional

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player who played as a

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. Starting his senior career at the club while at university, he joined

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a year later and spent four seasons with the

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club. He signed for Irish club

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in March 2018, and returned to WSA Winnipeg after four months overseas. He then had two stints in the new

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, first with

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, then with

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Club career

Early career

Farago represented the

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provincial team between 2004 and 2010, and won a gold medal at the 2007

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. He was also named in the All-Star Team at the

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. He joined Manitoba Major Soccer League club

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as starting goalkeeper for the 2008 season and won the Manitoba Soccer Association Cup. He was also awarded

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honours aged 17. Later that year, he joined

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ian club Goias Esporte Clube for a season before returning home to join Winnipeg Lucania. In July 2010, he was one of four Canadians to trial with Southern League Premier Division club

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. He spent most of the season training with

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club

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and playing trial games for the reserve team. Farago won the Manitoba Soccer Association Cup and MVP honours for a second time with Winnipeg Juventus in 2011. Between 2012 and 2014, he represented the

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soccer team the

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. He was awarded the Manitoba Soccer Frank Capasso Award of Merit in 2013.

WSA Winnipeg

and joined

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side

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for the 2013 season. Playing in every match of the season, Farago led the league in saves and saves per game despite his team finishing bottom of the Central Conference Heartland Division. As a result, he was named as goalkeeper in the All-Conference Team making 106 saves in 14 games.

FC Edmonton

In November 2013, Farago was rewarded for his recent form and signed a one-year professional deal with

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club

. Spending the 2014 season as third-choice goalkeeper behind

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and Lance Parker, he made his debut on November 2, the final day of the season, in a 2–1 victory against the

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. His performance led to a NASL Team of the Week nomination, alongside teammates

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and Michael Nonni. Farago began the 2015 season as third-choice goalkeeper again, but by the end of the year was acting as backup to Matt Van Oekel. He made five appearances across the 2015 and 2016 seasons, and fell to third-choice again for the 2017 season after the arrivals of

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and

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. However, he went on to make 16 appearances and ended the season as Colin Miller's first-choice goalkeeper. He left the club after four seasons when FC Edmonton ceased operations in November 2017.

St Patrick's Athletic

On March 22, 2018, Farago joined

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club

on the recommendation of former Edmonton teammate

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. Acting as backup to Barry Murphy, he made his debut on April 9 in a

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tie at home to

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. The match ended in a 4–4 draw after extra time, and St Patrick's Athletic went on to lose 8–7 in a penalty shootout. Farago made his league debut seven days later as a half-time substitution for the injured Murphy. He kept a clean sheet in the 1–0 win against

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. In July 2018, Farago left the club to return to

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Return to WSA Winnipeg

On July 8, 2018, Farago returned to

club

for the remainder of the 2018 season.

Valour FC

Farago signed for

of the

on December 14, 2018. For the

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, Farago split the goalkeeping duties at Valour with Mathias Janssens, with both of them starting 5 games in Valour’s first 10 games. Valour ended up finishing in last place in the spring season. On July 17, 2019 Farago earned his first clean sheet for Valour in a 0-0 draw with

, his former club. In June 2020 Valour confirmed Farago would not be returning to the club for the upcoming season.

Cavalry FC

After a year out of the game, Farago signed with

on January 21, 2021. Serving as backup to

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, he made five appearances that season, four of which were clean sheets. In January 2022, it was announced Farago would return for the 2022 season, his second with the club. However, a car accident in the offseason rendered him unable to continue playing, and in August 2022, he retired from professional soccer.

International career

In April 2010, Farago was named in the Canada U20 team that competed at the 2010 COTIF Tournament. He received his first call up to the Canada national team in January 2016.

Career statistics

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Farago, Tyson 1991 births Living people Men's association football goalkeepers Canadian men's soccer players Soccer players from Winnipeg Canadian expatriate men's soccer players Expatriate men's footballers in Brazil Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Brazil Expatriate men's association footballers in the Republic of Ireland Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Ireland Goiás Esporte Clube players FC Manitoba players FC Edmonton players St Patrick's Athletic F.C. players Valour FC players Cavalry FC players USL League Two players North American Soccer League (2011–2017) players League of Ireland players Canadian Premier League players Winnipeg Wesmen players University and college men's soccer players in Canada 21st-century Canadian sportsmen