Wesley-Thomas Lança Timóteo (born April 9, 2000) is a Canadian professional

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player who plays as a forward for

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club HFX Wanderers.

Early life

Timoteo was born and raised in

Montreal Montreal is the List of towns in Quebec, largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec, the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest in Canada, and the List of North American cit ...

to parents of Portuguese descent. At the age of nine, he played youth soccer with SC Panellinios, while also being part of the École Sportive de Montréal Canada program. In 2013, he joined 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 ...

. At the age of fourteen, Timoteo headed to Europe and featured in the Swedish

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tournament. From there, he moved to Portugal where he joined C.F. Esperança de Lagos, and later moved to

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in June 2015. He later spent time in the academy of

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Club career

In 2018, Timoteo made one appearance for

in the Portuguese fifth tier. uring the 2019–20 season, he appeared for Estoril Praia B in the fifth tier. In 2020, Timoteo signed with

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side PO Xylotymbou, making twenty league appearances and one appearance in the

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that season. In 2021, he returned to Portugal with S.C. Lusitânia in the fifth tier Liga Meo Azores. In March 2022, Timoteo trialed with

club

FC Edmonton FC Edmonton was a Canadian professional Association football, soccer club based in Edmonton, Alberta. The club was founded in 2010 and competed in the North American Soccer League (2011–2017), North American Soccer League (NASL) from 2011 t ...

. With Edmonton experiencing significant financial difficulties, Timoteo was signed by fellow CPL club HFX Wanderers and immediately loaned to the Edmonton. He scored his first professional goal on May 14 against

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. In the final game of the season on October 8, he scored the winning goal from a direct free kick in a 3–1 victory over

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. In December 2022, HFX announced they had signed Timoteo to a new contract through 2024, with an option for 2025.

International career

In 2012, he represented Canada at the 2012

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, an Under-12 tournament. In February 2016, Timoteo participated in an evaluation camp for the Canadian U-17 national team.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Timoteo, Wesley 2000 births Living people Men's association football forwards Canadian men's soccer players Portuguese men's footballers Soccer players from Montreal Canadian people of Portuguese descent Sportspeople of Portuguese descent Canadian expatriate men's soccer players Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus C.F. Os Belenenses players G.D. Estoril Praia players Podosfairikos Omilos Xylotymbou 2006 players HFX Wanderers FC players FC Edmonton players Cypriot First Division players Canadian Premier League players 21st-century Canadian sportsmen 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen