johnyb

They play in the topflight?
Anyway since he was on a 2-year contract a transferfee must have been paid. Must have made a couple of bucks for FCE then. 

Hanson Boakai has moved on to Inter Turku 
 

Edouard Traore joined u19 team of La Berrichonne de Châteauroux..1st team plays in Ligue 2
https://www.berrichonne.net/actualites/actu/657/recrues-centre-de-formation

It’s def no longer a one man’s job. With the increased availability of player data, so also comes the increase of players to be added (and to be maintained) on the database. Compared to those early lists we have exponentially more players to track. So I wouldn’t say the job is necessarily easier. Luckily the google document allows infinite people to edit at the same time, hence why I was so ademant that it’s a superior solution to a forum post. Although I admit, it may have lost a certain early 90s forum charm 🙂.

Yes he has signed.  
Here is my translation of the Finnish article:
"New player contract - versatile Jonas Häkkinen has signed with Vaasan Palloseura 
Vaasan Palloseura [VPS] has signed a player contract with the young Finnish player Jonas Häkkinen. The contract is 1+1 years. [unspecified whether the option is one way or two way] 
Jonas Häkkinen is a multi-functional player who owns both the Finnish and Canadian passports, and who can play both stopper and defensive midfielder. 
"For the last few years he has played stopper, but before that he has played defensive midfielder, as well", VPS head coach Petri Vuorinen comments. 
Häkkinen has played his entire career in Vancouver, where he has played in the Whitecaps academy. Häkkinen has Finnish parents and he speaks good Finnish, although his native tongue is English. 
"Jonas has trained with us for quite a while already. He came to Finland to uplift his career. Comparing him with other players of his generation (1999), I believe that he has the full potential to succeed in Finnish Premier League", Vuorinen analyzes. 
Very little about this promising player is known in Finland. Contact between the player and the club came through his agent. The youngster has trained with VPS for a month already. 
"The agent suggested that we give Jonas a trial. We decided to take him along and have been judging his play. In the last few years, many young players looking to develop have trialed for us. This time we found a good "match". I do not think many have heard of him here, even though he is Finnish. He is a new face for many here in that sense."
In addition to his playing skills, there is another thing Vuorinen specifically likes about Häkkinen. 
"He has a very tough but healthy attitude about sports and football in general. All that is right", Vuorinen comments. 
Jonas' own interview will be done during November. 
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Since it's my first post, I figure it's fine to use this space to say hello everybody, too. I am a VPS fan from Finland - a cold, stable Northern country, with an under-performing National Team with a history of promising players selecting some another country, and whose general public has an unhealthy obsession with this sticky-sport played on ice.
Suppose this description also explains to you all why I have somehow developed kind of a weird sympathetic affinity towards the "soccer people" in Canada, and hence I have been following your NT for the past few years, including lurking on this forum occasionally. So I figured that now that this guy signed with my local club team, it would be a good excuse to register here too. So I do hope you guys don't mind having me as an "outsider" for our countries are yet to develop a fierce rivalry in this sport. (Although I also wouldn't mind, if in the next few years one developed over Häkkinen's services at the senior level. )
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Would Jonas warrant his own thread, btw? Now that he's going to be playing here, I would be more than glad to contribute with updates on Jonas etc. since I watch every VPS game anyway.

Theodor Corbeanu officially at Wolves now
 
 

Kellyann Kande was signed with Bruno's Magies FC in the Gibraltar 2nd tier.  Dimitriu  is another Canadian who is with Magpies.
https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/fc-magpies/startseite/verein/43032/saison_id/2018
Screenshot from their last match.

Yes, he is on the youth abroad list.  Thanks for the link though 😊

Wow, good find, he is not on the list. An 18 year old keeper now being listed as 4th GK for a senior Serie B side, he played a full season in u-17 and previously in a lower age level.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spezia_Calcio

For anyone updating, when you can get to it: Santa Clara, Portugal, Pacheco, are now in tier 1. And Academico de Viseu, also Portugal, Bakr Abdellaoui, in second tier now.

This is a pretty promising move for Fillion. FC Aarau is in the 2nd tier Challenge League but are one of the bigger teams there. His competition at keeper is Steven Deana who is a veteran of the Swiss 2nd tier and started the first game but if he gets some chances and takes advantage of them he will be playing at a decent level with possibilities of moving to the Swiss 1st tier Super League especially given that he is owned by FC Zurich of that league. We definitely need some keeper depth for the national team so hopefully he will be one to watch.

How the hell did he get a 5 year deal with FC Zürich?  Must be promising. 

Am I the only one who finds it funny that the Faroe Islamds have 2 tier and we’re just getting our first

Joakim Milli (GK) is with Lecce U19.  He was born in Canada, and holds a Canadian passport.
https://t.co/sJkw8N9J5e
https://t.co/bBKekEmaCv
"Lecce, arriva un giovane portiere: è l’italo-canadese Joakim Milli"
http://www.ilpaesenuovo.it/2018/07/11/lecce-arriva-un-giovane-portiere-e-litalo-canadese-milli/

16 year old goalkeeper Marc Wilhem Anderson Kouadio going to Montverde Academy
http://www.viva-media.ca/sports/pratiquer-le-soccer-en-floride/
 

@nichoprasad FollowFollow @nichoprasad More Delighted to announce that I have begun a new chapter of my football career with @spvggbayreuth in Germany. Many thanks to the @WhitecapsFC and @seattleumsoc coaches that have supported me thus far. I am very grateful to be able to continue living out my dream.
1:58 PM - 11 Jul 2018  

Thanks for that, he hardly played at Alcorcón B last season, seemed to have fallen of the radar. So a good move to a solid team, glad to see. And he's young still.

Bakr Abdellaoui signed for 2 years with Academico de Viseu which plays in the 2nd tier of Portugal
https://www.academicodeviseu.pt/vnoticias.asp?idnot=707&idesc=0&idmod=0

Harry Paton has signed with Ross County of the Scottish Championship after being released on a free by Hearts.
http://www.rosscountyfootballclub.co.uk/news/archive/harry-paton-joins-ross-county/

Quillan Roberts is signed by LAFC according to this https://mlsplayers.org/resources/salary-guide

This is the same for fourth tier Spain, basically identical. Some clubs, because of tradition, fan base, sponsors or other factors (some rich guy who feels like it), may pay up to a living wage, but they are a minority. The Spanish federation decrees the third tier above it fully professional, so that any player on a 2B team has a minimum salary that is fully liveable as full time, however modest in some cases. 

The majority of German 4th division players are either studying or have another job on the side. Top teams like Energie Cottbus are fully professional but most of the others have a few professionals mixed with semi-pros and some teams are completely semi-pro. Most of the 4th division teams train in the evening due to that which gives another advantage to teams like Cottbus who not only have better players but their players are training under better and more professional conditions. The younger players with hopes of moving up the pyramid might be focusing only on soccer but I suspect most of the players in their mid 20s and older are doing other things both in relation to having a future career and just being able to live in the present on a 4th division wage.

There are plenty of young people who finish their BA, have debt and decide to go abroad to do internships in developing countries for next to no pay.  I would think of it as the same for footballers.  You need a sense of adventure, willingness to take a risk and an understanding that you are earning a meager living for the next year or more.  The payoff is that it gets you experience, and it might lead to something more sustainable.  If not - you took a chance, you are set back financially from if you stayed home, and you go back to living with your parents looking for that desk job that allows you to comb through Voyageurs forums on Monday mornings.  

Anyone know about this guy, Zak Drake? I couldnt find him on the spread sheet or CSA.  26year old RB, Bethel college, was in GermanyTasmania.  Is on the LasVegas roster, made the team through a open tryout with 100's of others.  Kind of a cool story. Was on the Soccer today podcast awhile ago.