Adam Straith
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | John Adam Straith | ||
| Date of birth | September 11, 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Victoria, British Columbia, Canada | ||
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| Position(s) | Defender | ||
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Current team
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Fredrikstad | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2002 | Lower Island Metro | ||
| 2002–2005 | Bays United | ||
| 2005 | Victoria United | ||
| 2006–2007 | Whitecaps Residency | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2009 | Whitecaps Residency | 12 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | → Energie Cottbus II (loan) | 14 | (1) |
| 2009–2011 | Energie Cottbus II | 7 | (0) |
| 2009–2013 | Energie Cottbus | 38 | (1) |
| 2012–2013 | → 1. FC Saarbrücken (loan) | 36 | (1) |
| 2013–2014 | SV Wehen Wiesbaden | 8 | (0) |
| 2015– | Fredrikstad | 21 | (4) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2006–2007 | Canada U17 | 15 | (2) |
| 2008–2010 | Canada U20 | 7 | (1) |
| 2010– | Canada[1] | 32 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of November 1, 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of November 17, 2015 |
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John Adam Straith (born September 11, 1990) is a Canadian professional soccer player who currently plays for Fredrikstad and the Canadian national team.
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Early life
Born in Victoria, British Columbia, Straith attended Burnaby Central Secondary School as part of the Vancouver Whitecaps Residency program in the 2007–08 school year. He attended Oak Bay High School in Victoria but left after grade 11 to finish school in Burnaby. He has an older brother, George Lucas Straith, and a younger brother, Donald Manning Straith.
Career
Youth
Straith has played for numerous other clubs in Victoria such as Bays United, Victoria United and captained his Metro Team in the Lower Island Soccer Association.[2] From July 12 to August 3, 2007, he had a trial with the U-19 Junior Bundesliga side of 1860 Munich along with Antonio Rago.[3] He left Canada in summer 2008 and moved to the German club Energie Cottbus on a season-long loan deal,[4] after impressing the German club during a one-month trial.[5] In the summer of 2009, he left Germany and returned to the Whitecaps but on August 25, 2009 Energie Cottbus used its buy option to acquire him for an undisclosed fee.[6]
Professional
He made his senior debut for FC Energie Cottbus in the 2. Fussball-Bundesliga against FC St. Pauli on October 25, 2009 and scored his first ever goal in Germany in his first game for his club. On December 16, 2009 Straith signed his first professional contract with FC Energie Cottbus, which runs until June 30, 2013.[7] He joined 1. FC Saarbrücken on loan in January 2012. He later joined SV Wehen Wiesbaden in 2013.
After months without a club, Straith joined Norwegian side Fredrikstad in January 2015.[8]
International career
Straith has also been capped for the Canadian U-17 National team where they failed to Qualify for the U-17 World Cup, Korea 2007.
He scored his first goal for Canada in Jamaica for the Caribbean Cup. Straith fended off the defenders to beat everyone in the air and placed the ball in the left corner of the net.
On May 24, 2010, Straith made his senior team debut as an 81st-minute substitute in a 5–0 loss against Argentina at the Estadio Monumental.[9] He played his second game on June 3, 2010 and played 90 minutes vs Venezuela, alongside his teammate Eddy Sidra.[10] He was officially capped by Canada during its World Cup Qualifying match vs St. Lucia on October 7, 2011.
On June 27, 2013 Straith was listed as a part of the confirmed 23-man squad for Colin Miller's Canada squad for 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[11]
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- Association football forwards
- Association football midfielders
- Canada men's international soccer players
- Canada men's youth international soccer players
- Canadian expatriate soccer players
- Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
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- FC Energie Cottbus players
- FC Energie Cottbus II players
- Living people
- Soccer people from British Columbia
- Sportspeople from Victoria, British Columbia
- SV Wehen Wiesbaden players
- Premier Development League players
- Vancouver Whitecaps Residency players
- Fredrikstad FK players
- Norwegian First Division players
- Expatriate footballers in Norway
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