Phil Ionadi
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Philip Ionadi | ||
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| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997 | Toronto Supra | 6 | (0) |
| 1998 | Toronto Lynx | 5 | (0) |
| 1998 | Glen Shields Sun Devils | 11 | (2) |
| 1999 | Montreal Impact (indoor) | 30 | (5) |
| 2000 | Montreal Impact | 5 | (0) |
| 2000-2001 | Toronto ThunderHawks (indoor) | 32 | (3) |
| 2002-2004 | Brampton Hitmen | 72 | (22) |
| 2005 | Oakville Blue Devils | 17 | (4) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2006 | Oakville Blue Devils | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of December 23, 2014 | |||
Phil Ionadi is a retired Canadian soccer player and head coach who played the majority of his career in the Canadian Professional Soccer League .
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Playing career
Ionadi began his professional career with the Toronto Supra in the Canadian National Soccer League making his debut on June 29, 1997 in a Cup match against London City.[1] During his tenure with the Supra he assisted in the club's achievement in reaching the postseason, by making the playoff finals match but unfortunately were defeated by St. Catharines Wolves. The following year Ionadi signed a contract with the Toronto Lynx in the USL A-League a second tier team in the Canadian soccer pyramid system, but was released from his contract midway through the season. For the remainder of the year he signed with the Glen Shields Sun Devils of the Canadian Professional Soccer League. In 1999, he signed with the Toronto Lynx rivals the Montreal Impact, and played an indoor season with the Impact. The following year he played an outdoor season with Montreal, while in winter he played for the Toronto Thunderhawks for another indoor season. Ionadi was back in the Canadian Professional Soccer League in 2001, with the newly expansion franchise the Brampton Hitmen where he served as the team captain during his tenure with the club. His greatest success with the club came in the 2003 season where he managed to score 12 goals, and secure a playoff berth for the club by finishing second in their division. In the postseason Brampton defeated the Vaughan Shooters to secure the teams first CPSL Championship.[2] At the CPSL awards ceremony, Ionadi was awarded the Canadian Soccer League MVP Award.[3][4] On May 19, 2005 Ionadi was signed by the Oakville Blue Devils by a newly expansion franchise club and was named team captain.[5] He helped lead Oakville to finals of the CSL Cup where they defeated the Vaughan Shooters to a score of 2-1, making the Oakville Blue Devils the first expansion franchise to win the CPSL Cup in their debut season; the victory also marked Ionadi second championship trophy.[6]
Managerial career
In 2006, Oakville head coach Duncan Wilde signed with the Toronto Lynx, and Ionadi retired from competitive soccer to make the transition to head coach of the Blue Devils.[7] In his debut season he won the National Division title, but Oakville were eliminated in the early stages of the postseason. On October 27, 2014 Ionadi was awarded the Harry Paul Gauss Memorial Award .[8]
Managerial stats
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Oakville Blue Devils |  |
28 May 2006 | 30 October 2006 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 45.45 |
Honours
Player
- Brampton Hitmen
- Oakville Blue Devils
Individual
Managerial
- Oakville Blue Devils
- Canadian Soccer League National Division: 1
References
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<references />, or <references group="..." />- ↑ Here are the results of the CNSL game of Sunday June 29, 1997 between Toronto Supra and London City played at Lamport Stadium in Toronto at 7:30pm. This was considered a Cup game.
- ↑ Result of the Sunday October 5th, 2003 CPSL Rogers Cup Playoffs Final between Vaughan Sun Devils (considered the home team) and Brampton Hitmen played at Cove Road in London at 3:15pm
- ↑ PHIL IONADI VOTED MVP
- ↑ Details of the CPSL Awards ceremony held during the banquet on Sunday October 5th, 2003 at the German-Canadian Club at Cove Road Field in London.
- ↑ Details of the CPSL press conference of Thursday May 19, 2005 held at Toronto City Hall members lounge at 12:30pm. (by Rocket Robin)
- ↑ Result of the Monday October 10th, 2005 CPSL game between Vaughan Shooters and Oakville Blue Devils played at Esther Shiner Stadium in North York at 4:00pm. This was the CPSL Championship game.
- ↑ May 25, 2006 CSL news and previews (from CSL website)
- ↑ VUCEMILOVIC GRGIC CSL’s MVP
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- Living people
- Canadian soccer coaches
- Canadian soccer players
- Canadian Professional Soccer League (1998–2005) players
- Association football midfielders
- Brampton Stallions (Hitmen) players
- Montreal Impact (1992–2011) players
- Brampton United players
- Toronto Lynx players
- SC Toronto players
- Toronto ThunderHawks players
- USL A-League players
- National Professional Soccer League (1984–2001) players
- Canadian National Soccer League players
