Julien Edwards

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Julien Edwards
Personal information
Full name Julien Edwards
Date of birth (1988-07-30) 30 July 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Position(s) Defender
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2006–2009 Drake Bulldogs
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2008 Ottawa Fury 10 (0)
2009 Des Moines Menace 11 (1)
2011 Capital City 23 (1)
2011–2012 Alpha United FC
2012 Kingston FC
2013–2016 FC Gatineau 51 (0)
2017 Toronto Skillz FC 5 (0)
International career
2012 Guyana 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Julien Edwards (born July 30, 1988) is a former footballer. Born in Canada, he represented the Guyana national team.

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Playing career

Edwards began playing at the college level with Drake Bulldogs in 2006, where he appeared in a total of 50 matches, and earned All-Missouri Valley Conference first team and was selected for the NSCAA All-Region team in 2009. [1] During the college off season he played in the USL Premier Development League originally with Ottawa Fury, and later with Des Moines Menace. [2]

In 2011, he signed his first professional contract with expansion franchise Capital City F.C. in the Canadian Soccer League. [3] [4] [5] During his tenure with Ottawa he reached the CSL Championship against Toronto Croatia, where the match concluded in a 1-0 victory for Croatia. [6] He later played in the GFF Elite League with Alpha United FC. [7] [6] Throughout his tenure with Alpha he featured in the 2011 CFU Club Championship. [7] In 2012, he returned to the Canadian Soccer League to play with Kingston FC. [8]

In 2013, he played in the Première Ligue de soccer du Québec with FC Gatineau. [9] In 2017, he played in League1 Ontario with Toronto Skillz FC. [10]

International career

In 2010, he was called to a Canada men's national under-23 soccer team camp organized by head coach Tony Fonseca. [11] Edwards instead made his debut for the Guyana national football team on March 31, 2012 in a friendly match against French Guiana. [12] He featured in the 2012 Caribbean Cup qualification match against Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. In total he has earned six caps for Guyana. [13]

Honors

Alpha United FC

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