Reggie Laryea
Personal information
Full name Reginald Laryea
Date of birth (1998-02-25) February 25, 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Sigma FC
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Akron Zips 18 (2)
2019 York Lions 19 (0)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2019 Sigma FC 36 (0)
2021– Vaughan Azzurri 8 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of November 7, 2021

Reginald "Reggie" Laryea (born February 26, 1998) is a Canadian soccer player who plays as a defender.

Career

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Youth

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Laryea played youth soccer for Sigma FC[1] and played high school soccer for Dante Alighieri Academy.[2]

College career

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Considered a four-star recruit, he was rated as the No. 7 international recruit and the 12th-best midfielder in the 2016 class.[3] He decided to join the University of Akron and joined the Zips soccer program.[4] He played there for two seasons, scoring his first goal against [5]

In 2019, he returned to Canada to attend York University and play for the Lions,[6] where he mostly played as a right-sided centre back.[7] He was named an OUA West first-team all-star, helping the team to win an OUA silver medal and finishing fifth at the U SPORTS championship.[2]

Career

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Laryea played in League1 Ontario for Sigma FC from 2015 to 2019.[8]

At the 2021 CPL-U Sports Draft, Laryea was selected 15th overall by Atlético Ottawa of the Canadian Premier League.[9][10]

Personal

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Laryea is the younger brother of Toronto FC defender Richie Laryea.[11]

International Career

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Laryea was called up to the Canadian national U15 for a camp in 2013.[12] He was called up to the Canadian U20 team camp in 2015.[13]

Career statistics

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As of November 7, 2021
Club Season League Playoffs Domestic Cup League Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sigma FC 2015 League1 Ontario 6 0 1 0 7 0
2016[14] 6 0 ? ? 6 0
2018[15] 12 0 2 0 2 0 16 0
2019[16] 12 0 0 0 12 0
Total 36 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 41 0
Vaughan Azzurri[17] 2021 League1 Ontario 8 2 1 0 9 2
Career total 44 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 50 2

References

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  1. ^ Clark, Travis (January 7, 2016). "Boys Commitments: Another Laryea for Akron". Top Drawer Soccer.
  2. ^ a b "Reggie Laryea Profile". York Lions.
  3. ^ "Akron men's soccer announces 2016 signing class". My Town Neo. February 5, 2016.
  4. ^ "Akron Zips men's soccer: Recruiting class receives high ranking". Akron Beacon Journal. February 8, 2016.
  5. ^ Cline, Jackson (October 17, 2017). "Men's soccer posts 7-0 victory over NIU". The Buchtelite.
  6. ^ "Lions Lineup Bolstered by Six Transfer Students". York Lions. July 22, 2019.
  7. ^ Stockting, Thomas (February 5, 2021). "IN FOCUS: Reggie Laryea, following his brother's footsteps but not in his shadow". Capital City Supporters.
  8. ^ Petraglia, Amon (January 29, 2021). "4 of the 16 players who participated in the CPL-U Sports Draft UBC Thunderbird". Times Now Canada.
  9. ^ "2021 CPL-U SPORTS Draft: Meet Atlético Ottawa's selections". Atlético Ottawa. January 29, 2021.
  10. ^ "Atlético Ottawa selects Carleton, York defenders in CPL-U Sports Draft". Ottawa Sun. January 29, 2021.
  11. ^ Bedakian, Armen (November 8, 2019). "Younger brother Reggie Laryea hopes to launch pro career with CPL-U SPORTS Draft". Canadian Premier League.
  12. ^ "Regie Laryea Profile". Canadian Soccer Association.
  13. ^ "Canada Soccer Brings League1 Ontario players into Identification Camp". Ontario Soccer Association. August 26, 2015.
  14. ^ "Reggie Laryea 2016 stats". League1 Ontario.
  15. ^ "Reggie Laryea 2018 stats". League1 Ontario.
  16. ^ "Reginald Laryea 2019 stats". League1 Ontario.
  17. ^ "Reginald Laryea 2021 Stats". League1 Ontario.