Emile Saimovici

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|04|10|df=y}}

| birth_place = Singapore

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| currentclub = Burnaby FC

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| position = Midfielder

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| youthclubs1 = Richmond FC

| collegeyears1 = 2011

| college1 = Clark Penguins

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| collegeyears2 = 2013

| college2 = Centennial Colts

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| collegegoals2 = 2

| years1 = 2014

| clubs1 = Durham United

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| clubs2 = Master's FA

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| years3 = 2024–

| clubs3 = Burnaby FC

| caps3 = 10

| goals3 = 1

| nationalyears1 = 2021–

| nationalteam1 = Barbados

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| pcupdate = August 8, 2024

| ntupdate = 31 December 2021

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Emile Saimovici (born 10 April 1993) is a footballer who plays for Burnaby FC in League1 British Columbia. Born in Singapore, he plays for the Barbados national team. Besides Barbados, he has played in Canada and the United States.

Early life

A native of Vancouver, Canada, Saimovici is the son of a Romanian-Canadian father and a Barbadian mother.{{cite news|url=https://www.loopnewsbarbados.com/content/saimovici-excited-honour-grandfather|title=Barbados Tridents Emile Saimovici excited to honour grandfather|work=Loopnews Barbados|first=Renaldo|last=Gilkes|date=14 March 2021|access-date=31 March 2021}} He earned a scholarship to play for the Oregon State University Beavers, but due to some logistical issues, he instead went to their feeder school Clark College. He later attended Centennial College in Toronto, where he was named an OCAA league all-star in 2013–14.{{cite web|url=https://www.ocaa.com/sports/msoc/2013-14/awards|title=2013-14 OCAA Men's Soccer Awards|publisher=Ontario Colleges Athletic Association|access-date=31 March 2021}}

Club career

In 2014, he played with Durham United FC in League1 Ontario.{{Cite web|url=https://www.league1ontario.com/news_article/show/604180|title=Durham United FC 2 - Internacional de Toronto 0|first=Tyrell|last=Meertins|date=June 9, 2014|work=League1 Ontario}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.league1ontario.com/news_article/show/601813|title=L1 2014 Post-Season Player Watch|date=December 3, 2014|work=League1 Ontario}}

He later played at the amateur level with Vancouver Metro Soccer League club Vancouver Croatia SC,{{Cite web|url=https://aftn.ca/vmsl-premier-down-to-a-two-team-shootout-as-rinos-and-croatia-battle/|title=VMSL Premier title race down to a two team shootout as Rino's and Croatia battle looks like going down to the wire (with video highlights)|date=January 29, 2020|first=Michael|last=McColl|work=Away from the Numbers}}{{Cite web|url=https://aftn.ca/hat-tricks-and-braces-highlight-big-weekend-for-top-three-title-contenders-in-vmsl-premier/|title=Hat-tricks and braces highlight big weekend for top three title contenders in VMSL Premier|date=December 11, 2019|first=Michael|last=McColl|work=Away from the Numbers}} where he captained them to their first VMSL title in 30 years.

International career

In March 2021, he was named to the Barbados national team for the first time for 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches.{{cite web|url=http://www.barbadosfa.com/news/?page=blogdisplay&ID=1637|title=Final Trident Squad Named Ahead of Qualifiers|date=9 March 2021|work=Barbados FA}}{{cite web|url=https://www.barbadosadvocate.com/sports/tridents-ready-2022-qualifiers|title=Tridents ready for 2022 qualifiers|date=25 March 2021|work=Barbados Advocate}} He debuted internationally on 25 March 2021, in a match against Panama in a 1–0 loss.{{Cite web|url=http://www.barbadosfa.com/news/?page=blogdisplay&ID=1641|work=Barbados FA|title=Tridents keep Panama at bay for 81 mins|date=25 March 2021}} On 30 March 2021, Saimovici scored his first goal for Barbados against Anguilla in a 1–0 victory in his second international game.{{Cite web|url=https://barbadostoday.bb/2021/03/31/barbados-fight-to-1-0-win-over-anguilla/|title=Barbados fight to 1-0 win over Anguilla|date=31 March 2021|work=Barbados Today}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.cfufootball.org/bajan-tridents-victorious-over-anguilla/|title=Bajan Tridents Victorious over Anguilla|date=30 March 2021|work=Caribbean Football Union}}

International goals

:Scores and results list Barbados's goal tally first.{{NFT player|id=81974|access-date=8 June 2021}}

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
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1.	30 March 2021	rowspan="2"\| Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	{{fb\|AIA}}	align="center"\|1–0	align="center"\| 1–0	rowspan="2"\| 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.	8 June 2021	{{fb\|DMA}}	align="center"\|1–0	align="center"\| 1–1