Glenn Muenkat
{{short description|Canadian soccer player}}
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| fullname = Glenn Muenkat
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|1|3|df=y}}
| birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| height = 1.80 m
| position = Midfielder
| currentclub =
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| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Ottawa Internationals
| youthyears2 = 2013–2017
| youthclubs2 = Toronto FC
| youthyears3 = 2017–2018
| youthclubs3 = 1. FC Kaiserslautern
| years1 = 2016–2017
| clubs1 = Toronto FC III
| caps1 = 30
| goals1 = 7
| years2 = 2019
| clubs2 = Valour FC
| caps2 = 13
| goals2 = 0
| nationalteam1 = Canada U18
| nationalyears1 = 2017
| nationalcaps1 = 2
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| medaltemplates =
| pcupdate = 19 October 2019
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Glenn Muenkat (born 3 January 1999) is a Canadian soccer player who plays as a midfielder.
Club career
=Early career=
After moving to from Toronto to Ottawa with his family at age four, Muenkat began playing soccer at age five with Ottawa Internationals.{{cite web |title=Glenn Muenkat |url=https://www.canadasoccer.com/?pid=8259&t=profile& |publisher=Canada Soccer |accessdate=10 May 2019}} In 2013, he joined the academy programme of Major League Soccer side Toronto FC.{{cite web |title=Valour FC ink former Canadian youth internationals Glenn Muenkat and Jordan Murrell |url=https://canpl.ca/article/valour-fc-sign-canadians-jordan-murrell-and-glenn-muenkat |publisher=Canadian Premier League |accessdate=10 May 2019 |date=8 January 2019 |archive-date=28 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428010023/https://canpl.ca/article/valour-fc-sign-canadians-jordan-murrell-and-glenn-muenkat |url-status=live }} In 2016, he played with Toronto FC III in League1 Ontario, scoring six goals in eighteen league appearances{{cite web |title=Glenn Muenkat 2016 |url=https://www.league1ontario.com/roster_players/12305720?subseason=279921 |publisher=League1 Ontario |accessdate=10 May 2019 |archive-date=10 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190510131557/https://www.league1ontario.com/roster_players/12305720?subseason=279921 |url-status=live }} as well as in the Premier Development League with one goal in eight appearances.{{cite web|url=https://www.uslleaguetwo.com/stats/team_instance/1785687?subseason=278141&tab=team_instance_player_stats&tool=1769715|title=TFC Academy Stats 2016|work=USL League Two|access-date=2020-10-03|archive-date=2020-10-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201007115710/https://www.uslleaguetwo.com/stats/team_instance/1785687?subseason=278141&tab=team_instance_player_stats&tool=1769715|url-status=live}}
The following season, he made another four league appearances for Toronto FC III before signing abroad with the academy of 2. Bundesliga side 1. FC Kaiserslautern.{{cite web |title=Glenn Muenkat 2017 |url=https://www.league1ontario.com/roster_players/17974341 |publisher=League1 Ontario |accessdate=10 May 2019 |archive-date=10 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190510131601/https://www.league1ontario.com/roster_players/17974341 |url-status=live }} At Kaiserslautern, he played for the U-19 and U-21 teams, making seven appearances for the U-19s and scoring two goals for the U-21s.{{cite web |title=Glenn Muenkat |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/glenn-muenkat/504073/ |publisher=Soccerway |accessdate=10 May 2019}}
=Valour FC=
On 8 January 2019, Muenkat returned to Canada and signed with Canadian Premier League side Valour FC. On 8 May 2019, he made his professional debut as a starter in a 1–0 loss to Cavalry FC. That season, Muenkat made thirteen league appearances, including two starts, and one appearance in the Canadian Championship. On 29 November 2019, the club announced that Muenkat would not be returning for the 2020 season.{{cite web |title=Valour FC Roster Moves |url=https://valourfc.canpl.ca/article/valour-fc-roster-moves |publisher=Valour FC |accessdate=29 November 2019 |date=29 November 2019 }}{{Dead link|date=June 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
International career
In 2013 and 2014, Muenkat participated in two Canada U15 identification camps, and was later called up to two Canada U18 camps in 2015 and 2016.
References
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External links
- {{Canada Soccer|8259}}
- {{Soccerway|glenn-muenkat/504073}}
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Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Canadian men's soccer players
Category:Soccer players from Toronto
Category:Canadian expatriate men's soccer players
Category:Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
Category:1. FC Kaiserslautern players
Category:League1 Ontario players
Category:Canadian Premier League players