Prince Amanda
{{short description|Tanzanian footballer}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Prince Amanda
| fullname = Prince David Amanda
| image =
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2001|3|23|df=y}}
| birth_place = Kigoma, Tanzania
| height = 1.85 m
| position = Forward
| currentclub = BTB SC
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Sherwood Park
| youthyears2 = 2013–2014
| youthclubs2 = Edmonton Xtreme
| youthyears3 = 2015–2019
| youthclubs3 = FC Edmonton
| years1 = 2019–2021
| clubs1 = FC Edmonton
| caps1 = 9
| goals1 = 1
| years2 = 2023
| clubs2 = Blue Devils FC
| caps2 = 1
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2023
| clubs3 = Alliance United FC
| caps3 = 13
| goals3 = 4
| years4 = 2024
| clubs4 = St. Albert Impact
| caps4 = 10
| goals4 = 5
| years5 = 2025–
| clubs5 = BTB SC
| caps5 = 0
| goals5 = 0
| nationalteam1 =
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| pcupdate = July 24, 2024
| ntupdate =
}}
Prince David Amanda (born 23 March 2001) is a professional soccer player who plays for BTB SC in League1 Alberta. He has received call-ups to training camps for the Canadian youth national teams.
Early life
Amanda was born in Tanzania, where his family was living in a refugee camp after fleeing the Democratic Republic of Congo due to the civil war.{{Cite web|url=https://edifyedmonton.com/active/sports-recreation/the-brothers-amanda-edmontons-other-soccer-cinderella-story/|title=The Brothers Amanda: Edmonton's Other Soccer Cinderella Story|date=June 10, 2021|first=Steven|last=Sandor|work=EDify Edmonton}} He and his family immigrated to Canada when he was eight, where he grew up in Edmonton.
Amanda began playing organized football with Sherwood Park SA. At age twelve, Amanda switched to Edmonton Xtreme FC.{{Canada Soccer player|id=4515}} In 2015, Amanda joined the academy program of FC Edmonton.{{cite web |title=FC Edmonton Announces Signings of Three Academy Products |url=https://fcedmonton.canpl.ca/article/fc-edmonton-announces-signings-of-three-academy-products |publisher=FC Edmonton |accessdate=17 October 2019 |date=15 February 2019}}
Club career
On 15 February 2019, Amanda signed his first professional contract with Edmonton ahead of the club's first season in the Canadian Premier League. On 16 October 2019, Amanda made his debut as a starter in a 3–1 win over Pacific FC, in which he scored the opening goal and assisted on another.{{cite web|first=Steven|last=Sandor |title='Nah, I'm the guy': Prince Amanda emerges to pull FCE out of slump |url=https://canpl.ca/article/nah-im-the-guy-prince-amanda-emerges-to-pull-fce-out-of-slump |publisher=Canadian Premier League |accessdate=17 October 2019 |date=17 October 2019}} After the 2020 season, his contract option for 2021 was not picked up making him a free agent.{{Cite web|url=https://northerntribune.ca/fc-edmonton-prince-amanda-sharly-mabussi/|title=Eddies Re-Sign Amanda, Mabussi Out For Season|first=John|last=Jacques|date=October 1, 2021|work=Northern Tribune}} After having discussions to join another CPL club in 2021, on October 1, 2021, he ultimately re-joined FC Edmonton for the remainder of the 2021 season, with contract options for 2022 and 2023.{{cite web|url=https://canpl.ca/article/fc-edmonton-adds-prince-amanda-for-remainder-of-2021-season|title=FC Edmonton adds Prince Amanda for remainder of 2021 season|date=October 1, 2021|work=Canadian Premier League}} On February 9, 2022, the club announced that Amanda and all but two other players would not be returning for the 2022 season.{{cite web |title=FC Edmonton Announces Return of T-Boy Fayia & Darlington Murasiranwa |url=https://fcedmonton.canpl.ca/article/fc-edmonton-announces-return-of-t-boy-fayia-darlington-murasiranwa |publisher=FC Edmonton |access-date=9 February 2022 |date=9 February 2022}}
In 2023, he played a match with Blue Devils FC in League1 Ontario,{{cite web|url=https://www.league1ontario.com/stats/team_instance/8535343?subseason=875807&tab=team_instance_player_stats&tool=5306255|title=Blue Devils 2023 Stats|work=League1 Ontario}} before switching to join Alliance United FC.{{Cite web|url=https://www.league1ontario.com/roster_players/65488295?subseason=875807|title=Prince David Amanda 2023 L1O Stats|work=League1 Ontario}}
In 2024, he signed with the St. Albert Impact in League1 Alberta.{{cite web|url=https://northerntribune.ca/st-albert-impact-prince-amanda-sign/|title=Eddies Addition: St. Albert Impact Sign Prince Amanda|date=February 17, 2024|first=John|last=Jacques|work=Northern Tribune}}
International career
Personal
His older brother Gloire Amanda is also a professional soccer player.
Career statistics
{{updated|match played August 11, 2023}}{{soccerway|prince-amanda/605782}}
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| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Playoffs !colspan="2"|Domestic Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division
!Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan=4|FC Edmonton
|2019 |rowspan=3|Canadian Premier League |2 | 1 | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 2 | 1 | ||
| 2020
|4 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 4 | 0 | |||
| 2021
|3 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 3 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2" |Total
!9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| Blue Devils FC
|rowspan=2|2023 |rowspan=2|League1 Ontario |1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 1 | 0 | ||
| Alliance United FC
|13 | 4 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 13 | 4 | |||
| colspan="3" |Career total
!23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 5 |
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{Soccerway|prince-amanda/605782}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Amanda, Prince}}
Category:People from Kigoma Region
Category:Tanzanian people of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent
Category:Tanzanian emigrants to Canada
Category:Naturalized citizens of Canada
Category:Soccer players from Edmonton
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Canadian men's soccer players
Category:Canadian Premier League players
Category:Blue Devils FC players
Category:League1 Ontario players