![]() Arnone (right) playing for
HFX Wanderers in 2019 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | February 28, 1994 | ||
Place of birth | Vaughan, Ontario, Canada | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back, Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Vaughan Azzurri | |||
2010–2012 | Toronto FC | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2012–2016 | York Lions | 70 | (5) |
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2014–2016 | Vaughan Azzurri | 5+ | (0+) |
2017 | North Carolina FC U23 | 14 | (1) |
2017–2018 | Vaughan Azzurri | 25 | (1) |
2019 | HFX Wanderers | 24 | (2) |
2020 | York9 | 2 | (0) |
2021 | Atlético Ottawa | 14 | (1) |
Total | 84+ | (5) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 January 2022 |
Matthew Arnone (born February 28, 1994) is a Canadian former professional soccer player who played as a centre-back.
Arnone played youth soccer with Vaughan Azzurri, [1] later joining the Toronto FC Academy for two years. [2]
In 2012, Arnone began attending York University, where he played for the men's soccer team. [3] In 2015, he was named team captain. [4] In January 2016, he received York's Men's Soccer Sport Excellence Award. [5] At the end of the 2016 season, he was named an OUA West Second-Team All-Star. [6] After the season, he again received York's Men's Soccer Sport Excellence Award and won York's Charles Saundercook Memorial Trophy. [7] [8]
In 2014, Arnone began playing for League1 Ontario side Vaughan Azzurri. [9] [10] In 2017, he played with North Carolina FC U23 in the Premier Development League. [11] He then returned to Vaughan Azzurri for the second half of 2017 and 2018. [12] [13] He won the league and cup double with Vaughan in 2018. [14] [15]
In the winter of 2018–19, Arnone spent five months training with Italian Serie D side Vis Artena. [16] In May 2019, he signed a contract with the HFX Wanderers of the Canadian Premier League. [17] At the end of the season, he was named the Player of the Year by the supporters group of the team. [18]
In February 2020, Arnone signed with York9. [19] [20] At the end of the season, he departed the club. [21] [22]
In August 2021, Arnone signed with Atlético Ottawa. [23] [24] He scored his first goal on November 7, in a 1-1 draw against HFX Wanderers FC, immediately getting sent off after earning a second yellow for kicking the corner flag during his celebration. [25] [26]
Along with his mother, Arnone founded a charity known as Jason's Wish, raising money for the Sunnybrook Hospital Trauma Care Centre, in honour of his older brother who passed away in a car accident. [27]
Vaughan Azzurri
HFX Wanderers