Kenyan midfielder Wanyama signs two-year contract to remain with CF Montreal
MONTREAL — CF Montreal has signed midfielder Victor Wanyama to a two-year contract extension by the 2024 Major League Soccer season.
Wanyama will stay a delegated participant with the crew.
The 31-year-old joined Montreal on a free switch from English Premier League aspect Tottenham on March 3, 2020.
He has 5 objectives and eight assists over 80 MLS video games with Montreal, together with 78 as a starter.
He additionally performed the total 90 minutes in every of the membership’s final six CONCACAF Champions League matches.
Wanyama was additionally a finalist for the membership’s most dear participant award in 2022.
“We are glad to have concluded a new deal with Victor and that he remains with us,” CF Montreal vice-president and chief sporting officer, Olivier Renard stated in a launch. “During the final three seasons, he has been an vital participant on the sphere and within the locker room.
“His personality, his experience, and his qualities as a player will notably help us with the stability of the group for the season to come.”
Before becoming a member of Montreal, the midfielder from Nairobi, Kenya, performed 4 seasons with Tottenham, the place he registered six objectives and one help in 69 common season video games. He was a part of the Tottenham squad that reached the 2018-19 UEFA Champions League remaining.
He made his English debut with Southampton in 2013, changing into the primary Kenyan participant to seem within the English Premier League. He additionally performed for Celtic, serving to the Scottish giants to league titles in 2012 and 2013.
He has additionally performed professionally in Belgium, Sweden and Kenya.
At the worldwide stage, Wanyama scored seven objectives in 64 video games with the Kenyan nationwide crew.
“I’m excited to stay at the club and the city where I have been so happy for the past three years,” Wanyama stated.
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