Armaan Wilson
 Wilson in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Armaan Mark Wilson[1] | ||
| Date of birth | May 29, 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Kleinburg, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | SJK Seinäjoki | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Vaughan Azzurri | |||
| Woodbridge Strikers | |||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2022 | Providence Friars | 44 | (2) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022 | Woodbridge Strikers | 7 | (0) |
| 2023 | HFX Wanderers | 11 | (1) |
| 2024–2025 | KTP | 29 | (4) |
| 2025– | SJK | 28 | (3) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 26 July 2026 | |||
Armaan Mark Wilson (born May 29, 2002) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays for Finnish Veikkausliiga club SJK.
Early life
[edit]Wilson played youth soccer with the Woodbridge Strikers, winning the Canadian National Championship in 2015 and the U17 Ontario Cup in 2019, where he was named MVP of the finals.[2][3]
College career
[edit]In 2020, he began attending Providence College, where he played for the men's soccer team.[2][4] He made his collegiate debut on February 20, 2021 (as the fall 2020 season was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic against the Rhode Island Rams.[2] He scored his first collegiate goal on November 18, 2021, against the Marist Red Foxes in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.[5]
Club career
[edit]In 2022, Wilson played with the Woodbridge Strikers in League1 Ontario.[6]
In February 2023, he signed his first professional contract with HFX Wanderers FC of the Canadian Premier League.[7][8] He made his professional debut on May 6, 2023, in a substitute appearance against Valour FC.[9] On September 8, 2023, he made his first start and also scored his first professional goal in a 1-1 draw with Pacific FC,[10] being named to the CPL Team of the Week afterwards.[11]
In March 2024, he signed with KTP in the Finnish second tier Ykkösliiga.[12][13] At the end of the season, they won the Ykkösliiga title and secured the promotion to top-tier Veikkausliiga.
In July 2025, Wilson signed with Finnish first tier Veikkausliiga side SJK Seinäjoki until 2027, for an undisclosed fee.[14]
Personal life
[edit]He is the younger brother of fellow professional soccer player Shafique Wilson.[2]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 1 July 2025[15]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Woodbridge Strikers | 2022 | League1 Ontario | 7 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||
| HFX Wanderers FC | 2023 | Canadian Premier League | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 11 | 1 | |
| KTP | 2024 | Ykkösliiga | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 2 |
| 2025 | Veikkausliiga | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5[b] | 0 | 16 | 3 | |
| Total | 29 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 38 | 5 | ||
| SJK Seinäjoki | 2025 | Veikkausliiga | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Career total | 47 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 56 | 6 | ||
- ↑ Includes Suomen Cup
- ↑ Includes Finnish League Cup
Honours
[edit]KTP
References
[edit]- ↑ "Armaan Wilson Finland profile". Football Association of Finland.
- 1 2 3 4 "Armaan Wilson Providence profile". Providence Friars.
- ↑ "Two second half goals send Woodbridge SC on to U-17 nationals". Ontario Soccer Association. August 29, 2019.
- ↑ "Men's Soccer Releases Team Captains and Incoming Players For Spring 2021 Season". Providence Friars. January 27, 2021.
- ↑ "Men's Soccer Defeats Marist In NCAA Tournament First Round, 2-0". Providence Friars. November 18, 2021.
- ↑ "Armaan Wilson 2022 L1O Stats". League1 Ontario.
- ↑ "'Ready to take this next big step': Wanderers sign Canadian U-21 Armaan Wilson". HFX Wanderers FC. February 22, 2023.
- ↑ Jacques, John (February 22, 2023). "Wanderers Add Canadian Midfielder Armaan Wilson". Northern Tribune.
- ↑ "Stories of the Match: Wanderers play to scoreless draw at Valour FC". HFX Wanderers FC. May 7, 2023.
- ↑ O'Connor-Clarke, Charlie (September 9, 2023). "Match Analysis: Heavily-rotated Wanderers bag away point in hard-fought draw with Pacific". Canadian Premier League.
- ↑ "Wanderers Henry, Ferrazzo and Wilson named to CPL Team of the Week". Canadian Premier League. September 11, 2023.
- ↑ Kalin, Lassi (March 28, 2024). "Kanadalainen Armaan Wilson KTP:hen – "Iso, nopea ja vahva", kuvaa Ikävalko tulijaa" [Canadian Armaan Wilson to KTP - "Big, fast and strong", describes the Ikävalko newcomer]. Kymen Sanomat (in Finnish).
- ↑ Kopakkala, Timo (March 28, 2024). "KTP löysi Kanadasta haluamansa pelaajan - "Iso, nopea ja vahva"" [KTP found the player they wanted in Canada - "Big, fast and strong"]. KTP (in Finnish).
- ↑ "SJK teki hankinnan keskikentälle – Armaan Wilson siirtyy KTP:stä Seinäjoelle" [SJK made a midfield acquisition - Armaan Wilson moves from KTP to Seinäjoki]. Ilkka-Pohjalainen (in Finnish). July 3, 2025.
- ↑ Armaan Wilson at Soccerway
External links
[edit]- Armaan Wilson at Soccerway
- Armaan Wilson at Football Association of Finland
- Living people
- 2002 births
- 21st-century Canadian sportsmen
- Men's association football midfielders
- Canadian men's soccer players
- Providence Friars men's soccer players
- Vaughan Azzurri players
- Woodbridge Strikers players
- HFX Wanderers FC players
- Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat players
- Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho players
- Ontario Premier League players
- Canadian Premier League players
- Ykkösliiga players
- Veikkausliiga players
- Canadian expatriate men's soccer players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Finland
- Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Finland