{"id":446519,"date":"2017-12-13T04:00:29","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T04:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/13\/alphonso-davies-named-canadian-u17-footballer-of-the-year\/"},"modified":"2017-12-13T04:00:29","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T04:00:29","slug":"alphonso-davies-named-canadian-u17-footballer-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/13\/alphonso-davies-named-canadian-u17-footballer-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Alphonso Davies named Canadian U17 footballer of the year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Players Abroad of Wednesday, 13 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Ghanasportsonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-13<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/12662177.295.jpg\" alt=\"Alphonso Davies1\" title=\"Alphonso Davies1\" width=\"295\" height=\"148\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Alphonso Davies<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817976607\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817976607\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1513137629_312_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Ghanaian-born Alphonso Davies has been named the Canadian U17 footballer of the year.<\/p>\n<p>The player\u2019s outstanding campaign saw him receive a call-up to the Canada senior National team.<\/p>\n<p>Alphonso Davies, who was born in Budumbura (Ghana) left for Canada at a tender age and has since been part of the Canadian National team.<\/p>\n<p>He was awarded after securing votes from national team coaches as well as Canadian clubs and coaches.<\/p>\n<p>The 17-year-old Vancouver Whitecaps FC midfielder was honored together with Jordyn Huitema who was also named the Canadian female U17 player of the year.<\/p>\n<p>The talented player finished ahead of runners up Jordan Faria (Brampton, ON \/ Toronto FC Academy) and Julian Dunn-Johnson (Richmond Hill, ON \/ Toronto FC II).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a breakout year for Alphonso Davies as the CONCACAF Gold Cup gave him the stage to showcase the range of his talents,\u201d said Octavio Zambrano, Canada Soccer\u2019s Men\u2019s National Team Head Coach.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is a force with which to be reckoned as he is strong, he is fast, and he doesn\u2019t flinch in front of goal. He is a player with all the tools and he has a good head on his shoulders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The youngster for the second year running has won the prestigious award after clinching it last year.<\/p>\n<p>He has been invited for trials at English giants Manchester United.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 35 updated by: 35 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Players Abroad of Wednesday, 13 December 2017 Source: Ghanasportsonline.com 2017-12-13 Alphonso Davies Ghanaian-born Alphonso Davies has been named the Canadian U17 footballer of the year. 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