Sebastian_Breza
Sebastian Breza
Canadian soccer player (born 1998)
Sebastian Jean-Baptiste Breza (born March 15, 1998) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Major League Soccer club CF Montréal.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sebastian Jean-Baptiste Breza[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1998-03-15) March 15, 1998 (age 26) | ||
| Place of birth | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | CF Montreal | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2007–20?? | FS Salaberry | ||
| 0000–2014 | CS Sainte-Julie | ||
| 2014–2016 | Monopoli | ||
| 2016–2017 | Palermo | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2017 | Monopoli | 0 | (0) |
| 2017 | → Palermo (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2017–2020 | Potenza | 44 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | → Bologna (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2020–2023 | Bologna | 0 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | → CF Montréal (loan) | 31 | (0) |
| 2023 | → Carrarese (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| 2023 | → Yverdon (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2024– | CF Montréal | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016 | Canada U20 | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of January 1, 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of January 1, 2024 | |||
Early career
Breza was nine years old when he started playing soccer at FS Salaberry.[3] As a youth, Breza played goaltender in both hockey and soccer. In 2016, he signed with Serie C club Monopoli, and was loaned to Serie A club Palermo in 2017, initially playing for the latter's Primavera side.[4] Breza made three appearances on the bench for Palermo's first team squad in the 2016–17 Serie A season.[5]
Potenza
In 2017, Breza signed for Serie D club Potenza, helping them gain promotion to Serie C for the 2018–19 season.[6] During the offseason, he was rumoured to go to fellow Serie D club Taranto.[7] In his second season, Breza largely played a backup role to Raffaele Ioime, but made 8 starts.[8] In January 2020, Breza was linked with a move to Serie A club Bologna.[9][10]
Bologna
On January 29, 2020, he joined Serie A club Bologna on loan until June 30, 2020. Bologna held an obligation to purchase his rights at the end of the loan.[11]
Loan to CF Montréal
On April 6, 2021, Breza was loaned to CF Montréal of Major League Soccer for the 2021 season.[12] He made his debut on August 8 against D.C. United.[13] Breza was given the start in the semifinal of the 2021 Canadian Championship against Forge FC, and the game went to penalties after a 0-0 after 90 minutes. The shootout was still tied after 10 rounds, and Breza was able to stop the shot from Forge goalkeeper Triston Henry, before scoring himself to win the game and advance Montréal to the final.[14] CF Montréal went on to win the Voyageurs Cup and Breza was honoured with the George Gross Memorial Trophy as the most valuable player of the tournament.[15]
Upon completion of the 2021 season, CF Montréal announced they would not exercise the option to purchase Breza's contract.[16] However, in January 2022 CF Montréal announced Breza would return to the club for the 2022 season on loan.[17]
Loan to Carrarese
On 27 January 2023, Breza joined Serie C side Carrarese on loan until the end of the season.[18][19]
Loan to Yverdon
On July 12 2023, he joined Swiss Super League club Yverdon on a season long loan.[20]
Return to CF Montréal
On January 15, 2024, Breza made the permanent move to CF Montréal on a two-year deal.[21]
Breza was born in Canada to a Polish father and Norwegian mother, and holds dual citizenship with Canada and Norway.[22] He attended his first camp for the Canadian U-20 team in 2016.[23] Breza was named to the Canadian U-23 provisional roster for the 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship on February 26, 2020.[24]
| Club | League | Season | League | Cup | Other | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Monopoli | Serie C | 2017–18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | |
| Potenza | Serie D | 2017–18 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |
| Serie C | 2018–19 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | 13 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 10 | 0 | |||
| Total | 44 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 0 | ||
| CF Montreal (loan) | MLS | 2021 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 11 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Total | 31 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 38 | 0 | ||
| Carrarese (loan) | Serie C | 2022–23 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 15 | 0 | |
| Yverdon (loan) | Swiss Super League | 2023–24 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 6 | 0 | |
| Career total | 95 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 113 | 0 | ||
CF Montreal
Individual
- "2022 CONCACAF Champions League player lists" (PDF). CONCACAF. February 7, 2022. Retrieved May 15, 2022.
- "Sebastian Breza". CF Montréal. Retrieved August 21, 2022.
- "Sebastian Breza Bio". canadasoccer.com/. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
- Emilie Dubreuil. "Aux portes de Palerme". Radio Canada. Retrieved September 13, 2019.
- Gianluca di Marzio (April 8, 2017). "Sebastian Breza, un guardiano extralarge per i pali del Monopoli: "Le scarpe? Me le mandano dal Canada"". Gianluca di Marzio.
- "Un portiere canadese per il Potenza? Ecco chi è Sebastian Breza". Tutto Potenza. August 30, 2017.
- Christian Cesario (July 11, 2018). "Taranto, in stand-by Breza del Potenza". Tutto Calcio Puglia.
- Tommaso Macchio (March 6, 2019). "Potenza, Breza: "Avevo studiato Lodi. Futuro? Ci penserò più avanti"". Tutto Mercato.
- "Potenza, interessano Cerofolini e Gatto Potrebbe saltare Bucolo". I am Calcio. January 3, 2020.
- "Breza al Bologna Cerofolini e Bucolo al Potenza". Talenti Lucani. January 1, 2020.
- "Breza al Bologna" (Press release) (in Italian). Bologna. January 29, 2020.
- "CF Montréal acquires goalkeeper Sebastian Breza". CF Montréal. April 6, 2021. Archived from the original on April 30, 2021. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
- CF Montréal [@clubdefootmtl] (August 8, 2021). "Premier départ en @MLS pour Sebastian Breza Ready for his first start with Montreal" (Tweet). Retrieved August 9, 2021 – via Twitter.
- "RECAP: CF Montreal bests Forge FC in marathon penalties to advance to CanChamp final". Canadian Premier League. October 27, 2021. Retrieved October 28, 2021.
- "Montreal beats Toronto FC 1-0 to win Canadian Championship Voyageurs Cup". CTV News. November 21, 2021. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
- "CF Montréal exercises options for 12 players". CF Montreal. November 30, 2021.
- "Goalkeeper Sebastian Breza returns on loan for 2022". CF Montréal. January 9, 2022.
- Nicolai, Lorenzo (January 27, 2023). "Carrarese: Sebastian Breza è il nuovo portiere degli azzurri" [Carrara: Sebastian Breza is the new goalkeeper of the Azzurri]. La Voce Apuana (in Italian).
- "Dal Canada a Carrara: Sebastian Breza". Carrarese Calcio (in Italian). January 27, 2023. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
- "SEBASTIAN BREZA, NOUVEAU GARDIEN À YVERDON SPORT". July 12, 2023.
- "Aux portes de Palerme". ICI Radio-Canada.ca.
- "Canada Men's U-20 win away 2:1 in Honduras". Canada Soccer. November 13, 2016.
- "Canada Soccer announces Provisional List for Concacaf Men's Olympic Qualifying". Canada Soccer. February 26, 2020. Archived from the original on March 9, 2020. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
- Sebastian Breza at Soccerway. Retrieved September 13, 2019.
- "Sebastian Breza Profile". Tutto Calciatori. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
- CF Montréal profile
- Sebastian Breza at Major League Soccer
- Sebastian Breza at FBref.com
- Sebastian Breza at WorldFootball.net