Victor Loturi
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Victor Lokai Loturi | ||
Date of birth | May 21, 2001 | ||
Place of birth | Calgary, Alberta, Canada | ||
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Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team
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Ross County | ||
Number | 14 | ||
Youth career | |||
2010–2018 | Calgary Northside | ||
2018–2019 | Calgary Foothills | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2020 | Mount Royal Cougars | 0 | (0) |
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019 | Cavalry FC | 2 | (0) |
2020 | Calgary Foothills | 0 | (0) |
2021–2022 | Cavalry FC | 37 | (2) |
2022– | Ross County | 30 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2023– | Canada | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of August 26, 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of July 4, 2023 |
Victor Lokai Loturi (born May 21, 2001) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Scottish Premiership club Ross County and the Canada national team.
Contents
Club career
Early career
Loturi began playing organized soccer at age nine with local club Calgary Northside SC, where he played until 2018.[1] In 2017, he represented Alberta at the 2017 Canada Summer Games.[2] In winter 2018, Loturi joined the Calgary Foothills FC Generation Program.[1]
Cavalry FC
Loturi signed with Canadian Premier League club Cavalry FC on April 17, 2019,[3] he was the club's youngest player that season.[4] He made his debut on May 18 against Pacific FC in a Canadian Championship match.[5][6] On July 1, 2019, Loturi made his league debut for Cavalry in a 3–1 loss to Pacific FC.[7]
Mount Royal and Calgary Foothills
After departing Cavalry FC, Victor Loturi attended Mount Royal University where his U Sports season was ended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He had also been expected to play for his former youth club Calgary Foothills in USL League Two until the season was also cancelled due to the pandemic.[8]
Return to Cavalry FC
After attending Mount Royal University for a year, Loturi was drafted by Cavalry FC in the 2021 CPL–U Sports Draft and was ultimately re-signed by the club on a developmental contract on June 18, 2021.[9] Unlike in his first stint, now Loturi was a key player for Cavalry, appearing in all but two of the clubs matches. Cavalry finished in second place in the regular season, but in the playoffs were defeated in semifinals. At the end of the season, Loturi was nominated for Best U-21 Canadian of the Year award, but did not win it.[10]
In January 2022, Cavalry announced that they had re-signed Loturi for the 2022 and 2023 seasons, with an option for 2024.[11] On June 16, 2022 Loturi was named to CPL's Gatorade Team of the Week for Week 10.[12]
Ross County
On June 21, 2022, Cavalry FC announced that Loturi had been transferred to Scottish Premiership side Ross County on a six-figure transfer fee, with Cavalry retaining a sell-on clause.[13][14] On July 16 he made his debut for Ross County, coming on as a substitute for Yan Dhanda in a Scottish League Cup match against Dunfermline Athletic.[15] Loturi scored his first goal for the Staggies on July 23, netting the opener in a 7-0 thrashing of East Fife in the Scottish League Cup.[16]
International career
Loturi is eligible for Canada through his birth in Calgary and South Sudan through his parents. Initially named to South Sudan's provisional squad for 2023 AFCON qualification matches in March 2023,[17] that same week Loturi accepted a call-up to Canada's squad for CONCACAF Nations League matches against Curaçao and Honduras.[18] In June 2023 he was named to Canada's final squad contesting the 2023 CONCACAF Nations League Finals.[19] He did not make an appearance in the Semi-final or Final as Canada finished runners-up to the United States.[20]
The day after the Nations League Finals on June 19, Loturi was named to the 23-man squad for the 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[21] He made his debut for his country on July 4, in Canada's final group stage match against Cuba.[22]
Personal life
Born in Canada, Loturi is of South Sudanese descent. His brother William Akio is also a professional soccer player and represents the South Sudan national team.[23]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played August 26, 2023[7]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Playoffs | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Cavalry FC | 2019 | Canadian Premier League | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
Calgary Foothills | 2020 | USL League Two | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
Cavalry FC | 2021 | Canadian Premier League | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 29 | 2 | |
2022 | Canadian Premier League | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
Total | 37 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 2 | ||
Ross County | 2022–23 | Scottish Premiership | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 1 |
2023–24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
Total | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 1 | ||
Career total | 69 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 84 | 3 |
- ↑ Appearance in Canadian Premier League Play-offs
International
- As of match played July 4, 2023
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Canada | 2023 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 1 | 0 |
Honours
Cavalry FC
- Canadian Premier League Finals
- Runners-up: 2019
- Canadian Premier League (Regular season):
- Champions: Spring 2019, Fall 2019
References
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External links
- Victor Loturi at Soccerway
Template:Canada squad 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup Template:2021 CPL–U Sports Draft
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- 2001 births
- Living people
- Soccer players from Calgary
- Canadian men's soccer players
- Canada men's international soccer players
- Canadian people of South Sudanese descent
- Sportspeople of South Sudanese descent
- Black Canadian men's soccer players
- Calgary Foothills FC players
- Cavalry FC draft picks
- Cavalry FC players
- Canadian Premier League players
- Men's association football midfielders
- Mount Royal University alumni
- University and college men's soccer players in Canada
- Scottish Professional Football League players
- Ross County F.C. players
- Canadian expatriate men's soccer players
- Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Scotland
- Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland
- 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup players