Samuel Charron, Daniel Chamale honoured as Canada Soccer’s top Para, futsal players
TORONTO — Samuel Charron has been named Canada Soccer’s Para Soccer Player of the Year for a third time with Daniel Chamale honoured as Canada Soccer Futsal Player of the Year.
Charron, who has been part of the Canadian program since 2010, also won the award in 2016 and ’19. He has represented Canada at five International Federation of Cerebral Palsy Football World Cups and was named player of the tournament award in 2019 and 2022.
The 24-year-old from Ottawa has 48 career goals in 56 international ‘A’ matches.
“Samuel is a great captain and leader both on and off the field for our national team,” Drew Ferguson, Canada Soccer’s Para Soccer head coach, said in a statement. “We had a great World Cup and Samuel was the Most Valuable Player as we finished ninth in the world.