The intention of this CPL Scouting Database series is to present undervalued and underrated players from leagues across the world that could be valuable options for Canadian Premier League teams, or higher levels of play in North America. Our Player Power Rankings utilizes our Role Continuity Evaluation System, evaluating players based on data metrics important to their specific role on the pitch. The goal of our Rankings is to celebrate the successes of CPL talent, and provide clubs with a clear sense of which players they should prioritize in the market.
PLAYER POWER RANKINGS – OCTOBER 2023
SWEEPER KEEPER / SHOT-STOPPER
| Rank | Player | Team | Nation | Age | Contract | Analysis |
| 1 | Marco Carducci | Cavalry |  | 26 | 2025-12-31 | Player Profile – Marco Carducci |
| 2 | Rayane-Yuba Yesli | Valour |  | 23 | ||
| 3 | Triston Henry | Forge | | 29 | Player Analysis – Replacing Triston Henry | |
| 4 | Nathan Ingham | Atletico Ottawa | | 30 | 2023-12-31 | Team Analysis – Atletico Ottawa |
| 5 | Yann Fillion | HFX Wanderers | | 27 | 2024-12-31 | Team Analysis – HFX Wanderers |
| 6 | Niko Giantsopolous | York United |  | 29 | 2023-12-31 | |
| 7 | Callum Irving | Vancouver | | 30 | ||
| 8 | Kieran Baskett | Pacific | | 21 | 2023-12-31 | |
| 9 | Emil Gazdov | Pacific | | 19 | 2025-12-31 | |
| 10 | Sean Melvin | Atletico | | 29 | 2023-12-31 |
*500 minutes played minimum to qualify for T10.
wing-back
| Rank | Player | Team | Nation | Age | Contract | Analysis |
| 1 | Zachary Fernandez | HFX Wanderers | | 21 | 2024-12-31 | Player Analysis – Zachary Fernandez |
| 2 | Olakunle Dada-Luke | Pacific |  | 23 | 2023-12-31 | 2022 CPL Right-Back Comparison |
| 3 | Kwasi Poku | Forge | | 19 | Team Analysis – Forge FC | |
| 4 | Wesley Timóteo* | HFX Wanderers |  | 23 | 2024-12-31 | Team Analysis – HFX Wanderers |
| 5 | Matteo de Brienne | Valour | | 21 | 2023-12-31 | Player Analysis – Matteo de Brienne |
| 6 | Shamit Shome* | Cavalry |  | 26 | 2024-12-31 | Team Analysis – Cavalry |
| 7 | Georges Mukumbilwa | Pacific |  | 23 | 2023-12-31 | |
| 8 | Fraser Aird | Cavalry |  | 28 | 2023-12-31 | Team Analysis – Cavalry |
| 9 | Max Ferrari | York United | | 22 | 2024-12-31 | |
| 10 | Tyler Crawford | Vancouver |  | 19 | Player Analysis – Tyler Crawford |
*1000 minutes played minimum to qualify for T10. Shome & Timóteo secondary role.
INVERTED FULLback / DEFENSIVE FULLBACK
| Rank | Player | Team | Nation | Age | Contract | Analysis |
| 1 | Bradley Kamdem | Cavalry |  | 28 | ||
| 2 | Rezart Rama | Forge |   | 22 | Player Analysis – Rezart Rama | |
| 3 | Wesley Timóteo | HFX Wanderers | | 23 | 2024-12-31 | Team Analysis – HFX Wanderers |
| 4 | Kadin Chung | Vancouver |  | 25 | ||
| 5 | Garven Metusala* | Forge | | 23 | 2023-12-31 | Team Analysis – Forge FC |
| 6 | Miguel Acosta | Atletico Ottawa |  | 25 | 2023-12-31 | Team Analysis – Atletico Ottawa |
| 7 | James Cameron | Vancouver | | 18 | 2026-12-31 | |
| 8 | Georges Mukumbilwa* | Pacific | | 23 | 2023-12-31 | |
| 9 | Paris Gee | York United | | 28 | 2023-12-31 | |
| 10 | Andy Baquero | Valour |  | 29 | ||
| = | Karl Ouimette* | Atletico Ottawa | | 31 | 2024-12-31 |
*1000 minutes played minimum to qualify for T10. Ouimette, Mukumbilwa & Metusala secondary role.
BALL-PLAYING CENTRE-BACK
| Rank | Player | Team | Nation | Age | Contract | Analysis |
| 1 | Daniel Nimick | HFX Wanderers |  | 22 | 2023-12-31 | Player Analysis – Daniel Nimick |
| 2 | Daan Klomp | Cavalry |  | 25 | 2023-11-30 | Player Profile – Daan Klomp |
| 3 | Alexander Achinioti-Jönsson | Forge |  | 27 | 2023-12-31 | Player Analysis – Alexander Achinioti-Jönsson |
| 4 | Amer Đidić | Pacific | | 28 | 2023-12-31 | Player Profile – Amer Didić |
| 5 | Eryk Kobza | Cavalry |  | 21 | 2025-12-31 | Player Analysis – Eryk Kobza |
| 6 | Manjrekar James | Forge |  | 30 | ||
| 7 | Thomas Meilleur-Giguère | Pacific | | 25 | 2022 CPL Centre-Back Comparison | |
| 8 | Klaidi Cela | Valour | | 24 | Player Analysis – Klaidi Cela | |
| 9 | Diego Espejo | Atletico Ottawa | | 20 | 2023-12-31 | Team Analysis – Atletico Ottawa |
| 10 | Cale Loughrey | HFX Wanderers | | 22 | 2023-12-31 | Team Analysis – HFX Wanderers |
*1000 minutes played minimum to qualify for T10.
physical CENTRE-BACK
| Rank | Player | Team | Nation | Age | Contract | Analysis |
| 1 | Daniel Nimick* | HFX Wanderers | | 22 | 2023-12-31 | Player Analysis – Daniel Nimick |
| 2 | Amer Đidić* | Pacific | | 28 | 2023-12-31 | Player Profile – Amer Didić |
| 3 | Klaidi Cela* | Valour | | 24 | Player Analysis – Klaidi Cela | |
| 4 | Tass Mourdoukoutas* | York United | | 24 | 2023-12-31 | |
| 5 | Abdoulaye Samake | Valour |  | 26 | 2023-12-31 | |
| 6 | Luke Singh | Atletico Ottawa |  | 22 | 2025-12-31 | |
| 7 | Rocco Romeo | Vancouver |  | 23 | 2022 CPL Centre-Back Comparison | |
| 8 | Roger Thompson | York United | | 31 | 2023-12-31 |
MIDFIELD DESTROYER
| Rank | Player | Team | Nation | Age | Contract | Analysis |
| 1 | Lorenzo Callegari* | HFX Wanderers FC | | 25 | 2023-12-31 | Player Profile – Lorenzo Callegari |
| 2 | Eryk Kobza* | Cavalry | | 21 | 2025-12-31 | Player Analysis – Eryk Kobza |
| 3 | Cedric Toussaint | Pacific | | 21 | 2023-12-31 | 2022 CPL Defensive Midfield Comparison |
| 4 | Charlie Trafford | Cavalry | | 31 | 2024-11-30 | |
| 5 | Mohamed Omar | HFX Wanderers | | 24 | Team Analysis – HFX Wanderers | |
| 6 | Brem Soumaoro | York United |   | 27 | 2023-12-31 | |
| 7 | Dante Campbell | Valour | | 24 | ||
| 8 | Andre Rampersad | HFX Wanderers FC | | 28 | 2024-12-31 | 2022 CPL Defensive Midfield Comparison |
| 9 | Renan Garcia | Vancouver |  | 37 | 2023-12-31 | |
| 10 | Alberto Zapater | Atletico Ottawa | | 38 | 2023-12-31 |
*1000 minutes played minimum to qualify for T10. Kobza, Callegari secondary role.
DEEP-LYING PLAYMAKER / TEMPO SETTER
| Rank | Player | Team | Nation | Age | Contract | Analysis |
| 1 | Kyle Bekker | Forge | | 32 | 2023-12-31 | Player Profile – Kyle Bekker |
| 2 | Lorenzo Callegari | HFX Wanderers | | 25 | 2023-12-31 | Player Profile – Lorenzo Callegari |
| 3 | Diego Gutiérrez | Valour |  | 26 | 2023-11-30 | Player Analysis – Diego Gutiérrez |
| 4 | Sean Young | Pacific | | 22 | 2023-11-30 | 2022 CPL Central Midfield Comparison |
| 5 | Alessandro Hojabrpour | Forge | | 23 | 2023-12-31 | Player Analysis – Alessandro Hojabrpour |
| 6 | Alexander Achinioti-Jönsson* | Forge | | 27 | 2023-12-31 | Player Analysis – Alexander Achinioti-Jönsson |
| 7 | Jérémy Gagnon-Laparé | York United | | 28 | 2023-12-31 | 2022 CPL Central Midfield Comparison |
| 8 | Brem Soumaoro | York United | | 27 | 2023-12-31 | |
| 9 | Noah Jensen | Forge | | 24 | Player Analysis – Noah Jensen | |
| 10 | Marcello Polisi | Valour | | 26 |
*500 minutes played minimum to qualify for T10. Soumaoro, Achinioti-Jönsson secondary role.
BOX TO BOX MIDFIELDER / SHUTTLER
| Rank | Player | Team | Nation | Age | Contract | Analysis |
| 1 | Manny Aparicio | Pacific |  | 28 | 2023-12-31 | Player Profile – Manny Aparicio |
| 2 | Ollie Bassett | Atletico Ottawa |  | 25 | 2023-12-31 | Player Analysis – Ollie Bassett |
| 3 | Diego Gutiérrez* | Valour | | 26 | 2023-11-30 | Player Analysis – Diego Gutiérrez |
| 4 | Jesse Daley | Cavalry | | 25 | 2024-12-31 | |
| 5 | Aboubacar Sissoko | Forge | | 27 | 2023-11-30 | 2022 CPL Central Midfield Comparison |
| 6 | Shamit Shome | Cavalry | | 25 | 2024-12-31 | |
| 7 | Noah Verhoeven | Atletico Ottawa | | 24 | 2024-12-31 | |
| 8 | Steffen Yeates | Pacific | | 23 | 2024-11-30 | |
| 9 | Elliot Simmons | Vancouver | | 25 | 2024-12-31 | 2022 CPL Defensive Midfield Comparison |
| 10 | Vasco Fry | Vancouver |  | 23 | 2023-12-31 |
*1000 minutes played minimum to qualify for T10. Gutiérrez secondary role.
CREATIVE TEN / box-crashing ten
| Rank | Player | Team | Nation | Age | Contract | Analysis |
| 1 | Manny Aparicio* | Pacific | | 27 | 2023-12-31 | Player Profile – Manny Aparicio |
| 2 | Tristan Borges* | Forge | | 24 | 2022 CPL Attacking Midfield Comparison | |
| 3 | Sergio Camargo | Cavalry |  | 29 | Team Analysis – Cavalry | |
| 4 | Molham Babouli | York United |  | 30 | 2024-12-31 | 2022 CPL Attacking Midfield Comparison |
| 5 | Gabriel Bitar | Vancouver |  | 24 | 2023-12-31 | 2022 CPL Central Midfield Comparison |
| 6 | Callum Watson | HFX Wanderers | | 23 | 2023-12-31 | Team Analysis – HFX Wanderers FC |
| 7 | Oussama Alou | York United |  | 21 | 2023-12-31 | |
| 8 | Maël Henry | Cavalry | | 19 | 2023-12-31 | Team Analysis – Cavalry |
| 9 | Adonijah Reid | Pacific | | 24 | 2023-11-30 | |
| 10 | Tomas Giraldo | HFX Wanderers | | 20 | 2023-12-31 | Team Analysis – HFX Wanderers FC |
*1000 minutes played minimum to qualify for T10. Borges & Aparicio secondary role. Watson and Giraldo more ‘Box Crashing 10’s’ or Box-Box-MF in a ’10’ role.
INVERTED WINGER
| Rank | Player | Team | Nation | Age | Contract | Analysis |
| 1 | Ali Musse | Cavalry |  | 27 | 2024-12-31 | Player Profile – Ali Musse |
| 2 | Aidan Daniels | HFX Wanderers | | 24 | 2023-12-31 | Player Analysis – Aidan Daniels |
| 3 | Ayman Sellouf | Pacific | | 21 | 2023-12-31 | Player Analysis – Ayman Sellouf |
| 4 | Massimo Ferrin* | HFX Wanderers | | 24 | 2024-12-31 | Team Analysis – HFX Wanderers FC |
| 5 | Béni Badibanga | Forge |  | 27 | ||
| 6 | Mikaël Cantave | Vancouver |  | 26 | 2023-12-31 | |
| 7 | Tristan Borges | Forge | | 24 | 2022 CPL Attacking Midfield Comparison | |
| 8 | David Choinière | Forge | | 26 | Team Analysis – Forge FC | |
| 9 | Zachary Verhoven | Atletico Ottawa | | 24 | 2023-12-31 | Team Analysis – Atletico Ottawa |
| 10 | Kian P.J. Williams | Valour | | 23 |
*1000 minutes played minimum to qualify for T10.
DIRECT WINGER
| Rank | Player | Team | Nation | Age | Contract | Analysis |
| 1 | Goteh Ntignee** | Cavalry |  | 21 | Team Analysis – Cavalry | |
| 2 | Massimo Ferrin* | HFX Wanderers | | 24 | 2024-12-31 | Player Analysis – Massimo Ferrin |
| 3 | Pacifique Niyongabire | Valour |  | 23 | 2023-12-31 | |
| 4 | William Akio | Cavalry |  | 25 | 2025-05-31 | Player Analysis – William Akio |
| 5 | Joshua Heard | Pacific | | 28 | 2023-12-31 | |
| 6 | Jean-Aniel Assi | Atletico Ottawa |  | 19 | 2024-12-31 | |
| 7 | Clément Bayiha | York United | | 24 | 2023-12-31 | |
| 8 | Kévin Santos | York United | | 23 | 2023-12-31 | |
| 9 | Kwasi Poku* | Forge | | 19 | Team Analysis – Forge FC | |
| 10 | Austin Ricci | York United | | 27 | 2023-12-31 |
*1000 minutes played minimum to qualify for T10. *Poku secondary role. Ferrin qualifier for both wing types.
**Goteh Ntignee now plays for Annecy in Ligue 2.
TARGET / CHANNEL RUNNER
| Rank | Player | Team | Nation | Age | Contract | Analysis |
| 1 | Myer Bevan | Cavalry |  | 26 | 2023-12-31 | Player Analysis – Myer Bevan |
| 2 | Terran Campbell | Forge |  | 24 | Comparing the CPL’s centre-forwards | |
| 3 | Woobens Pacius | Forge | | 22 | 2023-12-31 | Player Analysis – Woobens Pacius |
| 4 | Easton Ongaro | Pacific | | 25 | 2023-11-30 | Comparing the CPL’s centre-forwards |
| 5 | Jordan Hamilton | Forge | | 27 | 2024-11-30 | |
| 6 | Walter Ponce | Valour | | 25 | 2023-12-31 | |
| 7 | Tiago Coimbra | HFX Wanderers | | 19 | Team Analysis – HFX Wanderers FC | |
| 8 | Brian Wright | York United | | 28 | 2024-12-31 |
*1000 minutes played minimum to qualify for T8.
CREATIVE LINK
| Rank | Player | Team | Nation | Age | Contract | Analysis |
| 1 | Alejandro Diaz | Vancouver |  | 27 | 2023-12-31 | Player Analysis – Alejandro Diaz |
| 2 | Shaan Hundal | Vancouver |  | 24 | 2023-12-31 | Comparing the CPL’s centre-forwards |
| 3 | Massimo Ferrin* | HFX Wanderers | | 24 | 2024-12-31 | Player Analysis – Massimo Ferrin |
| 4 | Samuel Salter | Atletico Ottawa | | 23 | Comparing the CPL’s centre-forwards | |
| 5 | Osaze De Rosario | York United | | 22 | 2024-12-31 | Player Analysis – Osaze De Rosario |
| 6 | Joao Morelli | HFX Wanderers | | 27 | 2023-11-30 | |
| 7 | Jordan Perruzza | HFX Wanderers | | 22 | 2024-12-31 | |
| 8 | Djenairo Daniels | Pacific | | 23 | 2023-12-31 |
*1000 minutes played minimum to qualify for T8. Ferrin secondary role.
SIMILAR PLAYER COMPARISON DATABASE
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FAQ
Why do some players appear twice?
In some cases, a player has played almost equal minutes in two positions this season, allowing them to qualify for two different roles. In other cases, a player has only played one position, but has fulfilled double responsibilities within that role to equal importance.
How are players ranked?
Players are ranked based on our Role Continuity Evaluation System, assessing Wyscout data scores important to a player’s specific role. Each role has weighted categories that impact their score. A ‘Wing-Back’ for example will be assessed based on attacking metrics most important to their role first, followed by possession stats, and then defensive stats. All players are also given scores based on team performance metrics.
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Unfortunately, we were not able to claim ‘fair use for educational purposes’ on the short clips on the site, and have had to remove them for copyright reasons. However, the video clips are still available to clubs, coaches, and players through the services listed below. We hope that you still find the quality you’re looking for in the text + images in our analyses as we search for external partners to provide supporting video.
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