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2022 Soccer (M) Roster

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1 Ali Ghazanfari

  • Position GOALKEEPER
  • Height 6-1
  • ELIG 5
  • Hometown Stouffville, Ont.
  • High School Bill Crothers S.S.
  • Major Masters, Business Administration

Biography

2022-23: Appeared in eight regular season matches, starting in all of them…Made 17 saves and conceded six goals… Appeared in all three OUA playoff matches and two U SPORTS nationals matches…On November 11, he scored a penalty and stopped two against STFX to help TMU to their first win on the national stage.

2019-20: The fourth-year senior played and started 12 games, ending the season with a 6-2-2 record… Had a 0.66 GAA and a 0.83 save percentage which put him third in the OUA… Had seven shutouts and 48 saves over 1,084 of played minutes… Made a season-high nine saves against Toronto on September 28, 2019…  Was a Ryerson Star of the Week for the week of September 23, 2019 and was named as an OUA East First-Team All-Star.

2018-19: The junior keeper made 11 starts for the Rams in 2018… Finished the year with a 0.82 GAA and four shutouts… His 0.852 save percentage was good enough for third in the OUA, while eight wins ranked him second in the league… Allowed nine goals and made 52 saves across 990 minutes in the regular season… Made a season-high of eight saves on two different occasions: in a 2-0 win over Laurentian on September 23, 2018 and against Carleton in a 3-0 loss on October 6, 2018…  Started two of three playoff games for Ryerson, allowing just two goals… Named one Ryerson’s Stars of the Week on September 4 and November 5, 2018.

2017-18: Started three games, including both in the season opening weekend... Posted two clean sheets, eight saves, and a .727 save percentage... Had his season cut short due to injury.

2016-17: Started five regular season games and finished with a record of 4-0-1 in his second season as a Ram... Only allowed three goals in 450 minutes of action... Registered 16 regular season saves and finished with three clean sheets... Set career-highs in wins, clean sheets, saves and game started... Ryerson’s goalkeepers Ghazanfari and Praveen Ahilan combined to allow only eight regular season goals in 16 games, the fewest in the OUA.

2015-16: The first year goalkeeper played in three games for the Rams, accumulating 160:00 minutes between the posts... Made his OUA debut on October 4, 2015 in a 3-0 win over Trent.  

Before TMU: Spent five years with the ANB Futbol club in the League 1 Ontario circuit... In 2014, was named a League 1 Ontario Young Star XI.... Attended Bill Crothers S.S.

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Historical Player Information

  • 12

    20173

    Goal Keeper
    5'11"
    12
  • 1

    20183

    Goal Keeper
    5'11"
    1
  • 1

    20194

    Goalkeeper
    5'11"
    1
  • 2020Redshirt

    GOALKEEPER
    5'11"
  • 1

    20225

    GOALKEEPER
    6'1"
    1