Rayan Elloumi
.jpg) Elloumi in 2026 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 17 September 2007 | ||
| Place of birth | St. Albert, Alberta, Canada | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Edmonton Juventus SC | |||
| Edmonton BTB SC | |||
| 2023–2024 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2024 | Whitecaps FC Academy | 1 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | Whitecaps FC 2 | 22 | (12) |
| 2025 | → Vancouver Whitecaps FC (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2025– | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 8 | (2) |
| 2026– | → Whitecaps FC 2 (loan) | 2 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2025– | Tunisia U23 | 1 | (1) |
| 2026 | Canada B | 1 | (0) |
| 2026– | Tunisia | 4 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 6 June 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 6 June 2026 | |||
Rayan Elloumi (Arabic: ريان اللومي; born 17 September 2007) is a footballer who plays for Vancouver Whitecaps FC in Major League Soccer. Born in Canada, he represents the Tunisia national team.
Early life
Elloumi played youth soccer with Edmonton Juventus SC, before joining Edmonton BTB SC as a teenager, while spending some time in the Whitecaps FC BMO Academy Centre in Edmonton, until eventually joining the Vancouver Whitecaps FC Academy in August 2023.
Club career
Elloumi began playing with Whitecaps FC Academy in League1 British Columbia in 2024.
On 9 June 2024, he made his professional debut with Whitecaps FC 2 in MLS Next Pro, in a 4–0 victory over Los Angeles FC 2. On 6 October 2024, he scored his first goal in a 3–1 loss to Houston Dynamo 2. In June 2025, he signed a professional contract with Whitecaps FC 2 (after previously playing as an academy call-up). In June 2025, he signed a short-term loan with the Vancouver Whitecaps FC first team. He signed additional loans with the first team that month as well. He made his Major League Soccer debut on 14 June 2025, against the Columbus Crew. At the end of the 2025 season, he was named the Whitecaps FC 2 player of the year.
On 12 September 2025, Elloumi signed a Homegrown Player contract with the Vancouver Whitecaps FC through the 2028 season, with options for 2029 and 2030. He scored his first MLS goal the following night at the age of 17 in the Whitecaps' 7–0 victory over the Philadelphia Union, becoming the first Whitecaps homegrown player in club history to score on his home debut.
International career
Born in Canada, Elloumi is of Tunisian descent.
Youth
In August 2025, Elloumi was called up to the Canada U18 team for a series of friendlies, although he ultimately left the camp to remain with the Whitecaps to play in league matches.
In September 2025, the Tunisian Football Federation announced that Elloumi had agreed to represent the nation at international level. He was called up to the Tunisia U23, where scored in his debut, a 3–0 win over Iraq U23 on 11 October 2025.
Canada
In January 2026, Elloumi was named to the Canada senior team for the first time for a training camp and friendly against Guatemala. He appeared in the match against Guatemala, in his first senior appearance, however, as it was designated a B-level friendly, it did not count as an official senior cap.
Tunisia
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In March 2026, Elloumi was called up to the Tunisia senior team for two friendly matches against Haiti and his country of birth, Canada. Later that year, on 15 May, he was included in Tunisia's squad for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 15 March 2026
| Club | Season | League | Playoffs | National cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Whitecaps FC Academy | 2024 | League1 British Columbia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| Whitecaps FC 2 | 2024 | MLS Next Pro | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 1 | ||
| 2025 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 11 | ||||
| Total | 22 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 12 | ||
| Vancouver Whitecaps FC (loan) | 2025 | Major League Soccer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | ||
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Whitecaps total | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 32 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 40 | 14 | ||
References
- ↑ "Rayan Elloumi Whitecaps profile". Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
- 1 2 محمد عماد (Mohamed Emad) (28 November 2024). "من دوري ميسي.. جوهرتان تبشران منتخب تونس بإنهاء أكبر الأزمات" [From Messi's league... Two gems herald Tunisia's end to its biggest crisis]. Al Ain (in Arabic).
- ↑ Sandor, Steven (11 August 2025). "'Wow, this is really happening': Two Edmonton teens turning heads with the Vancouver Whitecaps". Edmonton Journal.
- ↑ McColl, Michael (28 April 2024). "League1 BC: Men's side begin 2024 campaign with 1–1 draw against Unity FC". Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
- ↑ "WFC2 cruise to victory over LAFC2 to make it three consecutive wins at Swangard!". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. 9 June 2024.
- ↑ Vallejo, Felipe (6 October 2024). "Playoffs next for young 'Caps". Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
- ↑ "WFC2 sign Whitecaps FC BMO Academy forward Rayan Elloumi". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. 7 June 2025.
- ↑ "Whitecaps FC sign seven WFC2 players to MLS short-term agreements for Sunday's match versus Seattle". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. 8 June 2025.
- ↑ "Whitecaps FC sign Castro, Elloumi, and Selemani from WFC2 to MLS short-term agreements for Saturday's match versus Columbus". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. 13 June 2025.
- ↑ "Whitecaps FC sign Castro, Coupland, and Elloumi from WFC2 to MLS short-term agreements for match against San Diego FC". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. 25 June 2025.
- ↑ Vallejo, Felipe (14 June 2025). "Halfway mark". Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
- ↑ "Whitecaps FC announce winners for 2025 Player Awards". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. 25 October 2025.
- ↑ "Vancouver Whitecaps sign forward Rayan Elloumi to MLS Homegrown contract". Canadian Soccer Daily. 12 September 2025.
- ↑ "Whitecaps FC sign BMO Academy product Rayan Elloumi to MLS contract". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. 12 September 2025.
- ↑ Vallejo, Felipe (14 September 2025). "Statement made". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
- ↑ Gangué-Ruzic, Alexandre (15 September 2025). "Ali Ahmed shines, Rayan Elloumi scores 1st goal as Whitecaps destroy Union – ICYMI". OneSoccer.
- ↑ "Mackenzie, Elloumi, Nash called up to Canada U-18 national team". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. 25 August 2025.
- ↑ "آدم غلاب و ريان اللومي يعززان منتخب تونس للأصاغر" [Adam Ghallab and Rayan Elloumi strengthen the Tunisian youth team]. Arabesque (in Arabic). 28 September 2025. Archived from the original on 8 October 2025.
- ↑ "منتخب أقل من 23 سنة يفوز وديا على العراق". JawharaFM.
- ↑ "Priso, Badwal, Elloumi called up to Canada's men's national team for January camp". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. 6 January 2026.
- ↑ Molinaro, John (18 January 2026). "Marsch's makeshift Canadian squad comes together in win over Guatemala". Sportsnet.
- ↑ "Rayan Elloumi called up to Tunisia's men's national team for March international window". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. 18 March 2026.
- ↑ Sanghera, Mandeep (15 May 2026). "Lamouchi leaves Sassi out of Tunisia World Cup squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 May 2026.
- ↑ Rayan Elloumi at Soccerway. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
- ↑ "Rayan Elloumi L1BC Stats". League1 British Columbia.
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