Wesley Timoteo

Wesley Timoteo
Player smiling as he approaches a fan to shake his hand
Timoteo in 2024 with HFX Wanderers FC
Personal information
Full name Wesley-Thomas Lança Timóteo
Date of birth (2000-04-09) April 9, 2000 (age 26)
Place of birth Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Positions
Team information
Current team
 Atlético Ottawa
Youth career
2009–2014 SC Panellinios
2013–2014 Montreal Impact
2014–2015 Esperança de Lagos
2015–2018 Belenenses
2019–2020 Estoril Praia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018 Belenenses 1 (0)
2019–2020 Estoril Praia B 19 (9)
2020–2021 PO Xylotymbou 20 (0)
2021–2022 Lusitânia 6 (1)
2022–2025 HFX Wanderers 72 (1)
2022 → FC Edmonton (loan) 27 (3)
2026– Atlético Ottawa 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of April 7, 2026

Wesley-Thomas Lança Timóteo (born April 9, 2000) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays for Atlético Ottawa in the Canadian Premier League.

Early life

Timoteo was born and raised in Montreal to parents of Portuguese descent. At the age of nine, he played youth soccer with SC Panellinios, while also being part of the École Sportive de Montréal Canada program. In 2013, he joined the Montreal Impact Academy.

At the age of fourteen, Timoteo headed to Europe and featured in the Swedish Gothia Cup tournament. From there, he moved to Portugal where he joined C.F. Esperança de Lagos, and later moved to Belenenses in June 2015. Prior to joining Belenenses, he had trials with the Sporting and Benfica academies, the latter of whom referred him to Belenenses. He later spent time in the academy of Estoril.

Club career

In 2018, Timoteo made one appearance for Belenenses in the Portuguese fifth tier.[citation needed] during the 2019–20 season, he appeared for Estoril Praia B in the fifth tier.

In 2020, Timoteo signed with Cypriot First Division side PO Xylotymbou, making twenty league appearances and one appearance in the Cypriot Cup that season.

In 2021, he returned to Portugal with S.C. Lusitânia in the fifth tier Liga Meo Azores.[citation needed]

In March 2022, Timoteo trialed with Canadian Premier League club FC Edmonton. With Edmonton experiencing significant financial difficulties, Timoteo was signed by fellow CPL club HFX Wanderers and immediately loaned to the Edmonton. He scored his first professional goal on May 14 against Pacific FC. In the final game of the season on October 8, he scored the winning goal from a direct free kick in a 3–1 victory over Valour FC. In December 2022, HFX announced they had signed Timoteo to a new contract through 2024, with an option for 2025.

In March 2026, he signed with Atlético Ottawa in the Canadian Premier League for the 2026 season, with an option for 2027.

International career

In 2012, he represented Canada at the 2012 Danone Nations Cup, an Under-12 tournament.

In February 2016, Timoteo participated in an evaluation camp for the Canadian U-17 national team.

Career statistics

As of October 27, 2025[citation needed]
Club Season League Playoffs Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Belenenses 2018–19 AF Lisboa 2ª Divisão 10—00—90
Estoril Praia B 2019–20 AF Lisboa 2ª Divisão 199—11—2010
PO Xylotymbou 2020–21 Cypriot Second Division 200—10—210
S.C. Lusitânia 2021–22 Liga Meo Azores 61—00—61
HFX Wanderers 2022 Canadian Premier League 00—00—00
2023 2401010—260
2024 210—10—220
2025 2711010—291
Total 721203000771
FC Edmonton (loan) 2022 Canadian Premier League 273—10—283
Career total 1451320610015315
  1. ↑ Appearances in the AF Lisboa Taça

References

  1. ↑ Healey, Josh (May 17, 2023). "Timoteo, Callegari part of HFX Wanderers French connection". HFX Football Post.
  2. 1 2 ""Foi um sacrifício que tive de fazer, porque quero atingir os meus objetivos"" ["It was a sacrifice I had to make, because I want to achieve my goals"]. Correio da Manhã (in Portuguese). January 31, 2017. p. 14. Archived from the original on July 10, 2022. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Wesley o mais conhecido dos jogadores lançados pela ESM Canada" [Wesley the best known of the players released by ESM Canada] (PDF). A Voz de Portugal (in Portuguese). April 17, 2019. p. 36.
  4. ↑ "Wesley Timoteo profile". Eikon Sports.
  5. ↑ Jacques, John (January 1, 2023). "Timoteo Ready To 'Repay The Faith' In Halifax". Northern Tribune.
  6. 1 2 Parisis, Quentin (July 17, 2025). "Les 1000 vies de Wesley Timotéo" [The 1000 Lives of Wesley Timotéo]. Canadian Premier League (in French).
  7. 1 2 "FC Edmonton acquires trio from HFX Wanderers FC". Canadian Premier League. March 29, 2022.
  8. 1 2 "Wesley Thomas Lanca Timoteo". Cyprus Football Association. Archived from the original on April 11, 2021. Retrieved April 11, 2022.
  9. ↑ Jacques, John (March 29, 2022). "Halifax Wanderers Loan Three Players To FC Edmonton". Northern Tribune.
  10. ↑ Tierney, Mitchell (July 7, 2022). "From trialist to assist leader, Wesley Timoteo is turning heads with FC Edmonton". Canadian Premier League.
  11. ↑ Van Diest, Derek (July 8, 2022). "FC Edmonton staying competitive on uneven playing field". Edmonton Sun.
  12. ↑ Van Diest, Derek (May 15, 2022). "FC Edmonton put up another good fight, but fall short again". Edmonton Sun.
  13. ↑ Rhodes, Benedict (October 8, 2022). "Timoteo and Bitar free kicks propel FC Edmonton to 3-1 season-ending victory over Valour FC". Canadian Premier League.
  14. ↑ "Wanderers sign Rampersad, Fernandez and Timoteo to multi-year contract extensions". HFX Wanderers FC. December 7, 2022. Archived from the original on December 12, 2022. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
  15. ↑ Stockting, Thomas (March 25, 2026). "Atlético Ottawa signs Canadian full-back Wesley Timoteo". Atlético Ottawa.
  16. ↑ Gauthier, Audrey (July 20, 2012). "Wesley Timoteo s'envole pour la Pologne" [Wesley Timoteo flies to Poland]. Journal Métro (in French).
  17. ↑ Wesley Timoteo at Canada Soccer
  18. ↑ Wesley Timoteo at Soccerway