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Olivier Babineau... speaks French and English... sports family (hockey father Charles, water polo mother Vivian, soccer sisters)... his father was born in Grand Digue, NB while his mother was born in Ste-Foy, QC... grew up in Dieppe, NB... grew up competing in track and field, country country, speed skating and hockey... he was six years old when he started playing soccer... enjoys working out, reading, music... growing up, favourites included Lionel Messi, Mesut Özil, Eden Hazard, FC Barcelona, Dortmund Borussia... other favourites have included Pavel Datsyuk, Detroit Red Wings...
with Ottawa Gloucester Celtic, a Canada Soccer National Championships winner (Challenge Trophy in 2022)...
he was 17 years old when he made his debut in the Canadian youth program in 2004 with coach Ray Clark...
represented Canada at the 2013 Concacaf Beach Soccer Championship... he scored his first international Beach Soccer goal for Canada on 11 May 2013 in Nassau, BAH (Concacaf Beach Soccer Qualifier)…