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Mehdi Essoussi... speaks French, English, Arabic, Spanish... soccer family (grandfather Sadok Essoussi)... he was just over a year old when his family moved from Tunis, TUN to Montréal, QC, CAN; he was two when his family then moved to Ottawa, ON, CAN... grew up participating in soccer, taekwondo, swimming... he was four years old when he started playing soccer for Nepean Hotspurs SC... he was nine years old when he earned his black belt in taekwondo... enjoys juggling, drawing... favourites have included Lionel Messi, Zinédine Zidane, FC Barcelona, Juventus...
he was 15 years old when he made his debut in the Canadian youth program at an identification camp in 2016 with coach Ante Jazic...
