Canada head coach Jesse Marsch has another talented youngster joining his squad.
On Wednesday, dual national midfielder Niko Sigur filed a one-time switch to change his international eligibility from Croatia to Canada, The Athletic's Joshua Kloke reports.
The 20-year-old is supposedly eyeing the fall international windows to make his Les Rouges debut. Despite a minor injury, Sigur will be available for selection during Canada's friendlies against Mexico and the United States on Sept. 7 and 10, and again against Panama on Oct. 15 in Toronto.
“It was an honour to represent Croatia, which is a football superpower and which is my family’s homeland,” Sigur said in a X post shared by the Croatian Football Federation. “But with the passage of time I felt that I wanted to represent the country where I grew up and started my football career, Canada."
Sigur, a crafty, quick and technical defensive midfielder, was born in Burnaby, B.C. He came through the Vancouver Whitecaps FC Academy, played for the York University Lions, and went semi-professional with Vaughan Azzurri before moving to Slovenia.
In May 2023, Sigur chose to represent Croatia despite former Canada head coach John Herdman trying to get him to play for Les Rouges.
Sigur played the last two campaigns in Croatia with Hajduk Split and made nine appearances for Croatia's Under-21 team.
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