Kianz Froese

Kianz Froese
Froese playing for the Whitecaps in 2015
Personal information
Full name Kianz González-Froese[1]
Date of birth (1996-04-16) April 16, 1996
Place of birth Havana, Cuba
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Semen Padang
Number 10
Youth career
Garden City CC
Portage Trails SC
2012–2014 Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Vancouver Whitecaps U23 15 (3)
2014–2016 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 15 (1)
2015–2016 → Whitecaps FC 2 (loan) 19 (2)
2017–2019 Fortuna Düsseldorf II 55 (17)
2019–2021 1. FC Saarbrücken 48 (3)
2021–2022 TSV Havelse 32 (5)
2022–2024 SV Wehen Wiesbaden 55 (7)
2025 Valour FC 14 (3)
2026– Semen Padang 2 (0)
International career
2011 Cuba U17 3 (0)
2012–2013 Canada U17 5 (0)
2014–2015 Canada U20 8 (1)
2015–2016 Canada 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 2 February 2026

Kianz González-Froese (born April 16, 1996) is a professional soccer player who plays as an attacking midfielder for Super League club Semen Padang. Born in Cuba, he has played for the Canada national team.

Early life

Froese was born to a father from Saskatchewan, Canada and a mother from La Habana, Cuba.[1] He moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba at the age of one.[1] He began playing youth soccer at the age of four with Garden City Community Centre.[1] Froese also played for Portage Trails SC, where his success earned him a spot on the Manitoba provincial team and as well as the National Training Camp (NTC) program.[2] After a training stint with FC Edmonton, he joined the Vancouver Whitecaps FC Academy in 2012.[3]

Club career

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Froese spent the 2012 season with Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23 in the USL Premier Development League.[4]

Froese made his first team debut with Vancouver Whitecaps FC in a 2–1 defeat to Toronto FC in the first leg of the Canadian Championship semifinals.[5][6] On September 14, 2014, he officially signed with Vancouver as a Homegrown Player.[7] He made his MLS regular season debut for the Whitecaps against the Seattle Sounders FC on October 10, 2014.[8]

He scored his first MLS goal against the New York Red Bulls on June 20, 2015. Froese scored his second goal for Vancouver in a 1–0 home win against Honduran side C.D. Olimpia in the 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League group stage.[9]

Germany

Froese was sold to Fortuna Düsseldorf in February 2017.[10] He signed a first-team deal in December 2017.[11] After 2.5 years with Fortuna Düsseldorf II, Froese left the club at the end of the 2018–19 season.[12]

In July 2019, Froese signed with Regionalliga side 1. FC Saarbrücken.[13][14] At the end of the 2019–20 Regionalliga campaign, Saarbrücken clinched promotion to the 3. Liga.[15] In May 2021 it was announced Froese would be departing Saarbrücken at the end of their season.[16]

In August 2021, Froese was signed by 3. Liga side TSV Havelse.[17]

In June 2022, Froese signed with fellow 3. Liga side Wehen Wiesbaden on a two-year contract.[18]

Return to Canada

In June 2025, he signed with Valour FC in the Canadian Premier League for the remainder of the 2025 season, with an option for 2026.[2]

Indonesia

In December 2025, he signed with Indonesian Super League club Semen Padang.[19]

International career

Froese represented his country of birth, Cuba, at the 2011 CONCACAF U-17 Championship. However, in April 2012 he switched his allegiance to Canada.[20] On October 3, 2013, he was named to Canada's under-17 squad for the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[21] He made three appearances during the tournament. He was also called into Canada national team camp on January 10, 2014.[22] In the summer of 2014, Froese joined the U-20s for the 2014 Milk Cup.[23] In January 2015, Froese was named to the Canadian squad that would participate at the 2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.[24] He scored a goal against El Salvador in a 3–2 loss during the tournament.[25]

Froese received his first cap for the senior side against Ghana on October 14, 2015.[26]

Career statistics

As of October 27, 2025[27]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Playoffs Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2014 Major League Soccer 1 0 0 0 1 0 — — 2 0
2015 9 1 0 0 2 0 4 1 — 15 2
2016 5 0 — 1 0 1 0 — 7 0
Total 15 1 0 0 4 0 5 0 0 0 24 1
Whitecaps FC 2 2015 USL 6 1 — — — — 6 1
2016 13 1 3 2 — — — 16 3
Total 19 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 4
Fortuna Düsseldorf II 2016–17 Regionalliga West 14 7 — — — — 14 7
2017–18 19 3 — — — — 19 3
2018–19 22 7 — — — — 22 7
Total 55 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 55 17
1. FC Saarbrücken 2019–20 Regionalliga Südwest 19 1 — 5 0 — — 24 1
2020–21 3. Liga 29 2 — 0 0 — — 29 2
Total 48 3 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 53 3
TSV Havelse 2021–22 3. Liga 32 5 — 0 0 — — 32 5
Wehen Wiesbaden 2022–23 3. Liga 33 6 — 0 0 — 2[a] 0 35 6
2023–24 2. Bundesliga 22 1 — 0 0 — 1[a] 0 23 1
Total 55 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 58 7
Valour FC 2025 Canadian Premier League 14 3 — 1 0 — — 15 3
Career total 238 38 3 2 10 0 5 0 3 0 259 40
  1. ^ a b Appearance(s) in promotion/relegation playoffs

References

  1. ^ a b c d Kianz Froese at Canada Soccer
  2. ^ a b "Valour FC sign Canadian international Kianz Froese". Valour FC. June 18, 2025.
  3. ^ "Kianz Froese Whitecaps profile". Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
  4. ^ "2012 Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23 stats". USLsoccer.com. United Soccer Leagues. Archived from the original on May 13, 2014. Retrieved May 9, 2014.
  5. ^ Devji, Farhan (May 7, 2014). "Whitecaps FC fall 2–1 to Toronto FC in first leg of Amway Canadian Championship semifinal". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Retrieved May 9, 2014.
  6. ^ Devji, Farhan (May 8, 2014). "Promising Residency pair Marco Bustos and Kianz Froese recount decade-long friendship". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Retrieved May 9, 2014.
  7. ^ "Whitecaps FC add Homegrown player Kianz Froese". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. September 14, 2014.
  8. ^ "Whitecaps FC silence first place Seattle Sounders FC, earn monumental 1–0 road win to clinch Cascadia Cup". October 10, 2014.
  9. ^ Devji, Farhan (September 16, 2015). "'Caps defeat C.D. Olimpia 1-0 to claim first CONCACAF Champions League win". Whitecaps FC. Retrieved June 16, 2025.
  10. ^ "Whitecaps FC transfer Kianz Froese to German side Fortuna Düsseldorf". February 1, 2017. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
  11. ^ "Kianz Froese erhält Profivertrag bei Fortuna Düsseldorf".
  12. ^ Krystian Wozniak (May 23, 2019). "Sechs Zu Und Abgaenge Bei Duesseldorfs U23". Revier Sport.
  13. ^ "KIANZ FROESE VERSTÄRKT DIE BLAU-SCHWARZEN". FC Saarbrucken. July 12, 2019. Archived from the original on June 20, 2021. Retrieved July 12, 2019.
  14. ^ Patric Cordier (July 12, 2019). "Jurcher bleibt, Froese kommt, Franjic kann gehen" (in German). Saarbrucker Zeitung. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
  15. ^ Adams, J.J (May 29, 2020). "J.J. Adams: Ex-Whitecap Froese adds another chapter to storybook soccer season".
  16. ^ Koch, Julian (May 13, 2021). "1. FC Saarbrücken: Auch Lukas Schleimer muss gehen".
  17. ^ "TSV Havelse verpflichtet Froese". Kicker (in German). kicker. August 17, 2021. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
  18. ^ "SVWW VERSTÄRKT SICH MIT KIANZ FROESE". Wehen Wiesbaden. June 9, 2022.
  19. ^ Embun, Agoes (December 11, 2025). "Semen Padang FC Resmikan Dua Rekrutan Asing, Kianz Froese dan Ravy Tsouka" [Semen Padang FC Officially Signs Two Foreign Players, Kianz Froese and Ravy Tsouka]. Radar Sumbar (in Indonesian).
  20. ^ "Froese's name the highlight of Canada's roster for ASG Cup". September 24, 2012. Archived from the original on October 31, 2014. Retrieved October 31, 2014.
  21. ^ "Canada selects 21 for the FIFA U-17 World Cup UAE 2013". Canada Soccer. October 3, 2013. Archived from the original on May 13, 2014. Retrieved May 9, 2014.
  22. ^ "Young MNT to set up camp in Florida". Canada Soccer. January 10, 2014. Archived from the original on May 13, 2014. Retrieved May 9, 2014.
  23. ^ "Canada M20 heads to 2014 Dale Farm Milk Cup". July 23, 2014. Archived from the original on February 21, 2015. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
  24. ^ Rowaan, Dave (January 5, 2014). "Canada names squad for CONCACAF U20 Championships". Archived from the original on June 28, 2018. Retrieved February 25, 2015.
  25. ^ Shuller, Rudi (January 15, 2015). "El Salvador 3–2 Canada: Central Americans win at the death".
  26. ^ "Canada MNT deliver impressive performance in Ghana draw". October 13, 2015. Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
  27. ^ "Kianz Froese Profile". Retrieved March 22, 2016.
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