Name
Gabe GalaHeight
5' 7"Weight
135 lbsDate of Birth
6.29.1989 (35)Birthplace
Yola, NigeriaPosition
Defender2009: Only made one appearance in 2009, but the highlight was scoring the lone goal against Real Madrid in a friendly at BMO Field on 08/07/09…it was the only goal scored in the 5-1 loss to the Spanish giants.
2008: Appeared in just one game on 08/09/08 in Colorado logging 12 minutes…was featured in 11 TFC Reserve team games, 8 as a starter…scored one goal.
2007: Played in five games, three of those as a starter, logging 222 minutes. Became the youngest player to play in a game when he came on as a substitute on 6/2 vs. Colorado at 17 years, 338 days….he made his second appearance 6/17 vs. Dallas…made his first ever start on 10/4 vs. New York, and started the next two games both on the road, 10/7 @ Colorado and 10/13 @ Los Angeles…played 9 Reserve League games, 8 as a starter, scoring 1 goal…joined Toronto FC as a development player – childhood club was North Mississauga Classics.
International: Debuted for the Canada U-20 team on May 19, 2006 vs. Brazil. Started against the US on July 9, 2006 in Kingston ON….called into U-20 training camp beginning of January 2009.
Personal: Son of Monday and Lyop…graduated high school with Honours and is currently enrolled as a student at the University of Toronto…lists his childhood hero as his Father…prefers to play against anyone he can dribble past…if he wasn’t a soccer player, he’d be a doctor…wishes he could cook and says Eminen and Nas are his favourite artists…says the best way to spend a day off from training is in bed…lists his favourite sport outside of soccer as basketball…if he could be any actor he’d be Will Smith.