Mohamed Amissi

Mohamed Amissi
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-08-03) 3 August 2000
Place of birth Brussels, Belgium
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position Winger
Team information
Current team
 Vancouver FC
Number 10
Youth career
Beerschot
–2014 Anderlecht
2014–2019 NAC Breda
2019–2020 Heracles Almelo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2022 Heracles Almelo 10 (0)
2022–2023 Roda JC Kerkrade 12 (0)
2023 União de Leiria 5 (0)
2023–2024 Baladiyat El Mahalla 21 (0)
2024–2025 Modern Sport 13 (0)
2026– Vancouver FC 13 (7)
International career‡
2019 Burundi U20 2 (0)
2019– Burundi 27 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 9 August 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 1 August 2026

Mohamed Amissi (born 3 August 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Vancouver FC in the Canadian Premier League. Born in Belgium, he plays for the Burundi national team.

Club career

On 13 August 2019, Amissi signed a two-year contract with an option for one further season with Heracles Almelo.[1]

On 31 January 2022, Amissi moved to Roda on a 1.5-year contract.[2] On 18 January 2023, Amissi's contract with Roda was terminated by mutual consent.[3]

On 23 January 2023, Portugal's Liga 3 side União de Leiria announced the signing of Amissi on a two-and-a-half-year contract.[4] On 6 August 2023, after making just 5 appearances for the club, Leiria announced that Amissi's contract had been terminated by mutual agreement.[5] Later that month, he moved to Egypt to play for Baladiyat El Mahalla, followed by Modern Sport a year later.[6]

In January 2026, he signed with Vancouver FC in the Canadian Premier League.[7]

International career

He made his Burundi national team debut on 11 June 2019 in a friendly against Algeria, as a 58th-minute substitute for Hussein Shabani.[8] He had not played on the senior level in club football at that point.

Amissi played for the national team in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, the first continental tournament in their history.[9]

Career statistics

International

As of match played 10 June 2025[10]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Burundi 201990
202010
202130
202250
202310
202440
202540
Total270

References

  1. ↑ HERACLES ALMELO LEGT MO AMISSI VAST, heracles.nl, 13 August 2019
  2. ↑ "MOHAMED AMISSI VERSTERKT RODA JC OP DEADLINE DAY" (Press release) (in Dutch). Roda. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  3. ↑ "RODA JC EN MOHAMED AMISSI IN GOED OVERLEG UIT ELKAAR" (in Dutch). Roda. 18 January 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  4. ↑ "Mo Amissi é o novo reforço da UD Leiria" [Mo Amissi is UD Leiria's new reinforcement]. uniaodeleiria.pt (in European Portuguese). 23 January 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  5. ↑ "Comunicado: Mohamed Amissi" [Announcement: Mohamed Amissi]. uniaodeleiria.pt (in European Portuguese). 6 August 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  6. ↑ "Modern Future sign ex-Arsenal youngster & Ghana captain among 15 names". KingFut. 6 September 2024.
  7. ↑ https://northerntribune.ca/vancouver-fc-tom-field-mohammed-amissi/
  8. ↑ "Algeria v Burundi game report". Soccerway. 11 June 2019.
  9. ↑ "Burundi reveal squad for historic first AFCON appearance". 11 June 2019.
  10. ↑ "Mohamed Amissi". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
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