Rayan Elloumi
Squad number 18 · Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Their 2026 World Cup
Rayan Elloumi travelled to the 2026 World Cup with Tunisia, wearing number 18, without ever getting on the pitch. His side played 3 matches (3 defeats) and bowed out in the group stage (Group F), beaten by Netherlands 3-1.
Attack went to H. Mejbri (3 matches, 270′) and Ismaël Gharbi (3 matches, 134′).
Another 7 players in the Tunisia squad ended up the same way, without a single minute. The full run is on the Tunisia team page.
Biography
Rayan Elloumi (Arabic: ريان اللومي; born 17 September 2007) is a footballer who plays for Vancouver Whitecaps FC in Major League Soccer. Born in Canada, he represents the Tunisia national team.
Early life Elloumi played youth soccer with Edmonton Juventus SC, before joining Edmonton BTB SC as a teenager, while spending some time in the Whitecaps FC BMO Academy Centre in Edmonton, until eventually joining the Vancouver Whitecaps FC Academy in August 2023.
Club career Elloumi began playing with Whitecaps FC Academy in League1 British Columbia in 2024. On 9 June 2024, he made his professional debut with Whitecaps FC 2 in MLS Next Pro, in a 4–0 victory over Los Angeles FC 2. On 6 October 2024, he scored his first goal in a 3–1 loss to Houston Dynamo 2. In June 2025, he signed a professional contract with Whitecaps FC 2 (after previously playing as an academy call-up). In June 2025, he signed a short-term loan with the Vancouver Whitecaps FC first team. He signed additional loans with the first team that month as well.
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · text adapted from the article.
See all the tournament stats on the World Cup data hub.
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