{{short description|Canadian soccer player (born 1989)}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Mozzi Gyorio | image = Mozzi Gyorio at Montreal 1.JPG | image_size = 250px | caption = Gyorio with FC Tampa Bay in 2011 | fullname = Mozesh Gyorio | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|8|1}} | birth_place = Bačka Topola, SFR Yugoslavia | height = {{convert|1.83|m|abbr=on}} | position = Midfielder | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Sherwood Parkdale Rangers | youthyears2 = | youthclubs2 = Stratford Foxes | youthyears4 = 2007 | youthclubs4 = NEC Nijmegen | youthyears5 = 2008–2009 | youthclubs5 = Houston Dynamo | collegeyears1 = 2007–2008 | college1 = San Jacinto | collegecaps1 = | collegegoals1 = | years1 = 2007 | clubs1 = Avondale Islanders | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 2010–2011 | clubs2 = FC Tampa Bay | caps2 = 43 | goals2 = 4 | years3 = 2013 | clubs3 = Fleetwood Town | caps3 = 1 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2014–2015 | clubs4 = Minnesota United | caps4 = 0 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2015–2016 | clubs5 = Austin Aztex | caps5 = 18 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2016 | clubs6 = Ottawa Fury | caps6 = 2 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2017 | clubs7 = Villa Musone | caps7 = 34 | goals7 = 4 | years8 = 2017 | clubs8 = Pistunina | caps8 = | goals8 = | nationalyears1 = 2008–2009 | nationalteam1 = Canada U20 | nationalcaps1 = 4 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | medaltemplates = | pcupdate = 3 February 2018 | ntupdate = }}
'''Mozesh "Mozzi" Gyorio''' ({{langx|hu|Mózes Gyorío}}; born August 1, 1989) is a Canadian soccer player.
==Early life== His parents were born in Gunaroš in today's Vojvodina, Serbia. His family moved from Yugoslavia to Hungary when he was two years old. Two years later, the family moved to Canada.<ref name="Canada Soccer profile">{{cite web|title=Mozzi Gyorio Canada Soccer profile|url=https://canadasoccer.com/?pid=1393&t=profile&|publisher=Canada Soccer|accessdate=4 February 2018}}</ref> He speaks English, Hungarian, French, Serbian and Croatian.
==Career==
===Youth and college=== Gyorio moved to Canada with his parents when he was a small child, settling in Stratford, Prince Edward Island. He attended Charlottetown Rural High School, played for Sherwood Parkdale Rangers FC and Stratford Foxes FC,<ref name="Canada Soccer profile" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.pe.ca/index.cfm?sid=33845&sc=99|title=The Guardian|website=www.theguardian.pe.ca}}</ref> and spent time with the youth academy of the famed Dutch club NEC Nijmegen in 2007.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.peisoccer.com/index.cfm?story=CDB1C123-FF4D-1530-D20367DAAFE215AF|title=Gyorio Selected for U20 National Team}}{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He later returned to North America to continue his education.
He subsequently played two years of college soccer at San Jacinto College, where he received honors such as being a NJCAA All-American honorable mention, selected to the NJCAA all-region team and NSCAA all-region 2nd team, and named the college's offensive MVP in his senior year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www2.sanjac.edu/athletics/soccer/achievements.shtml |title=San Jacinto College Athletics | Soccer Achievements |accessdate=2010-04-09 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210143021/http://sanjac.edu/athletics/soccer/achievements.shtml |archivedate=2009-02-10 }}</ref> He also had a stint with Major League Soccer side Houston Dynamo's academy and participated in the Dallas Cup in 2009.
During his college years, Gyorio also played for the Canadian amateur side Avondale Islanders in the Nova Scotia Soccer League.
===Professional=== Gyorio signed his first professional contract in 2010 when he was recruited by FC Tampa Bay Rowdies in the USSF Division 2 Professional League.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.american11soccer.com/2010/02/fc-tampa-bay-rowdies-announce.html |title=FC Tampa Bay Rowdies announce additional players for the 2010 roster |access-date=2010-04-09 |archive-date=2011-07-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707130649/http://www.american11soccer.com/2010/02/fc-tampa-bay-rowdies-announce.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> He made his professional debut on May 1, 2010, coming on as a substitute for Takuya Yamada in a game against Miami FC.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ussf.demosphere.com/stats/2010/1634165.html |title=USSF Division-2 Pro League |access-date=2010-05-04 |archive-date=2011-07-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110709013209/http://ussf.demosphere.com/stats/2010/1634165.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> He scored his first professional goals on October 1, 2010, contributing to a 6–3 victory over Crystal Palace Baltimore.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ussf.demosphere.com/stats/2010/1634317.html |title=USSF Division-2 Pro League |access-date=2010-10-02 |archive-date=2012-04-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402164102/http://ussf.demosphere.com/stats/2010/1634317.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> On November 30, 2010, Tampa Bay announced its decision to exercise the contract option on Gyorio for the 2011 season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=4141291|title = FC Tampa Bay Exercises Options on Four Players|date = 30 November 2010}}</ref>
Tampa Bay announced on December 27, 2011, that it would decline the 2012 contract option on Gyorio.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.nasl.com/index.php?id=3&newsid=1610 | title=Rowdies Sign Midfielder Stuart Campbell | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418052833/http://www.nasl.com/index.php?id=3&newsid=1610 | archive-date=2012-04-18}}</ref> In February 2012, he joined the MLS side Sporting Kansas City as a trialist in their pre-season training camp for the 2012 Major League Soccer season.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.sportingkc.com/news/2012/02/tale-two-halves-sporting-kc-draw-against-impact| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120301153246/http://www.sportingkc.com/news/2012/02/tale-two-halves-sporting-kc-draw-against-impact| archive-date = 2012-03-01| title = Tale of two halves for Sporting KC in draw against Impact {{!}} Sporting Kansas City}}</ref>
On January 1, 2013 Gyorio signed a 6-month deal with English League Two side Fleetwood Town.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/20882426|title = Fleetwood complete triple signing|work = BBC Sport}}</ref> He made his European debut on February 12 against Oxford United at Kassam Stadium, coming on as a substitute for David Ball.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/21332957|title = Oxford Utd 1-2 Fleetwood|work = BBC Sport}}</ref> On May 7, 2013, it was announced that Fleetwood would not be offering the midfielder a new contract, and he would therefore be released.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fleetwoodtownfc.com/2013/05/07/highbury-departures/ |title=Highbury departures | Fleetwood Town Football Club |accessdate=2013-05-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130607094746/http://www.fleetwoodtownfc.com/2013/05/07/highbury-departures/ |archivedate=2013-06-07 }}</ref>
On February 2, 2016, Gyorio made his return to Canada by signing with Ottawa Fury FC.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ottawa Inks Pair Of Canadians|url=http://www.nasl.com/news/2016/02/02/ottawa-inks-pair-of-canadians|publisher=nasl.com|accessdate=2 February 2016}}</ref> However, in December 2016, the Fury announced that Gyorio would not be returning to the team as the club moved to USL in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ottawafuryfc.com/news_article/show/733796?referrer_id=2824815|title=Fury FC would like to thank non-returning players|publisher=Ottawa Fury FC|author=Ottawa Fury FC Staff|date=December 13, 2016}}</ref>
In September 2017, Gyorio signed with Italian Eccellenza club U.S.D. Pistunina, an amateur team in the city Messina, Sicil. However, due to delays in international transfer papers and personal family reasons, he played only a few games with the team before leaving to return to Canada in the middle of November.<ref>{{cite web|title=Calciomercato, partenze e nuovi arrivi in casa Pistunina|work=USD Pistunina - Società Dilettantistica e Scuola Calcio a Messina |date=14 September 2017 |url=https://usdpistunina.it/calciomercato-partenze-nuovi-arrivi-casa-pistunina/|publisher=U.S.D. Pistunina|accessdate=4 February 2018|language=Italian}}</ref>
==International career== Gyorio represented Canada at the 2009 Francophone Games in Lebanon<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.albertasoccer.com/index.php?src=gendocs&ref=JohnPeggArticleFrancophoneTeam&category=Technical|title = Home}}</ref> and was a member of the Canadian national U-20 pool.<ref name="Canada Soccer profile" />
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