Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Jordan Loreto Perruzza was born on January 16, 2001, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is a forward in Major League Soccer. 

Perruzza began playing youth soccer with Woodbridge Strikers and Vaughan SC. In December 2012, he joined the Toronto FC Academy. In 2014, he moved to Italy joining the youth setup of Empoli, where they got him an Italian passport, through his Italian heritage. Peruzza was named to the Canadian U20 team for the 2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship on October 24, 2018. Perruzza was named to the Canadian U-23 provisional roster for the 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship on February 26, 2020. Perruzza joined Toronto FC II in August 2018. He scored his first goal for the club against Louisville City FC on October 8, 2018. On August 20, 2020, Perruzza signed a first-team deal with Toronto FC, which will become effective on January 1, 2021. On September 8, 2020 he was loaned to USL Championship side San Antonio FC. He scored his first goals for San Antonio on September 19, netting a brace in a 2–0 victory over the Oklahoma City Energy. On May 20, 2021, he returned to San Antonio FC on loan. In his first match on May 22, he scored the winning goal in the 81th minute against Birmingham Legion FC.