10 Franz Mella
Franz Mella
  • Height:
    6'1
  • Hometown:
    Toronto
  • Position:
    Midfield
  • Year:
    Third Year
  • Major:
    Sport Management
  • g
    2
  • a
    0
  • pts
    4
  • gw
    1

Bio

Medals
Outdoor
  • 2x CCAA National Champion ('24, '25)
  • 2024 OCAA Provincial Champion
  • 2x OCAA Silver Medal ('23, '25)
Indoor
  • 2024 OCAA Provincial Champion
  • 2026 OCAA Silver Medal
Accolades
  • 2024 CCAA Championship MVP
  • 2024 CCAA All-Tournament Team
  • 2x OCAA First Team All-Star ('24, '25)
  • 2025 Doug Fox Award of Distinction
  • 2025 Humber Soccer MVP
  • 2024 Humber Indoor Soccer Coaches Pick
  • 2x CCAA Athlete of the Week - Oct. 22, 2025
  • 2x OCAA Athlete of the Week - Oct. 21, 2025
  • 2x Humber Athlete of the Week - Nov. 11, 2024

Career Highs
  • Goals: 3 vs. Mohawk, 2024
  • Assists: 2, three times
  • Points: 8 vs. Mohawk, 2024

Humber Highlights
  • Represented Canada on the national futsal team.
  • Became the sixth player in team history to record a hat trick in an OCAA postseason match (3, vs. Mohawk, 2024). Mella finished the match with eight points, establishing a new program record.
  • His ten points during the OCAA postseason were the third-most in team history, surpassing the record of six set by his father in 1994.
  • Scored the game-winning tally in Humber's 1-0 win over Algonquin in the 2024 national championship match.
  • After two seasons, Mella sits sixth all-time with 14 OCAA postseason points.
Humber Heritage
  • Son of Humber soccer legend Adolfo Mella, who led the Hawks to their first-ever provincial title and a CCAA silver medal in 1994. Mella was Humber's first Golden Boot recipient, recording 12 tallies in eight matches that season.

Player Profile

Recent Games
Sep 17 Niagara W, 3-0
Sep 20 at Fanshawe W, 1-0
Sep 24 Mohawk W, 1-0
Oct 1 Redeemer W, 5-1
Oct 8 Conestoga W, 1-0
Oct 11 at Sheridan W, 3-1
  Overall Conf
Games 9 9
Games started 7 7
Goals 2 2
Assists 0 0
Points 4 4
Shots 12 12
Shot Pct .167 .167
Penalty kicks 0-0 0-0
Game-winning goals 1 1
Date Opponent Score gs g a pts sh pct pk gw
Sep 5 at St. Clair W, 4-2 1 1 0 2 0 - 0-0 1
Sep 6 at Lambton W, 10-0 - 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Sep 10 Fanshawe W, 3-0 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0-0 0
Sep 13 at Conestoga W, 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Sep 17 Niagara W, 3-0 1 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Sep 20 at Fanshawe W, 1-0 - - - - - - - -
Sep 24 Mohawk W, 1-0 1 0 0 0 7 .000 0-0 0
Oct 1 Redeemer W, 5-1 1 1 0 2 2 .500 0-0 0
Oct 8 Conestoga W, 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Oct 11 at Sheridan W, 3-1 - 0 0 0 1 .000 0-0 0

Career Stats - Game

  gp gs gpg a/g pts/g sh/g sh% sog/g sog%
2023-24 8 1 .13 .25 .50 .25 .500 .00 .000
2024-25 8 8 .63 .63 1.88 2.25 .278 1.25 .556
2025-26 9 7 .22 .00 .44 1.33 .167 .67 .500
Total 25 16 .32 .28 .92 1.28 .250 .64 .500

Career Stats - Season

  gp gs g a pts sh sh% sog sog% yc rc pk gw
2023-24 8 1 1 2 4 2 .500 0 .000 0 0 0-1 0
2024-25 8 8 5 5 15 18 .278 10 .556 4 0 0-0 2
2025-26 9 7 2 0 4 12 .167 6 .500 4 0 0-0 1
Total 25 16 8 7 23 32 .250 16 .500 8 0 0-1 3

Splits Stats - Game

    gp gs gpg a/g pts/g sh/g sh% sog/g sog%
Event Total 9 7 .22 .00 .44 1.33 .167 .67 .500
Conference 9 7 .22 .00 .44 1.33 .167 .67 .500
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 5 5 .20 .00 .40 2.20 .091 1.20 .545
Away 4 2 .25 .00 .50 .25 1.000 .00 .000
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 9 7 .22 .00 .44 1.33 .167 .67 .500
Losses - - - - - - - - -
Month September 6 5 .17 .00 .33 1.50 .111 .67 .444
October 3 2 .33 .00 .67 1.00 .333 .67 .667

Splits Stats - Season

    gp gs g a pts sh sh% sog sog% yc rc pk gw
Event Total 9 7 2 0 4 12 .167 6 .500 4 0 0-0 1
Conference 9 7 2 0 4 12 .167 6 .500 4 0 0-0 1
Exhibition - - - - 0 - - - - 0 0 0-0 -
Location Home 5 5 1 0 2 11 .091 6 .545 2 0 0-0 0
Away 4 2 1 0 2 1 1.000 0 .000 2 0 0-0 1
Neutral - - - - 0 - - - - 0 0 0-0 -
Result Wins 9 7 2 0 4 12 .167 6 .500 4 0 0-0 1
Losses - - - - 0 - - - - 0 0 0-0 -
Month September 6 5 1 0 2 9 .111 4 .444 3 0 0-0 1
October 3 2 1 0 2 3 .333 2 .667 1 0 0-0 0

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