Former CF Montreal winger Ballou Tabla signs with CPL’s Atletico Ottawa

By: The Canadian Press Posted: 1:42 PM CST Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022

OTTAWA - Atletico Ottawa has signed Canadian international winger Ballou Tabla to a three-year contract.

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OTTAWA - Atletico Ottawa has signed Canadian international winger Ballou Tabla to a three-year contract.

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OTTAWA – Atletico Ottawa has signed Canadian international winger Ballou Tabla to a three-year contract.

Tabla, 22, has spent time with both CF Montreal and FC Barcelona’s B team in Spain. Montreal declined his contract option in late November.

In January 2018, after featuring in 21 MLS games, an 18-year-old Tabla became the first Montreal academy product to be sold to a European team. He went on to appear in 30 matches over two seasons for Barcelona B in Spain’s second tier.

CF Montreal's Ballou Tabla, celebrates his second goal of the game against the HFX Wanderers FC during 2021 Canadian Championship quarterfinal soccer action in Halifax on Wednesday September 22, 2021. Atletico Ottawa has signed the Canadian international winger to a three-year contract.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tim Krochak

Tabla returned to MLS in August 2019, first on a loan agreement then on a permanent transfer to CF Montreal.

“The last few years have been tough for me, I had to fight through injuries what seemed every six months or so,” said Tabla. “I feel good now, I’m healthy, and I’m happy to be in Ottawa.”

Tabla, who has won two caps for Canada at the senior level, played in 32 MLS regular-season games from 2017 to 2021 with three goals and two assists.

“We are thrilled to welcome Ballou to our club,” Atletico Ottawa CEO Fernando Lopez said in a statement. “We saw that he loves to get on the ball, attack the opposition and create opportunities. We expect him to be one of the most dangerous attackers in the league and cannot wait to see him — and our club — succeed.”

The Canadian Premier League team, whose roster now stands at 17 players, opens the 2022 regular season April 9 at home to Calgary’s Cavalry FC.