Valour FC of the Canadian Premier League (CPL) today announced it has signed forward Oskar van Hattum through 2025, with a club option for 2026.
Van Hattum, 23, joins Valour from Sligo Rovers FC in the League of Ireland Premier Division, where he signed a one-year contract in January 2025 after departing Wellington Phoenix mid-season. He brings valuable A-League experience and is comfortable playing across the front line, at centre-forward or at right-back.
“We like a lot of things about Oskar,” said Phil Dos Santos, Head Coach and General Manager, Valour FC. “He’s young but brings international experience. Oskar will help us in this final stretch… He’s decisive in the final third and can give us goals and assists.”
At 14, the forward left his hometown of New Plymouth, to join the Phoenix Academy in Wellington, quickly emerging as one of its most promising prospects. He was part of the squad during the club’s record-breaking 2023-24 campaign.
A native of Auckland, New Zealand, Van Hattum has represented his country from the U-17 national team in 2019, to the U-23 side in 2023 and most recently at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, where he played in all three group-stage games.