MONTREAL – CF Montréal announced today that goalkeeper Emil Gazdov has been loaned to Bundesliga club FC St. Pauli until June 30.
FC St. Pauli will hold an option to buy at the conclusion of the loan. CF Montréal would retain a percentage of a future transfer.
“We consider this loan to be an opportunity for Emil to gain valuable playing time in a challenging European context,” said CF Montréal Managing Director, Recruitment and Sporting Methodology Luca Saputo. “This experience, in addition to the loan stint he went through last year, will be advantageous for his development.”
Gazdov was most recently loaned to Valour FC of the Canadian Premier League (CPL) back on August 16, 2025, where he featured in seven games and collected one clean sheet.
The Bleu-blanc-noir acquired Gazdov back on February 28 via transfer from CPL club Pacific FC. In three campaigns with Pacific, Gazdov played over 3,500 minutes over 41 games and claimed 12 clean sheets. He added two clean sheets over three playoff games in 2023 and one shutout in three 2024 TELUS Canadian Championship games.
In 2024, Gazdov won the CPL Goalkeeper of the year award, was named on the CPL’s Best XI and was a finalist for the league’s Canadian Under-21 Player of the year award.
A product of the Vancouver Whitecaps academy, Gazdov signed his first professional contract with Pacific FC in June 2020. He was then loaned to Bundesliga club FC Nürnberg’s academy, playing with the U19 team from 2020 to 2022.
Transaction: CF Montréal loans goalkeeper Emil Gazdov to FC St. Pauli until June 30. FC St. Pauli will hold an option to buy at the conclusion of the loan. CF Montréal would retain a percentage of a future transfer.
