Doneil Henry

Early career

Henry's parents, Beverly and Menocal Henry, moved to Canada from Jamaica. He started playing soccer at age 10 and played youth soccer with the Brampton Youth Soccer Club and North Mississauga SC. Henry has said he was cut from a provincial team around age 16 and feared his football career was over before Toronto FC's academy came calling, adding that the club "saved my life" at a time when he had no interest in pursuing his Princeton offers and only wanted to become a professional footballer.< He has recalled the demands of academy life, including having to catch the GO Train to training by 6:10 or 6:15 each morning alongside a small group of teammates that dwindled over time until he was making the commute alone.

Toronto FC

Henry joined the Toronto FC Academy in November 2008, and captained the team through two seasons in the Canadian Soccer League in 2009 and 2010. He appeared for Toronto FC in the 2010 Nutrilite Canadian Championship against the Vancouver Whitecaps and a 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League qualifying match against Motagua. He also made his MLS debut and played in another 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League match against Árabe Unido during the 2010 season. He also played in an international friendly against Bolton Wanderers. He signed with Toronto FC on August 26, 2010, becoming the first TFC Academy player to sign for the first team. Henry has credited former Toronto FC and Canadian international midfielder Julian De Guzman with…

Youth

Henry played three matches for the Canada U-20 men's national soccer team. He was selected for the Canada U23 roster to partake in the 2012 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament. After sitting out the first game, he started and scoring the opening goal against the United States U23 as part of a 2–0 victory for Canada.

Senior

Henry earned his first cap for Canada's senior team August 15, 2012, in a friendly against Trinidad and Tobago under head coach Stephen Hart. He started the match before being subbed out at halftime for Pedro Pacheco, the game ended in a 2–0 victory. On December 10, 2012, he was awarded the 2012 Canadian U-20 Player of the Year, receiving 37.8% of the vote and just beating out Samuel Piette for the award. On June 27, 2013, Henry was listed as a part of the confirmed 23-man squad for Colin Miller's Canada squad for 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup. Henry was named to the squad for the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup on May 30, 2019. He scored his first goal for Canada on September 7, 2019, against Cuba in a CONCACAF Nations League match. Henry was named to the squad for the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup on July 1, 2021. Henry was expected to be named to the Canada squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, but during the warm-up prior to a pre-tournament friendly against Bahrain on November 11, he suffered a calf injury that ultimately ruled him out of the final squad. Henry has described his roughly decade-long international career as coinciding with a…

In December 2021, he was announced as a co-owner of expansion League1 Ontario club Simcoe County Rovers FC. Henry joined the ownership group alongside former Toronto FC teammate and mentor Julian De Guzman, the club's President and Managing Partner, as well as fellow Canadian international Cyle Larin. Discussing the club's future, Henry has stated his clear ambition for Simcoe County Rovers to eventually join the Canadian Premier League and compete at that level, saying his ownership group intends to build the club's grassroots foundation using lessons learned from their own playing careers about what separates successful teams from unsuccessful ones. In June 2024, he was named the Sporting Director of the club. Shortly thereafter, he was named as the head coach, following the firing of the regular head coach. For the 2025 season, Henry remained the Rovers' head coach and sporting director. Henry resigned from Simcoe County Rovers FC in December 2025, ahead of his move to the professional coaching ranks. Henry made his international coaching debut as an assistant coach with Canada's U17 men's national team at the 4 Nations Tournament in Mexico. Henry made his senior international coaching debut with Canada as an assistant coach in a friendly versus Guatemala on January 17, 2026 in Los Angeles; Canada beat Guatemala 1–0.

Club

As of match played October 14, 2023

International

As of match played June 13, 2022

International goals

Scores and results list Canada's goal tally first.