Cavalry FC’s Marco Carducci was announced on Friday as the Canadian Premier League’s 2022 Golden Glove award winner.

The award is given out annually to the league’s best goalkeeper during the regular season.

Carducci tied Forge’s Triston Henry for the league lead in clean sheets this past season with 10. He allowed just 25 goals in 24 matches played this past season.

The 26-year-old’s accomplishments are even more impressive seeing as he missed much of preseason and the first three games of the year while recovering from a testicular cancer diagnosis and surgery back in February. Carducci returned in time to start the club’s home opener on May 1, keeping a clean sheet during a 2-0 victory over Pacific FC.

This is the second time Carducci has won the award in his four seasons in the league, also earning the league’s inaugural Golden Glove back in 2019. Other past winners include Henry (2020) and Jonathan Sirois of Valour FC (2021).

“I think all the goalkeepers [nominated] would say the same thing,” said Carducci. “You are one player out of eleven. So to win this award I’m really honoured, but the first thank you goes out to the guys in front of me.”

Carducci beat out fellow nominees Atlético Ottawa goalkeeper Nathan Ingham and Pacific FC’s Callum Irving for this year’s award, which select media members across the country voted on.

The league’s Golden Glove winner is awarded the Inuit Dog, a sculpture created by Cape Dorset artist Kellipalik Etidloie. The Inuit Dog is known as a protector who guards his community.