The 19-year-old man killed in a “random” stabbing at a Halloween party at a fraternity house in the Annex was humble, hard-working and a talented soccer player, according to friends.

Firdous Nabizada “had big dreams” said Basir Ghousi, 26, who used to play soccer with his friend, who dreamed of becoming a professional soccer player. “He was a young guy. He shouldn’t have gone.”

Nabizada was stabbed outside a party at a house on Madison Ave. near Bloor St. W. just before midnight Thursday. Four others were also hurt in the stabbing just north of the University of Toronto’s downtown campus.

Nabizada died in hospital on Saturday.

Jacob Alves, 19, of no fixed address, and a 15-year-old girl from Richmond Hill were each charged with three counts of aggravated assault, three counts of assault with a weapon, possession of a weapon for dangerous purposes and attempted murder.

Alves’s charges were upgraded to second-degree murder after Nabizada died.

Police said they received reports of a fight at a “rowdy party” shortly before midnight on Thursday near Madison Avenue and Bloor Street.

Alves appeared briefly in court on Monday morning, led into College Park court in handcuffs and wearing an orange jumpsuit.

Police said Alves allegedly produced a knife during an altercation at the party, but was disarmed by other party attendees and thrown out. Alves allegedly then produced another knife and “randomly attacked” other people in line trying to get into the party, police said.

Christian Renaud, a Toronto-based model, said he rented the house for his 20th birthday party, charging men $20 a head and women $10.

He said he also hired bouncers to check weapons, as hundreds of young people dressed up for Halloween streamed in.

But Renaud, who went as a Playboy bunny and was expecting a fun night, said the scene soon changed to something terrifying.

“It was supposed to be such a good party,” he said. “Things just got bad so quickly.”

Alves, he said, was a friend from high school at Forest Hill Collegiate Institute, but the two had drifted apart. Alves showed up with a group of friends, without a costume, Renaud said.

He said the 19-year-old appeared to become agitated and was thrown out of the party. Renaud said he didn’t see what happened next.

He feels terrible about what happened to Nabizada, who he also knew.

“It’s awful what happened,” he said.

The 15-year-old girl cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act. Police said she appeared in court Nov. 1.

According to court documents, Alves was also charged with uttering threats and mischief, relating to vandalism of a Toronto Community Housing building, in April.

Friends said Nabizada immigrated to Canada from Afghanistan via Pakistan in 2013 and had become a citizen. According to his Facebook page, Nabizada was originally from Kabul.

Ghousi said he visited Nabizada’s family on Sunday.

“I was talking to his brother. He said, ‘(Nabizada) is in front of my eyes every time.’ He’s shocked. He doesn’t believe he’s gone,” Ghousi said.

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He said Nabizada, who played in other local leagues as a defender, used to drop by practices for a soccer team Ghousi coached. Nabizada, who grew up in the Flemingdon Park area and graduated from Marc Garneau Collegiate Institute, also worked for Ghousi in the moving and installation business, he said.

Nabizada was working in construction over the summer and had landed a full-time union job in September, said Roain Satarzadeh, who coached Nabizada on a team in the Ontario Soccer League. Satarzadeh said the 19-year-old was planning to apply to college where he wanted to play soccer.

“He was a great player … He was an athletic person,” Satarzadeh said. He said Nabizada never missed practice or any games and tournaments, often joking around with other players.

“He was a great kid, very fun guy to be around,” Satarzadeh said. “He would always stand up for his friends.”

Another friend, Haafiz Hafleen, called Nabizada a “great person, on and off the field.”

“Whenever there was like a dispute on the field he would be the first to rush out and defend his teammates, no matter the situation,” said Hafleen, who was a classmate of Nabizada at Marc Garneau and played on the same soccer team with him in the Toronto Muslim Soccer League.

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“It feels really unreal and unbearable,” he said.

The Canadian Afghan Sports Association posted a tribute video for the 19-year-old on Saturday.

Ghousi said he lost another good friend, Fesal Ahmed Mohammad Sobir in a 2018 stabbing in East York.

Another friend, 26-year-old Zemarai Khan Mohammed, was killed in a nightclub shooting in 2017. Mohammed was a close friend of Nabizada’s older brother, too, Ghousi said.

“They were all great souls that had dreams,” he said. “Someone needs to do something about violence.”

Alves’s case was put over until Nov. 18. He will remain in custody until then.

He was barred from contacting about a dozen people whose names were read out in court. A publication ban was also imposed on evidence in the case.

An autopsy for Nabizada was scheduled for Monday.

Police said they would like to speak to anyone who was at the party, anyone who has video or pictures, and anyone in the area with a security or dash cam video.