Wandrille Lefèvre

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Wandrille Lefèvre
Lefèvre with Montreal Impact in 2013
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-12-17) December 17, 1989 (age 34)
Place of birth Chartres, France
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
 AS Blainville
Number 5
Youth career
1998–2003 Montpellier HSC
2003–2007 Montreal-Concordia
2011–2013 Montreal Impact
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2010 Montreal Carabins
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Montreal Impact Academy ? (?)
2011 Montreal Impact (NASL) 2 (0)
2013–2017 Montreal Impact 48 (2)
2015–2016 → FC Montreal (loan) 3 (0)
2017 → Ottawa Fury (loan) 2 (0)
2019–2021 AS Blainville 34 (2)
2022–2023 FC Laval 36 (1)
2024– AS Blainville 1 (1)
International career‡
2015–2017 Canada 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of April 21, 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of January 22, 2017

Wandrille Lefèvre (born December 17, 1989) is a Canadian soccer player who plays as a centre back for AS Blainville in Ligue1 Quebec.

Career[edit]

Amateur[edit]

Lefèvre played with the youth teams of OC Perpignan, a satellite club of Montpellier HSC. In 2003, he moved to Montreal with his family where he played soccer with the Montreal-Concordia club. He attended College Stanislas for secondary.[1]

Lefèvre played four seasons for the Université de Montréal Carabins.[2] He was named CIS Second Team All Star and RSEQ First Team All Star in 2008 and to the 2009 RSEQ Second Team All Star.[3]

Professional[edit]

In 2011, he began playing with the Montreal Impact Academy in the Canadian Soccer League.[4] Lefèvre would help Montreal secure a playoff berth in the league's first division.[5] He would contribute a goal in the opening round of the playoffs against Capital City.[6] However, the academy side would be eliminated from the tournament in the second match against the Ottawa-based club.[7]

He had another run with Montreal's academy in the 2012 season.[8] The Impact would secure another playoff berth by finishing second in the division.[9] In the first round of the postseason, Montreal would defeat Toronto FC's academy to advance to the next round.[10] Lefèvre would record a goal in the semifinal match against the York Region Shooters that secured Montreal a berth in the championship finals.[11] He would participate in the championship final match against Toronto Croatia where Montreal was defeated.[12] He was a finalist for the 2012 CSL MVP award.[3]

Lefèvre made his debut for the senior Montreal Impact (NASL) in the North American Soccer League on June 26, 2011, against FC Edmonton.[13] In 2012, he trained regularly with the first team, playing eight MLS Reserve League games.[3]

On February 26, 2013, Lefèvre signed a Homegrown Player contract with the Montreal Impact.[14] On April 27, 2013, he made his debut for the Montreal Impact against the Chicago Fire as a sub in the 54' minute coming on for Alessandro Nesta.[15][16]

On August 15, 2017, Lefèvre was loaned to the Ottawa Fury.[17]

Lefèvre was waived by Montreal on January 18, 2018.[18]

After a year away from the pitch, Lefévre joined Canadian club AS Blainville in the winter 2019.[19] He made fifteen appearances for Blainville that season, scoring one goal.[20]

In 2022, he joined FC Laval,[21] helping them win the PLSQ title.[22]

International[edit]

Lefèvre became a Canadian citizen in July 2015. He received his first call-up to Canada on October 2, 2015, for a friendly match against Ghana at RFK Stadium.[23] Lefèvre earned his first international cap as a starter in the match, a 1–1 draw on October 13, 2015.[24]

Personal life[edit]

Lefèvre previously held Canadian permanent residency which qualified him as a domestic player on Canadian teams for MLS roster purposes. On July 2, 2015, he became a Canadian citizen.[3]

Career statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

As of October 22, 2023
Club League Season League Playoffs Domestic Cup League Cup Continental Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Montreal Impact NASL 2011 2 0 – – – – 2 0
Montreal Impact MLS 2013 6 0 0 0 1 0 – 2 0 8 0
2014 15 0 – 2 0 – 3 0 20 0
2015 11 2 0 0 3 0 – – 14 2
2016 13 0 0 0 2 0 – – 16 0
2017 3 0 – 3 0 – – 6 0
Total 50 2 1 0 11 0 0 0 5 0 67 2
FC Montreal (loan) USL 2015 2 0 – – – – 2 0
2016 1 0 – – – – 1 0
Total 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Ottawa Fury FC (loan) USL 2017 2 0 – 0 0 – – 2 0
A.S. Blainville PLSQ 2019[25] 15 1 – 0 0 3 0 – 18 1
2020[25] 7 1 – – – – 7 1
2021[25] 12 1 – – – – 12 1
Total 34 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 37 3
FC Laval PLSQ 2022[25] 21 1 – – 2 0 – 23 1
Ligue1 Québec 2023[26] 15 0 – – 1 0 – 16 0
Total 36 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 39 1
Career total 125 6 0 0 11 0 6 0 5 0 148 6

International[edit]

As of January 22, 2017
Canada national team
Year Apps Goals
2015 1 0
2016 1 0
2017 1 0
Total 3 0

Honours[edit]

Club[edit]

Montreal Impact

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Wandrille Lefèvre". Pro Evolution Coaching (in French).
  2. ^ Sandor, Steven (February 26, 2013). "Lefevre, Tissot make the jump to Impact's MLS roster". The 11. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d "Wandrille Lefèvre". Montreal Impact. Archived from the original on August 22, 2017.
  4. ^ "Saison 2011 Season: Alignement Académie U21 Academy Roster" (PDF). Montreal Impact Academy. December 16, 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 16, 2011. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
  5. ^ "City United hits post-season on a high". Brampton Guardian. October 6, 2011.
  6. ^ Desaulniers, Darren (October 9, 2011). "Capital City opens playoffs with draw". Ottawa Citizen. pp. C2.
  7. ^ Desaulniers, Darren (October 17, 2011). "Surviving the Impact; Capital City FC advances into CSL semifinals". Ottawa Citizen. pp. B6.
  8. ^ "2012 Montreal Impact Academy roster". canadiansoccerleague.ca. Archived from the original on January 26, 2013. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
  9. ^ Hickey, Pat (November 20, 2012). "Impact committed to developing local talent". Montreal Gazette. pp. A23.
  10. ^ Hayakawa, Michael (October 15, 2012). "York Shooters in CSL semifinals". Vaughan Citizen.
  11. ^ Hayakawa, Michael (October 22, 2012). "York Shooters eliminated from CSL playoffs". Vaughan Citizen.
  12. ^ "Toronto Croatia wins CSL title with a 1-0 victory over Montreal Impact Academy". The Canadian Press. October 27, 2012.
  13. ^ "Montreal Impact vs FC Edmonton". Montreal Impact. June 26, 2011. Archived from the original on March 22, 2012.
  14. ^ "Quebecers Wandrille Lefèvre and Maxim Tissot of the Academy join the Impact in MLS". Montreal Impact. February 26, 2013.
  15. ^ "Montreal Impact vs Chicago Fire". Major League Soccer. April 27, 2013. Archived from the original on March 20, 2014.
  16. ^ Tremblay, Olivier (April 29, 2013). "Montreal Impact's Wandrille Lefevre still dazzled after replacing childhood hero Alessandro Nesta". Major League Soccer. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
  17. ^ "Lefèvre joins Fury FC on loan from Montreal Impact". Ottawa Fury FC. August 15, 2017. Archived from the original on December 15, 2019.
  18. ^ "Impact waives defenders Wandrille Lefèvre and Deian Boldor". Montreal Impact. January 18, 2018.
  19. ^ Landry, Nicolas (May 15, 2019). "Wandrille Lefèvre embrasse le défi du Championnat canadien avec l'AS Blainville" [Wandrille Lefèvre embraces the challenge of the Canadian Championship with AS Blainville]. RDS (in French).
  20. ^ "Lefevre, Wandrille". TSI Sports. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
  21. ^ Jacques, John (January 24, 2022). "Former Forge Striker Balbinotti Signs With PLSQ Side Celtix". Northern Tribune. Retrieved January 25, 2022. He wasn't the only high-profile PLSQ signing of the weekend, with Wandrille Lefevre officially signing with FC Laval after helping AS Blainville to two of its four league titles.
  22. ^ Jacques, John (October 3, 2022). "FC Laval Bound For Canadian Championship After Historic PLSQ Win". Northern Tribune.
  23. ^ Bottjer, Steve (October 2, 2015). "CanMNT names squad for October friendly against Ghana". Red Nation Online.
  24. ^ "Canada MNT deliver impressive performance in Ghana draw". Canada Soccer. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
  25. ^ a b c d "PLSQ Stats Archive" (in French). TSI Sports. Retrieved January 16, 2019.
  26. ^ "2023 Ligue1 Quebec stats". Ligue1 Québec.

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