Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | December 17, 1989 | ||
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.
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]
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]
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]
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]
Club | League | Season | League | Playoffs | Domestic Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
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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 |
Canada national team | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
2015 | 1 | 0 |
2016 | 1 | 0 |
2017 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 3 | 0 |
Montreal Impact
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.