Louis Béland-Goyette

Louis Béland-Goyette
Personal information
Full name Louis Béland-Goyette
Date of birth (1995-09-15) September 15, 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Pointe-Claire, Quebec, Canada
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Pointe-Claire
2011–2014 Montreal Impact
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014 Montreal Impact U23 8 (0)
2014–2015 Montreal Impact 1 (0)
2015–2016 FC Montreal 41 (4)
2017–2018 Montreal Impact 11 (0)
2019 Valour FC 21 (1)
2020 HFX Wanderers 10 (0)
2021–2022 Gudja United 11 (1)
International career‡
2013 Canada U18 1 (0)
2014–2015 Canada U20 10 (0)
2015–2017 Canada U23 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of January 19, 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:41, March 29, 2017 (UTC)

Louis Béland-Goyette (born September 15, 1995) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder.

Club career

Montreal Impact

Béland-Goyette began 2014 with USL PDL club Montreal Impact U23, where he made 8 appearances.[1]

He signed his first professional contract with the Montreal Impact on September 12, 2014.[2] He made his debut as a 75th-minute substitute during a 1–2 loss to the New England Revolution a day later on September 13.[3] On March 26, 2015, Béland-Goyette was removed from Montreal's first team roster and added to FC Montreal, ahead of their inaugural season in the USL.[4] He made his debut against Toronto FC II on March 28.

After two seasons with FC Montreal in which he captained the team, Béland-Goyette signed with the first team for a second time in November 2016.[5][6]

Béland-Goyette was released by Montreal at the end of their 2018 season.[7]

Valour FC

On April 9, 2019, Béland-Goyette signed with Canadian Premier League side Valour FC.[8] He made his debut in Valour's inaugural game against Pacific FC on May 1. Béland-Goyette scored his first goal for Valour on August 19 against FC Edmonton.[9]

HFX Wanderers

On January 8, 2020, Béland-Goyette signed with HFX Wanderers.[10] He made his debut on August 15 against Pacific FC.[11]

International career

Béland-Goyette has represented Canada at the U-18 and U-20 level. He was a part of the U-20 squad that went to the 2014 Milk Cup. He later made the team for the 2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship and the Canadian U23 national team at the 2015 Pan American Games.[12] In May 2016, Béland-Goyette was called to Canada's U23 national team for a pair of friendlies against Guyana and Grenada.[13] He saw action in both matches.[14]

In October 2017, Béland-Goyette received his first call-up to the Canadian senior team for a friendly against El Salvador, but didn't appear in the match.[15]

Honours

HFX Wanderers

References

  1. ^ "United Soccer Leagues (USL)". pdl.uslsoccer.com. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
  2. ^ "Louis Béland-Goyette joins the first team". impactmontreal.com. Retrieved September 12, 2014.
  3. ^ "Montreal Impact vs. New England Revolution". matchcenter.mlssoccer.com. Retrieved September 13, 2014.
  4. ^ "Louis Béland-Goyette to play with the FC Montreal this season". March 25, 2015.
  5. ^ Montreal Gazette (November 10, 2016). "Pointe-Claire's Louis Béland-Goyette signs MLS contract with Impact".
  6. ^ Sam Stejkal (November 10, 2016). "Montreal Impact sign Louis Béland-Goyette to Homegrown contract for 2017". MLS website.
  7. ^ "Impact exercises options for seven players". Impactmontreal.com. November 26, 2018.
  8. ^ "Valour FC ink Canadian midfielder Louis Béland-Goyette". Valour FC. April 9, 2019. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
  9. ^ "HIGHLIGHTS: Valour blast by Eddies with 2nd-half comeback". August 19, 2019.
  10. ^ Gareth Hampshire (January 8, 2020). "Wanderers sign coveted former Valour playmaker Louis Béland-Goyette". HFX Wanderers FC. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
  11. ^ "Canadian Premier League". August 14, 2018.
  12. ^ Rowaan, Dave (January 5, 2014). "Canada names squad for CONCACAF U20 Championships".
  13. ^ Canada Soccer Association. "Canada announces roster for Caribbean tour". Retrieved May 19, 2016.
  14. ^ Canada Soccer Association. "Canada m23 wins again on Caribbean tour". Retrieved May 19, 2016.
  15. ^ "Louis Béland-Goyette". Canada Soccer. Retrieved April 9, 2019.