Armel Dagrou

Armel Dagrou
Personal information
Full name Armel Dagrou Jr.
Date of birth (1992-03-16) 16 March 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
2010 Montreal Impact
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2012 Montreal Carabins
2013–2015 UQAM Citadins
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012 FC Brossard 15 (6)
2013–2015 CS Mont-Royal Outremont 37 (10)
2016 AS Blainville 14 (5)
2019 CS Mont-Royal Outremont 5 (0)
International career‡
2014 Burundi 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 December 2019
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 June 2014

Armel Dagrou Jr. (born 16 March 1992) is a soccer player who plays as a forward. Born in Canada, he represented Burundi internationally.

Early life

Dagrou was born in Montreal, Quebec, to a Burundian mother and an Ivorian father.[1] He lived in France, Belgium, and the Ivory Coast before settling in Gatineau when he was 16 years old.[2]

He helped the Quebec team win gold at the 2009 Canada Games.[2] In 2010, he joined the Montreal Impact Academy.[2] In 2011, he was part of the Quebec U23 team that played a friendly against French club FC Metz U19.[3]

University career

Dagrou initially attended the University of Montreal, playing for the Carabins.[2] In 2013, he switched to the Université du Québec à Montréal.[1] In 2014, he was named a CIS first-team all-star as well as RSEQ MVP.[4][5]

Club career

In 2012, Dagrou played for FC Brossard in the Première ligue de soccer du Québec.[6]

In 2013, he joined new PLSQ side CS Mont-Royal Outremont.[7] He won two PLSQ titles with Mont-Royal in 2013 and 2015.[8] In 2015, Mont-Royal participated in the Inter-Provincial Cup against League1 Ontario champions Oakville Blue Devils FC, with Dagrou scoring in the first leg.[9]

In 2015, he went on trial with Swedish club IFK Luleå.[10]

In 2016, he moved to AS Blainville.[11]

In 2021, he played with Boucherville in the amateur Ligue de soccer élite du Québec, winning the men's AAA title[12] and was the league's top scorer.[13]

International career

In 2014, he was invited to take part in the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification with the Burundi national team, after he took videos to the national team coach.[1] He made his debut on 1 June 2014, against Botswana in a 1–0 defeat.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Ducharme, Jean-François (15 September 2014). "Un Citadin au Burundi" [A Citadin in Burundi]. Université du Québec à Montréal (in French). Archived from the original on 28 December 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d Marois, Michel (26 September 2014). "Armel Dagrou, Entre L'UQAM et le Burundi". La Presse. Archived from the original on 28 December 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Deux Carabins sur L'Équipe du Québec" [Two Carabins on the Quebec team]. Montreal Carabins. 13 April 2011. Archived from the original on 28 December 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  4. ^ "CIS men's soccer award winners announced". SaltWire Network. 5 November 2014. Archived from the original on 28 December 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  5. ^ "2014 CIS Men's Soccer Championship Participating Teams". U Sports. Archived from the original on 28 December 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  6. ^ "Rapport Annuel 2012-2013" [Annual Report 2012-2013] (PDF). Soccer Quebec. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 December 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  7. ^ "Toute une saison inaugurale !" [A whole inaugural season!]. Journal Métro (in French). 7 November 2013. Archived from the original on 28 December 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  8. ^ Lidbetter, Mark (14 October 2015). "Griffons repeat as PLSQ champions". The Suburban. Archived from the original on 28 December 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  9. ^ "Inter-Provincial Cup - Oakville Blue Devils Lead 3-1 after first leg". Ontario Soccer Association. 29 October 2015. Archived from the original on 27 March 2023. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  10. ^ "PSC 2015 Success Stories". Pro Soccer Consulting. Archived from the original on 28 December 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  11. ^ "Armel Dagrou (Blainville) : " Normal que Pierre-Rudolph Mayard joue devant "" [Armel Dagrou (Blainville): "Normal that Pierre-Rudolph Mayard plays in front"]. Just eSoccer (in French). 13 October 2016. Archived from the original on 28 December 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  12. ^ "Champions Provinciaux LSEQ 2021" [LSEQ 2021 Provincial Champions]. Soccer Boucherville (in French). Facebook. 10 September 2021. Archived from the original on 27 March 2023. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  13. ^ "LSEQ - L'opportunité De Rebondir Pour Nos Gars" [LSEQ - The opportunity to bounce back for our guys]. CS Boucherville (in French). 1 June 2022. Archived from the original on 9 October 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2022.