Wandrille Lefèvre

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 14 (1)
International career‡
2015–2017 Canada 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of September 8, 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

Amateur

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

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

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

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

Club

As of September 15, 2024
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
A.S. Blainville Ligue1 Québec 2024[26] 14 1 – – 1 0 – 15 1
Career total 139 7 0 0 11 0 7 0 5 0 163 7

International

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

Honours

Club

Montreal Impact

Montreal Impact Academy

References

  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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "2023 Ligue1 Quebec stats". Ligue1 Québec.