Wandrille Lefèvre

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

Wandrille Lefèvre

Lefèvre with Montreal Impact in 2013
Personal information
Date of birth	(1989-12-17) December 17, 1989
Place of birth	Chartres, France
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Playing position(s)	Centre back
Club information
Current team	Blainville
Youth career
1998–2003	Montpellier HSC
2003–2007	College Stanislas
2007–2010	Montreal Carabins
2011–2013	Montreal Impact
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
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–	Blainville	15	(1)
National team^‡
2015–	Canada	3	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 December 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of January 22, 2017

Career

Amateur

Lefèvre played four seasons for the Université de Montréal Carabins.[2]

Professional

In 2011, he began playing in the Canadian Soccer League with the Montreal Impact Academy.[3] Lefèvre made his debut for Montreal Impact (NASL) in the North American Soccer League on June 26, 2011 against FC Edmonton.[4]

On February 26, 2013, Lefèvre signed a Homegrown Player contract with the Montreal Impact.[5] 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.[6][7]

On August 15, 2017 Lefèvre was loaned to the Ottawa Fury.[8]

Lefèvre was waived by Montreal on January 18, 2018.[9]

After a year away from the pitch, Lefévre joined Canadian club AS Blainville in the winter 2019.[10] He made fifteen appearances for Blainville that season, scoring one goal.[11]

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.[12] Lefèvre earned his first international cap as a starter in the match, a 1–1 draw on October 13, 2015.[13]

Personal life

Lefèvre previously held Canadian permanent residency which qualified him as a domestic player on Canadian teams for MLS roster purposes.[14] On July 2, 2015 he became a Canadian citizen.[15]

Career statistics

Club

As of August 20, 2017

Club	League	Season	League		Playoffs		Canadian Championship		CONCACAF		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Montreal Impact	NASL	2011	2	0	0	0	–		–		2	0
	MLS	2013	6	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	8	0
		2014	15	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	20	0
		2015	11	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	14	2
		2016	13	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	16	0
		2017	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	6	0
	Total		50	2	1	0	11	0	5	0	67	2
FC Montreal (loan)	USL	2015	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
		2016	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	Total		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Ottawa Fury FC (loan)	USL	2017	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Career total			55	2	0	0	11	0	5	0	72	2

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

• Canadian Championship (2): 2013, 2014

References

1. http://www.impactmontreal.com/en/players/wandrille-lefevre
2. http://the11.ca/2013/02/26/lefevre-tissot-make-the-jump-to-impacts-mls-roster/
3. "Wayback Machine" (PDF). December 16, 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 16, 2011. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
7. "Montreal Impact's Wandrille Lefevre still dazzled after replacing childhood hero Alessandro Nesta". Retrieved April 28, 2013.
8. "Lefèvre joins Fury FC on loan from Montreal Impact". ottawafuryfc.com. Ottawa Fury FC. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
9. https://www.impactmontreal.com/en/post/2018/01/18/impact-waives-defenders-wandrille-lef%C3%A8vre-and-deian-boldor
10. Wandrille Lefèvre embrasse le défi du Championnat canadien avec l'AS Blainville, rds.ca, 15 May 2019
11. "Lefevre, Wandrille". TSI Sports. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
12. Bottjer, Steve (October 2, 2015). "CanMNT names squad for October friendly against Ghana".
13. "Canada MNT deliver impressive performance in Ghana draw". Canada Soccer. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
14. http://www.impactmontreal.com/en/players/wandrille-lef%C3%A8vre
15. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10153394279005979.1073741945.116861190978&type=3

External links

• Wandrille Lefèvre at Major League Soccer