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]
Position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Blainville
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– Blainville 22 (2)
National team‡
2015–2017 Canada 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 October 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of January 22, 2017

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.[2]

Lefèvre played four seasons for the Université de Montréal Carabins.[3] 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.[1]

Professional

In 2011, he began playing in the Canadian Soccer League with the Montreal Impact Academy.[4] He was a finalist for the 2012 CSL MVP award.[1] Lefèvre made his debut for Montreal Impact (NASL) in the North American Soccer League on June 26, 2011 against FC Edmonton.[5] In 2012, he trained regularly with the first team, playing eight MLS Reserve League games.[1]

On February 26, 2013, Lefèvre signed a Homegrown Player contract with the Montreal Impact.[6] 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.[7][8]

On August 15, 2017 Lefèvre was loaned to the Ottawa Fury.[9]

Lefèvre was waived by Montreal on January 18, 2018.[10]

After a year away from the pitch, Lefévre joined Canadian club AS Blainville in the winter 2019.[11] He made fifteen appearances for Blainville that season, scoring one goal.[12]

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.[13] Lefèvre earned his first international cap as a starter in the match, a 1–1 draw on October 13, 2015.[14]

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.[1]

Career statistics

Club
As of September 29, 2020
Club League Season League Playoffs Domestic Cup League Cup Continental Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Montreal Impact NASL 2011 20––––20
Montreal Impact MLS 2013 600010–2080
2014 150–20–30200
2015 1120030––142
2016 1300020––160
2017 30–30––60
Total 502101100050672
FC Montreal (loan) USL 2015 20––––20
2016 10––––10
Total 300000000030
Ottawa Fury FC (loan) USL 2017 20–00––20
A.S. Blainville PLSQ 2019[15] 151–0030–181
2020[15] 71––––71
Total 2220000!3000252
Career total 774001103050974

International
As of January 22, 2017
Canada national team
YearAppsGoals
201510
201610
201710
Total30

Honours

Club

Montreal Impact

References
  1. "Wandrille Lefèvre". Montreal Impact. Archived from the original on August 22, 2017.
  2. "Wandrille Lefèvre". Pro Evolution Coaching (in French).
  3. 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.
  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. "Montreal Impact vs FC Edmonton". Montreal Impact. June 26, 2011. Archived from the original on March 22, 2012.
  6. "Quebecers Wandrille Lefèvre and Maxim Tissot of the Academy join the Impact in MLS". Montreal Impact. February 26, 2013.
  7. "Montreal Impact vs Chicago Fire". Major League Soccer. April 27, 2013. Archived from the original on March 20, 2014.
  8. 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.
  9. "Lefèvre joins Fury FC on loan from Montreal Impact". Ottawa Fury FC. August 15, 2017. Archived from the original on December 15, 2019.
  10. "Impact waives defenders Wandrille Lefèvre and Deian Boldor". Montreal Impact. January 18, 2018.
  11. 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).
  12. "Lefevre, Wandrille". TSI Sports. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
  13. Bottjer, Steve (October 2, 2015). "CanMNT names squad for October friendly against Ghana". Red Nation Online.
  14. "Canada MNT deliver impressive performance in Ghana draw". Canada Soccer. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
  15. "PLSQ Stats Archive" (in French). TSI Sports. Retrieved January 16, 2019.


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