Mathieu Choinière (born February 7, 1999) is a Canadian soccer player who currently plays for CF Montréal in Major League Soccer.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mathieu Choinière | ||
| Date of birth | (1999-02-07) February 7, 1999 (age 23) | ||
| Place of birth | Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | CF Montréal | ||
| Number | 29 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Celtix du Haut-Richelieu | |||
| CS St-Hubert | |||
| 2011–2018 | Montreal Impact | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018– | CF Montréal[lower-alpha 1] | 74 | (4) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2018 | Canada U20 | 5 | (1) |
| 2018 | Canada U21 | 4 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 9, 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of April 8, 2019 | |||
Choinière was born in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec and grew up in the neighbouring Saint-Alexandre, Quebec.[2] He began playing soccer with Celtix du Haut-Richelieu, before moving on to CS St-Hubert.[3] In 2011, he joined the Montreal Impact Academy and became the first player in the organization's history to play for the U13, U14, U16, U18 and U19 teams prior to joining the first team.[4]
Choinière signed an MLS contract with the Montreal Impact, later renamed CF Montréal, on July 17, 2018.[5] He made his first appearance the next day against the Vancouver Whitecaps FC in the Canadian Championship. He made his first league appearance 3 days later against the Portland Timbers. Choinière would have his option for the 2020 season exercised by the Impact, keeping him with the club.[6] In February 2022 Choinière signed a contract extension through 2024, with an option year for 2025.[7]
Choinière has been called up to various youth camps for Canada.[8] In 2017, he was called up to a Quebec-Canada U20 team to play friendlies against Haiti U20, who were preparing for the 2017 Jeux de la Francophonie.[9]
In May 2018, he was called up to the Canada U21 team for the 2018 Toulon Tournament.[10] He scored a goal against France in the fifth-place playoff.[11] In October 2018 Choinière was named to the Canadian Under-20 squad for the 2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.[12] He scored in Canada's second game of the tournament against Guadeloupe.[13]
Choinière was named to the Canadian U-23 provisional roster for the 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship on February 26, 2020.[14]
In November 2022 Choinière was called up to the senior side for a friendly against Bahrain.[15]
| Club | League | Season | League | Playoffs | Domestic Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals! | |||
| CF Montréal | MLS | 2018 | 5 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2019 | 17 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 19 | 0 | ||||
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2021 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 27 | 2 | |||
| 2022 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 2 | ||
| Career Total | 74 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 83 | 4 | ||
CF Montréal – current squad | |
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