Wandrille Lefèvre (born December 17, 1989) is a Canadian soccer player who plays as a centre back for FC Laval.
![]() Lefèvre with Montreal Impact in 2013 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1989-12-17) December 17, 1989 (age 32) | ||
Place of birth | Chartres, France | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Centre back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | FC Laval | ||
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 | Blainville | 34 | (2) |
2022– | FC Laval | 21 | (1) |
National team‡ | |||
2015–2017 | Canada | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 2, 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of January 22, 2017 |
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]
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]
In 2022, he joined FC Laval,[13] helping them win the PLSQ title.[14]
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.[15] Lefèvre earned his first international cap as a starter in the match, a 1–1 draw on October 13, 2015.[16]
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]
Club | League | Season | League | Playoffs | Domestic Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
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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[17] | 15 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 18 | 1 | ||
2020[17] | 7 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 7 | 1 | ||||||
Total | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | !3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 2 | ||
Career total | 77 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 97 | 4 |
Canada national team | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
2015 | 1 | 0 |
2016 | 1 | 0 |
2017 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 3 | 0 |
Montreal Impact
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.