Alex Surprenant
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alex Surprenant | ||
| Date of birth | September 4, 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Saint-Alexandre, Quebec, Canada | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2005 | Lakers du Lac Saint-Louis | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007 | Trois-Rivières Attak | 18 | (2) |
| 2008–2009 | Montreal Impact | 14 | (1) |
| 2011 | FC Edmonton | 19 | (2) |
| International career | |||
| 2008–2009 | Canada U-20 | 9 | (0) |
| 2013 | Québec | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of January 21, 2012 | |||
Alex Surprenant (born September 4, 1989) is a Canadian soccer player currently unattached.
Career
[edit]Youth
[edit]Born in Saint-Alexandre, Quebec, Surprenant began playing soccer with Lakers du Lac Saint-Louis in the Ligue de Soccer Elite Quebec, where he was named Best Defender, and won a gold medal at the Canadian Club Championships in 2006.[1]
Professional
[edit]Surprenant was signed by new expansion franchise Trois-Rivières Attak for the 2007 CSL season.[2] He helped Attak to claim their first piece of silverware by claiming the Open Canada Cup, and finished as runner-up in the National Division, before losing to the Serbian White Eagles in the CSL Championship Game.
Surprenant signed with the Montreal Impact of the USL First Division[3][4] in 2008. He made his debut on May 14, 2008, against the Charleston Battery, and scored his first Impact goal on September 8, 2008, against Minnesota Thunder. Surprenant also helped the Impact claim the inaugural Canadian Championship, which gained Montreal entry into the qualifying round of the CONCACAF Champions League 2008-09. In the playoffs, he helped the Impact make the semi-finals, where they were eliminated by eventual winners, the Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
Surprenant signed with FC Edmonton of the North American Soccer League on March 3, 2011.[5] The club released Surprenant on October 12, 2011.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Attak FC". 2008-05-26. Archived from the original on 2008-05-26. Retrieved 2017-05-25.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "The ATTAK SIGNS THREE PLAYERS". Archived from the original on 2008-11-18. Retrieved 2008-11-23.
- ^ "Surprenant signs with the Impact". Archived from the original on 2008-11-18. Retrieved 2008-11-23.
- ^ "Alex Surprenant | SoccerStats.us". soccerstats.us. Retrieved 2017-05-25.
- ^ "FC Edmonton Adds Three More to Roster". 3 March 2011.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-10-15. Retrieved 2011-10-14.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
External links
[edit]
- 1989 births
- Living people
- Men's association football defenders
- Canadian Soccer League (1998–present) players
- Canadian men's soccer players
- FC Edmonton players
- Montreal Impact (1992–2011) players
- Sportspeople from Montérégie
- Soccer people from Quebec
- Trois-Rivières Attak players
- USL First Division players
- North American Soccer League (2011–2017) players
- Canada men's youth international soccer players
- Lakers du Lac Saint-Louis players
- 21st-century Canadian sportsmen