Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | January 13, 2000 | ||
Place of birth | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Novara | ||
Number | 31 | ||
Youth career | |||
2010–2014 | GISSPRO Montreal | ||
2014–2019 | Spezia | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2020–2021 | Spezia | 1 | (0) |
2020–2021 | → Novara (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2021– | Novara | 36 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of May 3, 2024 |
Axel Desjardins (born January 13, 2000) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Italian Serie C club Novara. [1]
At 11, he started playing with the Braves d'Ahuntsic. When he was 13, his goaltending coach let him know about an academy in Italy run by Montrealer Jos Recine (Contact Sports Management) that gave opportunities to players from Australia, the United States and Canada. He went to Genoa, to participate in an exhibition match with the academies of Juventus, Genoa, Inter Milan and Spezia, and attracted the attention of the Spezia coaches, who invited him to trial with the team, after which he was offered a spot in their academy. [2]
Desjardins is a youth academy graduate of Spezia. He made his professional debut for the club on July 31, 2020 in a Serie B match against Salernitana. He replaced Titas Krapikas in the stoppage minute of second half as his team won the match 2–1. [3] [4]
On October 6, 2020, Serie C club Novara signed Desjardins on a season long loan deal. [5] [6]
On November 25, 2021, he would re-join Novara on a permanent deal, after they had been relegated to Serie D. [7]
In October 2018, Canada under-20 team head coach Andrew Olivieri called up Desjardins to attend a training camp ahead of 2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship. [8] [9]
Club | League | Season | League | Cup | Playoffs | Total | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Spezia | Serie B | 2019–20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Novara (loan) | Serie C | 2020–21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Novara | Serie D | 2021–22 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
Serie C | 2022–23 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |
2023–24 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
Total | 59 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 65 | 0 | ||
Career total | 60 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 66 | 0 |
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