Jefferson Alphonse

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Jefferson Alphonse
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Alphonse with HFX Wanderers FC in 2024
Personal information
Full name Jefferson Andrew Alphonse
Date of birth (2003-06-12) June 12, 2003 (age 22)
Place of birth Anjou, Quebec, Canada
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 HFX Wanderers FC
Number 21
Youth career
FC Anjou
CF Montréal
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022 CF Montréal U23 13 (0)
2023–2024 CS St-Laurent 9 (0)
2024– HFX Wanderers 17 (0)
International career‡
2022 Canada U20 3 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of October 19, 2024
‡ National team caps and goals as of June 26, 2022

Jefferson Andrew Alphonse (born June 12, 2003) is a Canadian soccer player who plays for HFX Wanderers FC in the Canadian Premier League.

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Early life

Alphonse began playing youth soccer at age eight with FC Anjou. [1] He later joined the CF Montréal Academy and was invited to attend pre-season with the first team ahead of the 2023 season. [2]

Club career

Alphonse began his senior career with CF Montréal U23 in the Première ligue de soccer du Québec. [3] In 2023 and 2024, he played with CS St-Laurent. [4] During 2023, he was invited to play with the HFX Wanderers U23 team for a couple of exhibition matches against German club Holstein Kiel U23. [5] After playing with St-Laurent in the 2024 Canadian Championship, he went on trial with Cavalry FC of the Canadian Premier League for a week in June 2024, but did not sign as they had some issues with roster management. [4]

In late June 2024, Alphonse signed a professional contract with the HFX Wanderers of the Canadian Premier League for the remainder of the 2024 CPL season with club options for 2025 and 2026. [6] [7] [8] He made his debut on July 1, in a substitute appearance, against Cavalry FC. [9]

International career

In April 2022, Alphonse was called up to the Canada U20 for the first time for a training camp, before later being named to the squad for the 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship. [1]

Career statistics

As of October 19, 2024 [10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeaguePlayoffsDomestic cupTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
CF Montréal U23 2022 [11] Première ligue de soccer du Québec 130——130
CS St-Laurent 2023 [12] Ligue1 Québec 50——50
2024 [12] 40—3070
Total900030120
HFX Wanderers 2024 Canadian Premier League 170—00170
Career total3900030420

References

  1. 1 2 Jefferson Alphonse at Canada Soccer
  2. ↑ "Le CF Montréal amorcera son camp avec 29 joueurs" [CF Montreal will start its camp with 29 players]. Le Journal de Québec (in French). January 8, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Halifax Wanderers sign U-21 defender Jefferson Alphonse from CS Saint-Laurent". Canadian Premier League . June 29, 2024.
  4. 1 2 Parisis, Quentin (July 17, 2024). "Jefferson Alphonse des Wanderers a bien mérité son premier contrat" [Wanderers' Jefferson Alphonse has earned his first contract]. Canadian Premier League (in French).
  5. ↑ "Wanderers U23 selects squad for upcoming matches in Moncton, Charlottetown and Halifax". HFX Wanderers . June 29, 2023.
  6. ↑ "'An elite 1-v-1 defender': Wanderers sign Canadian U21 Jefferson Alphonse". HFX Wanderers FC . June 29, 2024.
  7. ↑ Desilien, Hendy (June 29, 2024). "Jefferson Alphonse : Une Nouvelle Recrue Prometteuse pour les HFX Wanderers" [Jefferson Alphonse: A Promising New Recruit for the HFX Wanderers]. Sport Passion Info (in French).
  8. ↑ "Jefferson Alphonse Joins Halifax Wanderers: A New Chapter for Club Saint-Laurent". CS St-Laurent . June 30, 2024.
  9. ↑ Peres, Ben (July 2, 2024). "The Wanderers Recap: Matchday 11 — Sometimes It Needs To Be Messy". Northern Tribune.
  10. ↑ Jefferson Alphonse at Soccerway
  11. ↑ "PTS-Ligue Archive" (in French). TSI Sports.
  12. 1 2 "Ligue1 Quebec Stats". Spordle.
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