![]() Lamothe with HFX Wanderers in 2021 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 18 September 1997 | ||
Place of birth | Greenfield Park, Quebec, Canada | ||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Hanoi FC | ||
Number | 15 | ||
Youth career | |||
CS Longueuil | |||
2011–2016 | Montreal Impact | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018–2019 | Montreal Carabins | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016 | FC Montreal | 4 | (0) |
2017–2019 | CS Longueuil | 30 | (0) |
2020 | AS Blainville | 1 | (0) |
2021–2022 | HFX Wanderers | 45 | (3) |
2023–2024 | Pacific FC | 28 | (0) |
2023 | → Ho Chi Minh City (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2023–2024 | → Quảng Nam (loan) | 12 | (1) |
2025– | Hanoi FC | 9 | (0) |
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of June 22, 2025 |
Pierre Lamothe (born September 18, 1997) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for V.League 1 club Hanoi FC.
Pierre Lamothe was born in Greenfield Park, Quebec to a Canadian father and a Vietnamese mother from Huế. [1] He began playing youth soccer at age four with local club CS Longueuil. [2] [3] In September 2011, he joined the Montreal Impact Academy, when it was founded. [4] He played for Quebec provincial team at the U14 and U15 levels. [5]
In 2018, he began attending the Université de Montréal, where he played for the men's soccer team. [6] In December 2018, he received a scholarship from the Foundation for Athlete Excellence. [7] He won the U Sports men's soccer championship in 2018, finishing as runner-ups in 2019. [8] In the 2019 final of the national championship, he was named player of the game, in their loss to the UQTR Patriotes. [9] In 2018, he was named RSEQ Rookie of the Year and was named to the All-Rookie Team, [10] as well as being named to the U Sports national All-Rookie Team. [11] He was named an RSEQ First Team All-Star in both 2018 and 2019. [12] He was named to the U Sports All-Tournament Team in 2019. [13]
In July 2016, he joined the Impact's second team, FC Montreal in the USL, on an academy contract. [14] After the season, he had a trial with the reserve side of French club FC Lorient. [15]
In 2017, he returned to his former youth club CS Longueuil, joining the senior team in the Première ligue de soccer du Québec. [16] In 2019, he was named team captain. [17] During this time he also played club futsal with Longueuil and 2019 Canadian Futsal Championship finalists Sporting Montreal. [16] [18]
Ahead of the 2020 season, he sought to sign with a Canadian Premier League club, [19] however, he ultimately joined fellow PLSQ side AS Blainville. [17] He made only one appearance that season, which was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as he suffered an injury. [20] [21]
In January 2021, he joined HFX Wanderers FC in the Canadian Premier League on a one-year contract, with a club option for 2022. [22] [23] [24] Lamothe scored his first goal for the Wanderers on July 24, 2021 against Valour FC, netting the only goal in a 1-0 victory. [25] [26] [27] In January 2022, HFX announced they had exercised Lamothe's contract option, keeping him with the side through the 2022 season. [28] In August 2022, he scored two goals in back-to-back games, including a highlight reel goal on August 20 to give the Wanderers a 1-0 victory over Pacific FC. [29] [30] After two seasons with the team, he departed the club after the 2022 season. [31] Over his two seasons with the club, he scored three goals and added two assists in 48 appearances, across all competitions. [32] [33]
In November 2022, he signed a contract with Pacific FC for the 2023 season. [34] [35] In January 2023, he trained with Vietnamese V.League 1 club SHB Da Nang, playing in the 2023 Thien Long Cup Friendly Tournament. [1] In September 2023, he was loaned to Vietnamese club Ho Chi Minh City of the V.League 1 until March 2024. [36] [37] [38] However, Lamothe was released by Ho Chi Minh City before the season, as they filled their foreign player and Vietnamese origin player spots and had no remaining roster space. [39] On October 6, 2023, Lamothe joined fellow V.League 1 club Quảng Nam. [40] He then returned to Pacific for the 2024 season, after which he departed the club at the end of the season. [41]
In January 2025, he returned to Vietnam and signed with V.League 1 club Hanoi FC on a two-year contract. [42] [43]
In September 2015, Lamothe participated in a development camp for the Canadian U20 team led by Rob Gale. [2]
In 2017, he was named to the Quebec U20 team for the 2017 Jeux de la Francophonie. [44] [45]
Club | Season | League | Playoffs | National Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
FC Montreal | 2016 | United Soccer League | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||
CS Longueuil | 2017 | Première Ligue de soccer du Québec | 10 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
2018 | 11 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||||
2019 | 9 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||||
Total | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
AS Blainville | 2020 | Première Ligue de soccer du Québec | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
HFX Wanderers | 2021 | Canadian Premier League | 24 | 1 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 26 | 1 | ||
2022 | 21 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 22 | 2 | ||||
Total | 45 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 3 | ||
Pacific FC | 2023 | Canadian Premier League | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | |
2024 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 25 | 0 | |||
Total | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
Quảng Nam (loan) | 2023–24 | V.League 1 | 12 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 1 | ||
Career total | 120 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 128 | 4 |