Jems Geffrard

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Jems Geffrard
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Geffrard with HFX Wanderers in 2021
Personal information
Full name James Geffrard
Date of birth (1994-08-26) 26 August 1994 (age 31)
Place of birth Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position Centre-back
Youth career
CS Rivière-des-Prairies
2011–2015 Montreal Impact
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011–2012 Montreal Impact Academy
2014 Montreal Impact U23
2015–2016 FC Montreal 14 (0)
2017 Ekenäs IF 25 (0)
2018 RoPS 20 (0)
2019 Fresno FC 7 (0)
2020–2021 HFX Wanderers 22 (0)
2022 CS Mont-Royal Outremont 13 [1] (1)
International career‡
2017– Haiti 19 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 30 September 2022
‡ National team caps and goals as of 24 June 2021

James "Jems" Geffrard (born 26 August 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back. Born in Canada, he plays for the Haiti national team.

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Early life

Geffrard began playing futsal at age 12 and began playing football at age 14, [2] where he played youth soccer with CS Rivière-des-Prairies, before later joining the Montreal Impact Academy. [3]

Club career

Geffrard began his career in 2011 by signing with the Montreal Impact Academy, and competed in the Canadian Soccer League, and USL Premier Development League. [4] In 2016, he signed with the Impact's second team, FC Montreal, in the United Soccer League. [5]

In 2017, Geffrard left Canada to play for Ekenäs IF in Finland's second division. [6]

The following season he signed to play in the Veikkausliiga with Rovaniemen Palloseura. [7] [8] He joined on a one-year contract with an option for an additional season. [9] [10] He left the club after the 2018 season. [11]

In 2019, he joined Fresno FC in the USL Championship. [12] Geffrard made his debut for Fresno FC on 15 May 2019, in a U.S. Open Cup match against El Farolito Soccer Club.

Ahead of the 2020 season, he was set to attend training camp with the Montreal Impact, but ultimately did not attend. [13] On 18 February 2020, Geffrard signed with Canadian Premier League side HFX Wanderers. [14] [15] His contract with the Halifax-based club expired after the 2021 season. [16]

For the 2022 season, he played in the Quebec-based Première ligue de soccer du Québec with CS Mont-Royal Outremont. [17]

International career

Internationally, Geffrard represents the Haiti national team, and made his debut against Japan on 10 October 2017. [2] [18] In May 2019, he was named to the Haitian squad for the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup, [19] serving as one of the team's best players, [20] and helped Haiti upset his native Canada 3–2 in the quarter-finals. [21] [22] Geffrard also represented Haiti at the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup. [23]

Honours

HFX Wanderers

References

  1. ↑ "PLSQ Stats Archive" (in French). TSI Sports. Archived from the original on 4 March 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  2. 1 2 Petit-Clair, Benson (17 October 2017). "Interview: À la découverte du Grenadier Jems Geffrard" [Interview: Discovering the Grenadier Jems Geffrard]. Haiti Tempo (in French).
  3. ↑ "Jems Geffrard, l'heureux exil d'un joueur de soccer québécois en Finlande" [Jems Geffrard, the happy exile of a Quebec soccer player in Finland]. Ici Radio-Canada Télé (in French). 9 May 2017.
  4. ↑ "Six youngsters join the Montreal Impact Academy". Montreal Impact . 13 December 2011.
  5. ↑ "FC Montreal unveils its 2016 roster". Montreal Impact . 1 March 2016.
  6. ↑ Rosenblad, Helena (25 September 2017). "EIF:s Jems Geffrard spelar för Haitis landslag" [EIF's Jems Geffrard plays for Haiti's national team]. Yle (in Finnish).
  7. ↑ Pikkupeura, Pasi. "Vahvistus Montrealista - RoPS kaappasi Jems Geffrardin" [Confirmation from Montreal - RoPS captured Jems Geffrard]. Rovaniemen Palloseura (in Finnish).
  8. ↑ "Jems Geffrard till RoPS" [Jems Geffrard to RoPS]. Västra Nyland (in Swedish). 11 January 2018.
  9. ↑ Rönkä, Otto (11 January 2018). "RoPS vahvistuu Haitin maajoukkuemiehellä: "Näimme lupaavia asioita"" [RoPS gets stronger with the Haitian national team player: "We saw promising things"]. Yle (in Finnish).
  10. ↑ "Jems Geffrard RoPS:aan 1+1 vuoden sopimuksella" [Jems Geffrard to RoPS on a 1+1 year contract]. Veikkausliiga (in Finnish). 11 January 2018.
  11. ↑ "Veikkausliigan siirrot talvella 2018-2019" [Veikkausliiga transfers in winter 2018-2019]. Veikkausliiga (in Finnish). 30 January 2019.
  12. ↑ Geffrard, Childo (19 February 2020). "Foot – Transfert: Jems Geffrard est officiellement un joueur du FC Wanderers !" [Foot – Transfer: Jems Geffrard is officially a FC Wanderers player!]. Haiti Tempo (in French).
  13. ↑ Jephté, Pierre Caleb (15 January 2020). "Foot – Transfert : Jems Geffrard pisté par des équipes allemandes !" [Foot – Transfer: Jems Geffrard tracked by German teams!]. Haiti Tempo (in French).
  14. ↑ Gareth Hampshire (18 February 2020). "Wanderers get defensive know-how with Canadian-born, Haitian international Jems Geffrard". HFX Wanderers FC. Archived from the original on 18 February 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  15. ↑ MacNeil, John (9 July 2020). "Amazing fan support one of the reasons Jems Geffrard signed with HFX Wanderers". SaltWire Network .
  16. ↑ Rhodes, Benedict (6 April 2022). "HFX Wanderers: 2022 Canadian Premier League Season Preview". Canadian Premier League . Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  17. ↑ "Pro-PLSQ Équipe" [Pro-PLSQ Male Team]. CS MRO (in French). Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  18. ↑ Lawrence, Dylan (6 December 2020). "Wanderers' Jems Geffrard is ready for 2021: 'We have unfinished business'". Canadian Premier League .
  19. ↑ Burgess, Don (27 May 2019). "Haiti Announce Team For Concacaf Gold Cup". Bernews.
  20. ↑ Geffrard, Childo (21 July 2019). "Jems Geffrard: Les deux stats qui en font l'un des meilleurs défenseurs de la Gold Cup 2019 !" [Jems Geffrard: The two stats that make him one of the best defenders in the 2019 Gold Cup!]. Haiti Tempo (in French).
  21. ↑ MacDonald, Glenn (1 June 2021). "Haiti national team calls up HFX Wanderers' Geffrard". SaltWire Network .
  22. ↑ Harris, Daniel (15 July 2021). "CA & C Cafe: One-On-One With Halifax's Jems Geffrard". Northern Tribune.
  23. ↑ Jacques, John (7 July 2021). "Telfer And Geffrard Reach 2021 Gold Cup". Northern Tribune.
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