Jems Geffrard
![]() Geffrard with HFX Wanderers in 2021 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | James Geffrard | ||
Date of birth | 26 August 1994 | ||
Place of birth | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | ||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Youth career | |||
CS Rivière-des-Prairies | |||
2011–2015 | Montreal Impact | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (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) |
International career‡ | |||
2017– | Haiti | 19 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 September 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 June 2021 |
James "Jems" Geffrard (born 26 August 1994) is a professional footballer. Born in Canada, he plays for the Haiti national team.
Early life
Geffrard began playing futsal at age 12 and began playing football at age 14,[1] where he played youth soccer with CS Rivière-des-Prairies, before later joining the Montreal Impact Academy.[2]
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.[3] In 2016, he signed with the Impact's second team, FC Montreal, in the United Soccer League.[4]
In 2017, Geffrard left Canada to play for Ekenäs IF in Finland's second division.[5]
The following season he signed to play in the Veikkausliiga with Rovaniemen Palloseura.[6][7] He joined on a one-year contract with an option for an additional season.[8][9] He left the club after the 2018 season.[10]
In 2019, he joined Fresno FC in the USL Championship.[11] 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.[12] On 18 February 2020, Geffrard signed with Canadian Premier League side HFX Wanderers.[13][14] His contract with the Halifax-based club expired after the 2021 season.[15]
For the 2022 season, he played in the Quebec-based Première ligue de soccer du Québec with CS Mont-Royal Outremont.[16]
International career
Internationally, Geffrard represents the Haiti national team, and made his debut against Japan on 10 October 2017.[1][17] In May 2019, he was named to the Haitian squad for the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup,[18] serving as one of the team's best players,[19] and helped Haiti upset his native Canada 3–2 in the quarter-finals.[20][21] Geffrard also represented Haiti at the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[22]
Honours
HFX Wanderers
- Canadian Premier League
- Runners-up: 2020
References
- ^ a b Petit-Clair, Benson (17 October 2017). "Interview: À la découverte du Grenadier Jems Geffrard" [Interview: Discovering the Grenadier Jems Geffrard]. Haiti Tempo (in French).
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Six youngsters join the Montreal Impact Academy". Montreal Impact. 13 December 2011.
- ^ "FC Montreal unveils its 2016 roster". Montreal Impact. 1 March 2016.
- ^ 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).
- ^ Pikkupeura, Pasi. "Vahvistus Montrealista - RoPS kaappasi Jems Geffrardin" [Confirmation from Montreal - RoPS captured Jems Geffrard]. Rovaniemen Palloseura (in Finnish).
- ^ "Jems Geffrard till RoPS" [Jems Geffrard to RoPS]. Västra Nyland (in Swedish). 11 January 2018.
- ^ 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).
- ^ "Jems Geffrard RoPS:aan 1+1 vuoden sopimuksella" [Jems Geffrard to RoPS on a 1+1 year contract]. Veikkausliiga (in Finnish). 11 January 2018.
- ^ "Veikkausliigan siirrot talvella 2018-2019" [Veikkausliiga transfers in winter 2018-2019]. Veikkausliiga (in Finnish). 30 January 2019.
- ^ 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).
- ^ 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).
- ^ Gareth Hampshire (18 February 2020). "Wanderers get defensive know-how with Canadian-born, Haitian international Jems Geffrard". HFX Wanderers FC. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- ^ MacNeil, John (9 July 2020). "Amazing fan support one of the reasons Jems Geffrard signed with HFX Wanderers". SaltWire Network.
- ^ Rhodes, Benedict (6 April 2022). "HFX Wanderers: 2022 Canadian Premier League Season Preview". Canadian Premier League. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
- ^ "Pro-PLSQ Équipe" [Pro-PLSQ Male Team]. CS MRO (in French). Retrieved 4 October 2022.
- ^ Lawrence, Dylan (6 December 2020). "Wanderers' Jems Geffrard is ready for 2021: 'We have unfinished business'". Canadian Premier League.
- ^ Burgess, Don (27 May 2019). "Haiti Announce Team For Concacaf Gold Cup". Bernews.
- ^ 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).
- ^ MacDonald, Glenn (1 June 2021). "Haiti national team calls up HFX Wanderers' Geffrard". SaltWire Network.
- ^ Harris, Daniel (15 July 2021). "CA & C Cafe: One-On-One With Halifax's Jems Geffrard". Northern Tribune.
- ^ Jacques, John (7 July 2021). "Telfer And Geffrard Reach 2021 Gold Cup". Northern Tribune.
External links
- Jems Geffrard at FootballDatabase.eu
- Jems Geffrard at National-Football-Teams.com
- Jems Geffrard at Soccerway
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Men's association football defenders
- Haitian men's footballers
- Canadian men's soccer players
- Soccer players from Montreal
- Canadian people of Haitian descent
- Sportspeople of Haitian descent
- Haitian Quebecers
- Black Canadian men's soccer players
- Canadian expatriate men's soccer players
- CF Montréal U23 players
- FC Montreal players
- Ekenäs IF players
- Rovaniemen Palloseura players
- Fresno FC players
- HFX Wanderers FC players
- Canadian Soccer League (1998–present) players
- USL League Two players
- USL Championship players
- Ykkönen players
- Veikkausliiga players
- Canadian Premier League players
- Haiti men's international footballers
- 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- Haitian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Finland
- Haitian expatriate sportspeople in Finland
- Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Finland
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- Haitian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- CS Mont-Royal Outremont players
- Ligue1 Québec players