Armel Dagrou

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Armel Dagrou
Personal information
Full name Armel Dagrou Jr.
Date of birth (1992-03-16) 16 March 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
2010 Montreal Impact
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2012 Montreal Carabins
2013–2015 UQAM Citadins
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012 FC Brossard 15 (6)
2013–2015 CS Mont-Royal Outremont 37 (10)
2016 AS Blainville 14 (5)
2019 CS Mont-Royal Outremont 5 (0)
International career
2014 Burundi 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 December 2019
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 June 2014

Armel Dagrou Jr. (born 16 March 1992) is a soccer player who plays as a forward. Born in Canada, he represented Burundi internationally.

Early life[edit]

Dagrou was born in Montreal, Quebec, to a Burundian mother and an Ivorian father.[1] He lived in France, Belgium, and the Ivory Coast before settling in Gatineau when he was 16 years old.[2]

He helped the Quebec team win gold at the 2009 Canada Games.[2] In 2010, he joined the Montreal Impact Academy.[2] In 2011, he was part of the Quebec U23 team that played a friendly against French club FC Metz U19.[3]

University career[edit]

Dagrou initially attended the University of Montreal, playing for the Carabins.[2] In 2013, he switched to the Université du Québec à Montréal.[1] In 2014, he was named a CIS first-team all-star as well as RSEQ MVP.[4][5]

Club career[edit]

In 2012, Dagrou played for FC Brossard in the Première ligue de soccer du Québec.[6]

In 2013, he joined new PLSQ side CS Mont-Royal Outremont.[7] He won two PLSQ titles with Mont-Royal in 2013 and 2015.[8] In 2015, Mont-Royal participated in the Inter-Provincial Cup against League1 Ontario champions Oakville Blue Devils FC, with Dagrou scoring in the first leg.[9]

In 2015, he went on trial with Swedish club IFK Luleå.[10]

In 2016, he moved to AS Blainville.[11]

In 2021, he played with Boucherville in the amateur Ligue de soccer élite du Québec, winning the men's AAA title[12] and was the league's top scorer.[13]

International career[edit]

In 2014, he was invited to take part in the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification with the Burundi national team, after he took videos to the national team coach.[1] He made his debut on 1 June 2014, against Botswana in a 1–0 defeat.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d Ducharme, Jean-François (15 September 2014). "Un Citadin au Burundi" [A Citadin in Burundi]. Université du Québec à Montréal (in French). Archived from the original on 28 December 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d Marois, Michel (26 September 2014). "Armel Dagrou, Entre L'UQAM et le Burundi". La Presse. Archived from the original on 28 December 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Deux Carabins sur L'Équipe du Québec" [Two Carabins on the Quebec team]. Montreal Carabins. 13 April 2011. Archived from the original on 28 December 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  4. ^ "CIS men's soccer award winners announced". SaltWire Network. 5 November 2014. Archived from the original on 28 December 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  5. ^ "2014 CIS Men's Soccer Championship Participating Teams". U Sports. Archived from the original on 28 December 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  6. ^ "Rapport Annuel 2012-2013" [Annual Report 2012-2013] (PDF). Soccer Quebec. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 December 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  7. ^ "Toute une saison inaugurale !" [A whole inaugural season!]. Journal Métro (in French). 7 November 2013. Archived from the original on 28 December 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  8. ^ Lidbetter, Mark (14 October 2015). "Griffons repeat as PLSQ champions". The Suburban. Archived from the original on 28 December 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  9. ^ "Inter-Provincial Cup - Oakville Blue Devils Lead 3-1 after first leg". Ontario Soccer Association. 29 October 2015. Archived from the original on 27 March 2023. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  10. ^ "PSC 2015 Success Stories". Pro Soccer Consulting. Archived from the original on 28 December 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  11. ^ "Armel Dagrou (Blainville) : " Normal que Pierre-Rudolph Mayard joue devant "" [Armel Dagrou (Blainville): "Normal that Pierre-Rudolph Mayard plays in front"]. Just eSoccer (in French). 13 October 2016. Archived from the original on 28 December 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  12. ^ "Champions Provinciaux LSEQ 2021" [LSEQ 2021 Provincial Champions]. Soccer Boucherville (in French). Facebook. 10 September 2021. Archived from the original on 27 March 2023. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  13. ^ "LSEQ - L'opportunité De Rebondir Pour Nos Gars" [LSEQ - The opportunity to bounce back for our guys]. CS Boucherville (in French). 1 June 2022. Archived from the original on 9 October 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2022.

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