Mathieu Choinière

Mathieu Choinière (born February 7, 1999) is a Canadian soccer player who currently plays for CF Montréal in Major League Soccer.

Mathieu Choinière
Personal information
Full name Mathieu Choinière
Date of birth (1999-02-07) February 7, 1999
Place of birth Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 CF Montréal
Number 29
Youth career
Celtix du Haut-Richelieu
CS St-Hubert
2011–2018 Montreal Impact
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018– CF Montréal[lower-alpha 1] 86 (6)
International career‡
2018 Canada U20 5 (1)
2018 Canada U21 4 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of May 17, 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of April 8, 2019

Early life

Choinière was born in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec and grew up in the neighbouring Saint-Alexandre, Quebec.[2] He began playing soccer with Celtix du Haut-Richelieu, before moving on to CS St-Hubert.[3] In 2011, he joined the Montreal Impact Academy and became the first player in the organization's history to play for the U13, U14, U16, U18 and U19 teams prior to joining the first team.[4]

Club career

Choinière signed an MLS contract with the Montreal Impact, later renamed CF Montréal, on July 17, 2018.[5] He made his first appearance the next day against the Vancouver Whitecaps FC in the Canadian Championship. He made his first league appearance 3 days later against the Portland Timbers. Choinière would have his option for the 2020 season exercised by the Impact, keeping him with the club.[6] In February 2022 Choinière signed a contract extension through 2024, with an option year for 2025.[7]

International career

Youth

Choinière has been called up to various youth camps for Canada.[8] In 2017, he was called up to a Quebec-Canada U20 team to play friendlies against Haiti U20, who were preparing for the 2017 Jeux de la Francophonie.[9]

In May 2018, he was called up to the Canada U21 team for the 2018 Toulon Tournament.[10] He scored a goal against France in the fifth-place playoff.[11] In October 2018 Choinière was named to the Canadian Under-20 squad for the 2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.[12] He scored in Canada's second game of the tournament against Guadeloupe.[13]

Choinière was named to the Canadian U-23 provisional roster for the 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship on February 26, 2020.[14]

Senior

In November 2022 Choinière was called up to the senior side for a friendly against Bahrain.[15]

Career statistics

Club
As of May 17, 2023[16]
Club League Season League Playoffs Domestic Cup Continental Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
CF Montréal Major League Soccer 2018 50—10—60
2019 170—20—190
2020 0000—0000
2021 2620010—272
2022 262102020312
2023 1220020—142
Career Total 866108020976

Honours

Club
Montreal Impact

Notes
  1. Montreal Impact changed its name to CF Montréal in 2021

References
  1. "Mathieu Choinière". CF Montréal. Retrieved August 21, 2022.
  2. "Mathieu Choinière Canada Soccer Profile". Canadian Soccer Association.
  3. "Mathieu Choinière Signe Son Premier Contrat Pro avec L'Impact" [Mathieu Choinière Signs His First Pro Contract with the Impact]. ARS Rive-Sud (in French). July 18, 2018.
  4. Rioux, Benoit (July 27, 2021). "Mathieu Choinière Rêve Maintenant de Marquer à Montréal" [Mathieu Choinière Now Dreams of Scoring in Montreal]. TVA Sports (in French).
  5. "Mathieu Choinière signs an MLS contract with the Impact". Montreal Impact. Retrieved July 23, 2016.
  6. "Impact exercises options for 11 players". Montreal Impact. November 21, 2019.
  7. "CF Montréal and Mathieu Choinière agree to two-year contract extension". CF Montréal. February 26, 2022.
  8. Mathieu Choinière at the Canadian Soccer Association
  9. "L'Impact U18 Bien Représenté dans la Sélection Canada-Québec" [The Impact U18 Well Represented in the Canada-Quebec Selection]. TVA Sports (in French). July 7, 2017.
  10. Tierney, Mitchell (May 17, 2018). "Canada's next generation will be on display at the Toulon Tournament".
  11. "Canada place 6th at prestigious Toulon tournament in France". June 7, 2018.
  12. "Canada announces squad for the Concacaf Men's Under-20 Championship". October 24, 2018.
  13. "Canada beats Guadeloupe at men's CONCACAF U20 championship". November 4, 2018.
  14. "Canada Soccer announces Provisional List for Concacaf Men's Olympic Qualifying". Canada Soccer. February 26, 2020. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
  15. "Eight CF Montréal players called up for Canadian national team training camp". CF Montréal. November 2, 2022.
  16. Mathieu Choinière at Soccerway
  17. "Montréal takes 2019 Canadian Championship title". Retrieved September 28, 2019.
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