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*
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] (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.

Early life

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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

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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

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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

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HFX Wanderers

References

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