Sandro Grande
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | September 29, 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–1998 | Frenter Larino | 6 | (1) |
| 1998–1999 | Isernia | 26 | (12) |
| 1999–2000 | Potenza | 22 | (2) |
| 2000–2001 | Frosinone | 27 | (1) |
| 2001–2003 | Brescia | 0 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | → Catanzaro (loan) | 8 | (1) |
| 2002 | → Frosinone (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | → Potenza (loan) | 18 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Albalonga | 21 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Montreal Impact | 31 | (6) |
| 2005 | Viking | 6 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Molde | 14 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Montreal Impact | 17 | (1) |
| 2010–2011 | FK Sūduva | 24 | (1) |
| 2012 | FC St-Léonard | 13 | (3) |
| 2013 | Les Étoiles de l'Est | 2 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2004–2006 | Canada | 12 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2019 | CS Monteuil | ||
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21 October 2009 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23 December 2009 | |||
Sandro Grande (born September 29, 1977) is a Canadian soccer player.
Club career
[edit | edit source]Italy
[edit | edit source]Grande was born on September 29, 1977, in Montreal, beginning his career in Italy, He played four years with U.S.Frenter Larino and Potenza and Frosinone in the late 1990s and early 2000s.[citation needed]
Grande became the first Quebec-born footballer to sign with a Serie A club, signing a three-year deal with Brescia in 2001.[citation needed] After appearing in just one match for the first team, in the Intertoto Cup in July 2001, Grande was loaned back to Serie C side Frosinone, and then later played in Serie D with U.S.Frenter Larino and Potenza and Albalonga.[1]
Canada/Scandinavia
[edit | edit source]In July 2005, he moved to Norway to play for Viking in the Norwegian Premier League, before moving on to Molde in March 2006. After his contract with Molde expired in 2007, the club chose not to renew it. After fully recovering from surgery on both knees, he returned to Montreal Impact. Upon his return Grande scored one goal in six regular season games, which he scored on September 5 against the Minnesota Thunder. He helped the Impact qualify for the CONCACAF Champions League quarter finals, playing six games in the tournament.[2]
Lithuania
[edit | edit source]On March 16, 2010, Sandro Grande signed a contract with Lithuanian club FK Suduva.[3]
International career
[edit | edit source]Grande made his debut for the Canada national team in a September 2004 World Cup qualification match against Costa Rica and has earned a total of 12 caps, scoring 1 goal. He has represented Canada in 4 FIFA World Cup qualification matches[4] and was a member of Canada's squad at the 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
International goals
[edit | edit source]- Scores and results list Canada's goal tally first.
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 September 2005 | Estadio El Sardinero, Santander, Spain |  Spain |
1–2 | 1–2 | Friendly match |
Coaching career
[edit | edit source]CS Monteuil
[edit | edit source]On September 20, 2018, CS Monteuil announced Grande as the new team coach for the 2019 PLSQ season,[5] although he departed before the end of the season.[6]
CF Montréal U23
[edit | edit source]Grande was hired on January 9, 2023 as the head coach of CF Montréal U23, the reserve side of MLS club CF Montréal. He was released from the position a day after due to backlash over comments Grande made on Twitter in 2012, following the attempted assassination of Quebec premier Pauline Marois.[7]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ The 24th Minute: Fightin' Sandro Grande released by the Impact Archived 2009-10-03 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Impact release Sandro Grande Archived 2009-07-24 at archive.today
- ^ Sandro Grande joined FK Suduva Archived 2010-10-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Record at FIFA Tournaments – FIFA
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External links
[edit | edit source]- MontrealImpact.com with Grande's profile
- Sandro Grande – Facebook
- Sandro Grande at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Sandro Grande at Canada SoccerLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- 1977 births
- Living people
- 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- Men's association football midfielders
- Canada men's international soccer players
- Canadian expatriate men's soccer players
- Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Norway
- Canadian sportspeople of Italian descent
- Canadian soccer coaches
- Canadian men's soccer players
- Frosinone Calcio players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
- Expatriate men's footballers in Lithuania
- Expatriate men's footballers in Norway
- Molde FK players
- Montreal Impact (1992–2011) players
- Soccer players from Montreal
- Eliteserien players
- US Catanzaro 1929 players
- USL First Division players
- Ligue1 Québec players
- Viking FK players
- AS St-Léonard players