Gabriel Gervais (born September 18, 1976) is a Canadian retired soccer player who played as a defender for the Montreal Impact and Canada. He was named president of CF Montreal on March 28, 2022.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | September 18, 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| McGill Redmen | |||
| Syracuse Orange | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2001 | Rochester Rhinos | 15 | (2) |
| 2000–2001 | Toronto ThunderHawks (indoor) | 37 | (10) |
| 2002–2008 | Montreal Impact | 150 | (7) |
| International career | |||
| 2004–2007 | Canada | 11 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
editGervais was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. During this tenure with the Montreal Impact Gervais helped the club win the league championship in 2004, as well as the regular season championships in 2005 and 2006. He was proclaimed Defensive Player of the Year for the Impact three times in 2002, 2003 and 2006, and won the Giuseppe-Saputo Trophy in 2004, awarded to the most valuable player of the Impact. Gervais was also named Defender of the Year in the USL First Division in 2003, 2004 and 2006, becoming the first player in the league to win that award three times. Gervais was also picked on the USL First Division All-League Team for six straight years, from 2002 to 2007.
On January 6, 2009, Gervais announced his retirement from soccer, after a nine-year career in the United Soccer Leagues First Division.[1] On April 15, 2009, during the Montreal Impact's pre-season banquet the club honoured Gervais by recognizing him as a Team Builder and was made an ambassador to the club.[2] Gervais had a stint in the National Professional Soccer League with the short lived expansion franchise the Toronto ThunderHawks during the 2000–2001 winter indoor season.[3] He helped the ThunderHawks reach the postseason by finishing second in the National Conference, and reached the Conference finals where they were defeated by the Milwaukee Wave.
International career
editGervais made his national team debut on January 18, 2004, in a 1–0 win against Barbados. He was invited to the Canadian World Cup team's training camp held between January 12 and 23, 2004, in Fort Lauderdale, following the hiring of Frank Yallop as new head coach. He played against Guatemala September 8, 2004, in a World Cup qualifying game.[4] He played an international friendly against Northern Ireland on February 9, 2005, in Belfast where he received two yellow cards and was sent off. He was invited to the Canadian national team's training camp in Fort Lauderdale from June 4 to 9, 2005, and to the Gold Cup, from July 6 through 24. Though he missed the opening game for Canada at the Gold Cup against Costa Rica due to injury, he started and played 90 minutes against the United States on July 9, as well as playing against Cuba on July 12.
Career statistics
edit| Team | Season | League | Playoffs | Cup[a] | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Rochester Rhinos | 2000 | A-League | 1 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2001 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | 15 | 2 | |||
| Total | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | ||
| Montreal Impact | 2002 | A-League | 28 | 2 | 4 | 0 | – | 32 | 2 | |
| 2003 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 28 | 1 | |||
| 2004 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | 31 | 0 | |||
| 2005 | USL-1 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | 23 | 2 | ||
| 2006 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 25 | 1 | |||
| 2007 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 19 | 1 | |||
| 2008 | 9 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| Total | 150 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 168 | 7 | ||
| Career total | 165 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 184 | 9 | ||
- ^ Includes Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup (American Based Clubs), Nutrilite Canadian Cup (Canadian Based Clubs)
Honours
editMontreal Impact
- USL First Division Championship: 2004
- USL First Division Commissioners Cup: 2005, 2006
- Voyageurs Cup: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Rochester Raging Rhinos
- USL First Division Championship: 2000, 2001
References
edit- ^ DEFENDER GABRIEL GERVAIS RETIRES Archived September 30, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ GABRIEL GERVAIS NAMED IMPACT BUILDER Archived December 20, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Gabriel Gervais | SoccerStats.us". soccerstats.us. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
- ^ Record at FIFA Tournaments – FIFA
External links
edit- Gervais @ impactmontreal.com
- Gabriel Gervais at the Canadian Soccer Association (archive)
- Gabriel Gervais at National-Football-Teams.com