Maxime Crépeau

Maxime Crépeau (born 11 May 1994) is a Canadian soccer player who currently plays for Vancouver Whitecaps FC, as a goalkeeper.[2]

Maxime Crépeau
Crépeau with Impact in 2013
Personal information
Full name Maxime Crépeau[1]
Date of birth (1994-05-11) May 11, 1994
Place of birth Greenfield Park, Quebec, Canada
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Number 16
Youth career
2008–2009 Celtix du Haut-Richelieu
2010–2013 Montreal Impact
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2018 Montreal Impact 3 (0)
2015–2016 → FC Montreal (loan) 30 (0)
2018 → Ottawa Fury (loan) 31 (0)
2019– Vancouver Whitecaps FC 30 (0)
National team‡
2011 Canada U17 6 (0)
2013 Canada U20 3 (0)
2015–2017 Canada U23 9 (0)
2016– Canada 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 July 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 January 2020

Club career

Montreal Impact

Crépeau joined the Montreal Impact Academy of the Canadian Soccer League in 2010.[3][4] After three seasons with the U21 squad he signed a senior contract with the Montreal Impact, becoming the team's fourth Homegrown Player[5] on a 4-year contract.[6] On January 5, 2015, Crépeau joined German club Fortuna Düsseldorf for a ten-day training stint before the open of Montreal's pre-season camp for the 2015 MLS season.[7] After spending the beginning of the 2015 season with the Impact, Crépeau sat on the bench as the backup goalkeeper during the second leg of the 2015 CONCACAF Champions League Finals.[8][9]

After the match, as originally planned,[6] Crépeau was loaned to FC Montreal, the Impact's USL affiliate team, making his professional debut against the Rochester Rhinos on May 2, 2015.[10] Crépeau would spend two seasons with FC Montreal before the club ceased operations after the 2016 season.

Prior to the 2017 season, the Impact promoted Crépeau to the #2 goalkeeper position, behind Evan Bush.[11] In May 2017, Crépeau made his first team debut in the first leg of the 2017 Canadian Championship against Vancouver Whitecaps FC.[12]

Ottawa Fury

Citing a desire for more playing time in 2018, Crépeau was loaned to the Ottawa Fury of the USL for the 2018 season.[13] After not conceding a goal in six straight games, Crépeau was named USL Player of the Month for May 2018.[14] While playing every game for the Fury, he would consider his time with the club as a renewal, allowing him to improve on aspects of his game.[15] By the close of the season Crépeau had set a new USL record for the most shutouts in a single season with 15, surpassing Brandon Miller who at the time was playing for the Rochester Rhinos.[16] Crépeau would be named to the USL's All-League First Team, and would also be named USL Goalkeeper of the year.[17][18] After the 2018 season, the Fury would announce that Crépeau would not return to the Fury for the 2019 season.[19]

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

On December 9, 2018, Crépeau was traded to Vancouver Whitecaps FC in exchange for $50,000 in Targeted Allocation Money and a third-round pick in the 2020 MLS SuperDraft.[20] He made his debut in the Whitecaps' season opener on March 2, 2019 against Minnesota United.[21] Crepeau took over the starting goalkeeper role with the Whitecaps in 2019 and 2020, but missed a large portion of the 2020 season due to suffering a fractured thumb in the MLS is Back Tournament.[22]

International

Youth

Crépeau represented Canada at the youth level, participating in the 2011 CONCACAF U-17 Championship and the subsequent FIFA U-17 World Cup later that same year. He then went on to represent Canada at the 2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship. In August 2015 Crépeau was named to the 2015 Pan American Games roster. On September 18, 2015 he was announced as part of the 2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship team.[23]

In May 2016, Crepeau was called to Canada's U23 national team for a pair of friendlies against Guyana and Grenada.[24] He started the second match against Guyana, posting a 5–1 victory [25]

Senior

Crépeau received his first call up to the Canadian senior team in January 2014, as part of a training camp under coach Benito Floro.[26] He made his debut against the United States on February 2, 2016. In June 2017 Crépeau was called up to the senior team for the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[27] He made one appearance at the tournament, replacing an injured Milan Borjan in Canada's tournament opener against French Guiana.[28] Crépeau was named to the squad for the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup in May 2019.[29]

Career statistics

Updated as of July 19, 2020 [30]

Club League Season League Playoffs Domestic Cup Continental Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
FC Montreal USL 2015 110000000110
2016 190000000190
Total 300000000300
Montreal Impact MLS 2017 3000400070
Ottawa Fury (loan) USL 2018 310004000350
Vancouver Whitecaps FC MLS 2019 260002000280
2020 4000000040
Total 300002000320
Career total 94000100001040

International
As of January 16, 2020[31]
Canada national team
201610
201710
201800
201900
202030
Total50

Honours

Individual
  • USL Goalkeeper of the Year Award: 2018[32]

References
  1. "40-Player National Team Roster: 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup: Canada" (PDF). CONCACAF. p. 2. Retrieved May 20, 2019 – via Bernews.
  2. Milano, Pascal (October 3, 2014). "Maxime Crépeau reste patient" [Maxime Crépeau remains patient]. La Presse (in French). Montreal. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
  3. "Maxime Crépeau". Retrieved January 2, 2014.
  4. "Canadian Soccer League". February 28, 2011. Archived from the original on February 28, 2011. Retrieved September 3, 2017.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. "Impact signs Quebec goalkeeper Maxime Crépeau as homegrown player". March 5, 2013.
  6. LaMarre, Sylvain (March 25, 2015). ""Il faut persévérer et croire en ses rêves" - Maxime Crépeau" ["We must persevere and believe in your dreams" - Maxime Crépeau]. Courrier Laval (in French). Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
  7. Sabetti, Nick (December 22, 2014). "Montreal Impact goalkeeper Maxime Crépeau to train with Fortuna Düsseldorf". Goal.
  8. Sabetti, Nick (April 25, 2015). "Montreal Impact face potential goalkeeper emergency ahead of Champions League final return leg". Goal. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
  9. "Champions League". CONCACAF. April 29, 2015. Archived from the original on July 28, 2017. Retrieved May 2, 2015.
  10. FC Montreal [@fcmontrealusl] (May 2, 2015). "XI partant du #FCMTL face aux @RochesterRhinos. Coup d'envoi à 16h00" (Tweet) (in French). Retrieved May 2, 2015 – via Twitter.
  11. Neil Davidson (February 21, 2017). "Young Impact goalkeeper Maxime Crépeau moves up to No. 2, aims higher". Montreal Gazette.
  12. Montreal Impact [@impactmontreal] (May 23, 2017). "If you didn't notice, @MaxCrepeau makes his first competitive start with #IMFC. Good luck Max! #CanChamp" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  13. "Maxime Crépeau loaned to Ottawa Fury FC for the 2018 season". Montreal Impact. January 21, 2018.
  14. "Goalkeeper Crépeau voted player of the month". Ottawa Fury. June 15, 2018.
  15. Theo Gauthier (July 18, 2018). "Five Guys One Couch - A profile of Fury FC's Maxime Crépeau". Ottawa Sports Network.
  16. FC, Ottawa Fury (September 26, 2018). "Maxime Crépeau sets a new USL record for the most shutouts in a single season". Ottawa Fury. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
  17. "Fury FC goalkeeper Maxime Crepeau selected on USL All-League First Team". Ottawa Fury FC. November 15, 2018.
  18. "Ottawa's Crepeau Claims Goalkeeper of the Year Honor". USL. November 12, 2018.
  19. "Fury FC roster moves: five core players to return, 15 players released". Ottawa Fury FC. October 23, 2018.
  20. "Whitecaps FC acquire Canadian goalkeeper Maxime Crépeau from Montreal Impact". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. December 9, 2018. Retrieved December 9, 2018.
  21. Dailey, Mark (March 2, 2019). "9 players make Whitecaps debut in MLS season opener".
  22. "Vancouver Whitecaps FC goalkeeper Maxime Crepeau suffers fractured thumb". Major League Soccer. July 21, 2020.
  23. "Canada M23 picks players for CONCACAF Olympic Qualifiers". September 18, 2015.
  24. Canada Soccer Association. "Canada announces roster for Caribbean tour". Retrieved May 19, 2016.
  25. Canada Soccer Association. "Canada m23 wins again on Caribbean tour". Retrieved May 19, 2016.
  26. "Young MNT to set up camp in Florida". January 10, 2014.
  27. "Canada selects dynamic squad for 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup". June 27, 2017.
  28. Panizo, Franco (July 7, 2017). "French Guiana 2, Canada 4 - 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup Match Recap".
  29. "Together We Rise: Canada Soccer announces squad for the 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup". May 30, 2019.
  30. "Maxime Crepeau Profile". Retrieved June 28, 2016.
  31. "Maxime Crepeau profile". Canada Soccer.
  32. Tim Baines (November 12, 2018). "Fury FC's Maxime Crepeau named USL's Goalkeeper of the Year". Ottawasun.com. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
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