Fabrice Lassonde (born 18 February 1989) is a Canadian former soccer player who last played as a midfielder for FC Edmonton.

Early life

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Lassonde is a native of Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Canada, and played for Canadian sides Granby Cosmos, Lac Saint-Louis Lakers, and Trois-Rivières Attak as a youth player.[1]

Club career

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Lassonde was regarded as a Canadian prospect.[2] He signed for German 2. Bundesliga side Ingolstadt, but suffered an injury after almost being promoted to the first team of the club.[3] After that, he trained with German sides KSV Hessen Kassel and SVN Zweibrücken.[4] After that, he signed for NASL side FC Edmonton. Altogether, he made 8 appearances in the professional NASL.

College career

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Lassonde played for the team of the Université Laval, where he was expected to perform well immediately but was hindered by an injury; after recovering, he was regarded as one of the team's most important players, helping them win the league.[5] However, he was later suspended due to breaching rules.[6] He studied sports intervention during his university career.[1]

International career

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Lassonde represented Canada internationally at youth level.[7] After that, he played for the Quebec official soccer team alongside Canadian soccer player Alex Surprenant.[8]

Style of play

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Lassonde mainly operated as an attacking midfielder.[9]

Managerial career

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After reitiirng from professional football, Lassonde worked as a manager.[10]

Personal life

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Lassonde can speak German, English, and French.[11]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Fabrice Lassonde: "On passe après tout le monde"". lapresse.ca.
  2. ^ "Fabrice Lassonde - Metro Quebec article".
  3. ^ "Lassonde voulait se joindre". rds.ca.
  4. ^ "Lassonde renonce à jouer en Allemagne". rds.ca.
  5. ^ "Fabrice Lassonde contribue à propulser". infosoccer.ca (Archived). Archived from the original on 2022-09-30. Retrieved 2023-09-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ^ "Fabrice Lassonde - TVA Sports article".
  7. ^ "Fabrice Lassonde - RDS article".
  8. ^ "Lassonde et Surprenant réunis". journaldequebec.com.
  9. ^ "Fabrice Lassonde - RSEQ article".
  10. ^ "Fabrice Lassonde - Le Soleil article".
  11. ^ "Fabrice Lassonde article".