Patrice Bernier
Montreal Impact in 2013 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | September 23, 1979 | ||
Place of birth | Brossard, Quebec, Canada | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1998–1999 | Syracuse Orange | 38 | (12) |
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2000–2002 | Montreal Impact | 73 | (5) |
2003–2004 | Moss FK | 40 | (1) |
2004–2007 | Tromsø IL | 68 | (4) |
2007–2008 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 15 | (1) |
2008–2011 | FC Nordsjælland | 76 | (3) |
2011 |
Lyngby BK | 12 | (2) |
2012–2017 |
Montreal Impact | 152 | (15) |
Total | 436 | (31) | |
International career‡ | |||
1994–1995 |
Canada U17 | 9 | (1) |
1998 | Canada U20 | 3 | (1) |
1999–2001 |
Canada U23 | 13 | (0) |
2004–2017 | Canada | 56 | (2) |
Managerial career | |||
2018–2019 |
Montreal Impact Academy (assistant) | ||
2019–2020 |
Montreal Impact (assistant) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 22, 2017 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of July 15, 2017 |
Patrice Bernier (born September 23, 1979) is a Canadian retired professional
Club career
In 1998-99, Bernier played college soccer for Syracuse University in the United States. At Syracuse, Bernier played 38 matches and recorded 34 points with 12 goals and 10 assists. He was named to the Big East All-Rookie Team in his freshman year and the All-Big East First Team in his sophomore year.[1][2]
Bernier played for the original
Tromsø
Bernier signed for
Bernier started the 2007 season as one of the Tippeliga's best players, scoring two fantastic goals against Norway's best soccer club over the last 20 years, Rosenborg BK. Although Rosenborg went on to win the game with an injury-time goal by Alexander Tettey, Bernier was awarded the "Man of the Match"-prize. Tromsø immediately offered Bernier a new contract; however, he rejected it as he wanted to leave Norway for a better league. Tromsø then put forth an even better deal, but Bernier was determined to leave Tippeligaen.
Kaiserslautern
On May 28, 2007, Bernier left Tromsø for the German
Nordsjælland
On June 25, 2008, Bernier signed a contract with Danish club
Lyngby Boldklub
On August 24, 2011, Bernier signed a one-year contract with Lyngby Boldklub. He made his debut against his former club, in a 4–0 loss to FCN. On October 16, Bernier scored his first goal for the club in a 3–2 loss to Silkeborg IF.[7]
Montreal Impact
On December 19, 2011, Bernier signed a contract to join
Under his captaincy, the Impact reached the
International career
Bernier played at the 1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Ecuador, alongside Brad Parker. They are the only ones of that squad to make it to the senior team.
He made his senior debut for Canada in a November 2003 friendly match against the Czech Republic. By December 2009, he earned a total of 43 caps, scoring two goals.[13] He reached 50 caps in a friendly against Jamaica on September 9, 2014.[14]
After a two-year absence, Bernier returned to the national team under Octavio Zambrano for a friendly against Curaçao on June 13, 2017.[15] The next month he captained Canada at the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup,[16] retiring from the national team after Canada's elimination in the quarter-finals to Jamaica.[17]
Personal life
Bernier was born in Brossard, Quebec, in a Haitian family to Jean and Gladys Bernier.[18] After watching the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico (the only World Cup that Canada had appeared in until 2022), he was drawn to the sport. His family signed him up for soccer as it was the most popular sport in Haiti. He began his club career at L'Association de Soccer de Brossard (AS Brossard), with his father as his first coach.[2]
Coaching career
In 2018, a few weeks after his retirement, it was announced that Bernier was named as a U13, U15, U17, and U19 assistant coach at the
Broadcasting career
In February 2021, Bernier announced he would quit his coaching position at CF Montreal to become an analyst for TVA Sports.[21][22]
Hockey career
Bernier was also placed in hockey at the age of six.
In his first season in 1996-97, Bernier's Val-d'Or Foreurs took part in the QMJHL playoffs and made it through the second round before being eliminated in the division final by the Hull Olympiques, the eventual playoff winners.[23] He began the following season with Val-d'Or, but roughly 40 games later joined the Sherbrooke Castors who failed to qualify for the playoffs.[24] Bernier decided to end his hockey career following discussions with an agent who told him that he lacked interest from any National Hockey League teams. In 143 games, he amassed 17 goals and 73 points.[25]
Honours
Club
FC Nordsjælland[26]
Montreal Impact[26]
Individual
- Quebec Soccer Hall of Fame: 2017[27]
- Canada Soccer Hall of Fame: 2022[2][27]
References
- ^ "Patrice Bernier (1998-1999)". SUAthletics. Retrieved January 19, 2013.
- ^ a b c d Bambini, Cole (August 30, 2022). "Ex-Syracuse player Patrice Bernier's path to Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame". The Daily Orange. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
- ^ "Patrice Bernier remains the face of soccer for CF Montréal".
- ^ "Club History". Queen of the South. Archived from the original on September 13, 2009. Retrieved March 15, 2012.
- ^ Delia-Lavictoire, Yvan (May 19, 2011). "Patrice Bernier out of Gold Cup". Canadiansoccernews.com. Retrieved March 15, 2012.
- ^ "Patrice Bernier". Montreal Impact. Retrieved March 15, 2012.
- ^ Clarke, Ian (October 16, 2011). "Across the Pond - October 16, 2011". rednationonline.ca. Retrieved March 15, 2012.
- ^ "Quebec native Patrice Bernier returns to Montreal". Montreal Impact. December 19, 2011. Retrieved March 15, 2012.
- Radio-Canada.ca(in Canadian French). Retrieved August 31, 2022.
- ^ Stein, Amanda (December 19, 2011). "Bernier still under contract with Denmark club but has an out-clause which allows Impact to sign him w/out transfer fees". twitter.com. Retrieved March 15, 2012.
- ^ Lee Rigg, Zac (May 5, 2012). "Sporting Kansas City 0-2 Montreal Impact: Expansion side surprises hosts". Goal.com. Retrieved May 27, 2012.
- ^ Sabetti, Nick (October 21, 2017). "Q&A: Montreal Impact captain Patrice Bernier on his retirement". sportsnet.ca. Retrieved October 23, 2017.
- ^ Mamrud, Roberto (February 29, 2012). "Canada - Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved March 15, 2012.
- ^ Molinaro, John (September 9, 2014). "Canada shines in 3-1 friendly win over Jamaica". sportsnet.ca. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
- ^ "Total of 14 MLS players called up by Canada for June 13 friendly vs Curacao". May 30, 2017.
- ^ Molinaro, John (July 6, 2017). "Patrice Bernier's journey with Canadian team comes full circle".
- ^ Platt, Oliver (July 20, 2017). "Canada 1-2 Jamaica: The Gold Cup dream ends in Arizona".
- ^ "Patrice Bernier : D'Haïti en Afrique du Sud" (in French). CBC. January 20, 2010. Retrieved June 19, 2012.
- ^ Rodriguez, Alicia (November 17, 2017). "Montreal Impact legend Patrice Bernier joins club's academy staff". mlssoccer.com. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
- ^ Liljenwall, Ari (February 20, 2021). "CF Montréal assistant coach Patrice Bernier steps down to take broadcasting position". Major League Soccer.
- ^ "Patrice Bernier quits his position as assistant coach of CF Montreal". montreal.ctvnews.ca. February 20, 2021. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
- ^ Liljenwall, Ari (February 20, 2021). "CF Montréal assistant coach Patrice Bernier steps down to take broadcasting position". mlssoccer.com. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
- ^ "1996-97 QMJHL Playoff Results at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
- ^ "1997-98 Quebec Major Junior Hockey League [QMJHL] standings at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
- ^ "Patrice Bernier hockey statistics and profile at". Hockeydb.com. Retrieved March 15, 2012.
- ^ a b "P. Bernier". Soccerway. Retrieved August 17, 2014.
- ^ cbc.ca. The Canadian Press. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
External links
- Official website
- Patrice Bernier at the Canadian Soccer Association / Canada Soccer Hall of Fame
- Patrice Bernier at Montreal Impact
- FC Nordsjælland stats Archived January 28, 2012, at the Wayback Machine (in Danish)
- Patrice Bernier at DR (in Danish) (archived)
- Patrice Bernier at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- Patrice Bernier at National-Football-Teams.com
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database