Gabriel Gervais

Football player infobox
playername = Gabriel Gervais


fullname = Gabriel Gervais
nickname = Gabe
height = height|ft=6|in=2
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1976|9|18
cityofbirth = Montreal
countryofbirth = Canada
currentclub = Montreal Impact
clubnumber = 8
position = Defender
youthyears =
youthclubs = Université du Québec
years = 2000–2001
2002–"present"
clubs = Rochester Rhinos
Montreal Impact
caps(goals) =015 (2)
150 (7)
nationalyears = 2004–"present"
nationalteam = Canada
nationalcaps(goals) = 11 (0)
pcupdate = September 25, 2008
ntupdate = March 6 2008

Gabriel Gervais (born September 18, 1976 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a defender for the Montreal Impact and Canada in addition to being a business student in the McGill University MBA program.

Gervais made his national team debut on January 18, 2004 in a 1-0 win against Barbados.

International career

Gervais was invited to the Canadian World Cup team's training camp held between January 12 and January 23 2004 in Fort Lauderdale, following the hiring of Frank Yallop as new head coach. That was his first invitation at that level - Gervais played his first game for the Canadian national team on January 18 2004 against Barbados. He helped his team beat Barbados 1-0. He played against Guatemala September 8 2004 in a World Cup qualifying game. 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 4-9, 2005, and to the Gold Cup, from July 6-24. 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 USA on July 9, as well as playing against Cuba on July 12. In addition to being an excellent soccer player, Gabriel is also an academic. He is currently enrolled in the MBA program at McGill University in Montreal.

Career stats

External links

* [http://www.impactmontreal.com/playersDetailFromTeamEN.asp?joueur_id=42 Gervais @ impactmontreal.com]
* [http://www.canadasoccer.com/eng/nationals/profile.asp?id=209&sub=3/ Profile from Canadian Soccer Association]