Kevin Cossette (born January 9, 1990) is a Canadian soccer player who plays for Première Ligue de soccer du Québec club Royal-Sélect de Beauport.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kevin Cossette | ||
| Date of birth | January 9, 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Greenfield Park, Quebec, Canada | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Royal-Sélect de Beauport | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Inter St-Hyacinthe | |||
| Cosmos de Granby | |||
| FC Sélect Rive-Sud | |||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2014 | Laval Rouge et Or | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009 | Trois-Rivières Attak | 18 | (3) |
| 2010–2011 | Montreal Impact Academy | 18 | (2) |
| 2010 | → Montreal Impact (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2013–2015 | Royal-Sélect de Beauport | 41 | (5) |
| 2015 | Louisville City FC | 4 | (0) |
| 2016 | Royal-Sélect de Beauport | 21 | (1) |
| 2017–2019 | Dynamo de Québec | 51 | (7) |
| 2020–2021 | AS Blainville | 16 | (1) |
| 2022– | Royal-Sélect de Beauport | 15 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2013 | Québec | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 2, 2022 | |||
Early life
editCossette was born in Greenfield Park, Quebec and grew up in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec. He played for numerous amateur and youth teams between 2002 and 2007, including Inter St-Hyacinthe, Cosmos Granby AAA, FC Sélect Rive-Sud AAA and Champlain College AAA.[1]
Club career
editHe played for Montreal Impact's junior affiliate, Trois-Rivières Attak, in the Canadian Soccer League in 2009, scoring 3 goals in 18 games, prior to formally joining the Montreal Impact Academy in 2010.[2]
Cossette was called up to the senior Montreal Impact squad in the summer of 2010, and made his debut for the team on July 3, 2010, in a game against the Rochester Rhinos.[3] He attended preseason with the club in 2011, but was released at the very end of the camp, failing to make the 2011 roster.[4]
In 2011, he decided to go to university attending Université Laval, where he played for the soccer team.[5] Starting in 2013, he played with Royal-Sélect de Beauport in the Ligue de Soccer Elite Quebec, the top amateur division in Quebec.[6]
After graduating in 2015, he attended tryouts with USL clubs Rochester Rhinos and Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC,[7] before ultimately signing with Louisville City FC.[8] He became the first Laval graduate to sign a professional soccer contract.[7] After the season, he received a contract offer from Pittsburgh, however, due to the low salary, he instead returned to his home in Quebec and re-joined Beauport.[6]
In 2017, he joined Dynamo de Quebec in the semi-professional Première Ligue de soccer du Québec.[9] In 2020, after Dynamo left the PLSQ,[10] he joined AS Blainville.[11]
Coaching career
editBeginning in 2016, he worked as the technical director of the Mistral Laurentien SC, and in 2020, he joined the Richelieu Valley club in a similar capacity.[12]
References
edit- ^ "Kevin Cossette". Trois-Rivières Attak. Archived from the original on October 4, 2011.
- ^ "Montreal Impact Academy". Canadian Soccer League. October 2, 2010. Archived from the original on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2020-09-17.
- ^ "Rochester Rhinos vs Montreal Impact 2:1". USSF Division 2 Professional League. July 3, 2010. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved September 28, 2010.
- ^ Maxime Prévost Durand (April 18, 2013). "Kevin Cossette fait la paix avec le passé" [Kevin Cossette makes peace with the past]. Le Courrier de Saint-Hyacinthe (in French).
- ^ Tristan D'Amours (July 31, 2015). "Kevin Cossette: From Rouge et Or to Purple". USL Radio.
- ^ a b Marc Tougas (August 10, 2017). "Tête à Tête...Avec Kevin Cossette, Le Dynamo au Vécu de Pro" [Head to Head... With Kevin Cossette, the Dynamo Live from the Pro]. PLSQ (in French).
- ^ a b Simon Cliche (July 14, 2015). "Kevin Cossette signe avec le Louisville City FC" [Kevin Cossette signs with Louisville City FC]. Le Journal de Québec (in French).
- ^ Jonathan Lintner (July 15, 2015). "LCFC signs Canadian midfielder Cossette". The Courier-Journal.
- ^ Guillaume Piedboeuf (May 8, 2019). "Le Dynamo veut vendre de l'émotion" [The Dynamo wants to sell emotion]. Ici Radio-Canada Télé (in French).
- ^ "Le Dynamo de Québec quitte la Première ligue de soccer" [The Dynamo de Québec leaves the Premier league of soccer]. Ici Radio-Canada Télé (in French). November 7, 2019.
- ^ Marc Tougas (August 26, 2020). "L'AS Blainville en Année de Transition" [AS Blanville in a Year of Transition]. PLSQ (in French).
- ^ "Kévin Cossette rentre à St-Hyacinthe" [Kévin Cossette returns to St-Hyacinthe]. Just eSoccer (in French). February 19, 2020.