David Choinière (born February 7, 1997) is a Canadian

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player who plays for

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side

Forge FC Forge FC is a Canadian professional soccer club based in Hamilton, Ontario, that competes in the Canadian Premier League, the top tier of Canadian soccer. The club plays its home matches at Tim Hortons Field. Forge FC joined the CPL in 2019 as ...

Early life

Choinière began playing soccer at age five with

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. In 2011, he joined the

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. In 2016, he won the Federation de Soccer du Quebec (FSQ) Male Senior Player of Excellence award.

Club career

In January 2016, he joined

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, the second team of the Montreal Impact, in the

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. He made his professional debut on April 10, 2016 in a 2–1 defeat to

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. A month later, he scored his professional goal against

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on May 15. On June 8, 2016, he made his debut for the Montreal Impact in a

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match against

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. On June 28, 2016, he officially signed a professional contract with the Impact. He became the first player to sign a first team contract, after having played for the second team. In October 2016, Choinière made his MLS debut against the

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. In January 2017, he suffered an ankle injury, which caused him to miss the beginning of the season, returning in April. He scored his first goal for the Impact on May 30, 2017 in a

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semi-final match. After making one appearance in the 2018 season, he would miss 6 months after having surgery on his ankle in April 2018, after having only played three game the previous season due to the same injury. After the 2018 season, Choinière declined a one-year contract extension and departed the club. In March 2019, he joined

in the

. Choinière scored his first goal for Forge on August 1, 2019, a late winner to make the score 2–1 at home in the preliminary round of the 2019 CONCACAF League against Guatemalan club

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, which made Forge the first CPL club to ever win a match in a CONCACAF competition. He helped Forge win the CPL title in 2019, scoring the only goal in the second leg on November 2, 2019 against

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. In February 2021, he signed an extension with the club. He was named CPL Player of the Month for October 2022. In 2022, he won his third CPL title with the club.

International career

He made his debut in the Canadian youth program in 2012 with the Canada U15 team at the Copa de México de Naciones. In 2014, he played for the Canada U18 team at the 2014 Tournoi de Limoges. From 2015 until 2017 he attended several Canada U20 preparation camps, but ultimately missed the

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due to injury. He was named to the Canada U23 preliminary squad for the

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. In September 2017, Choinière received his first Canadian senior team call-up for a friendly against

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, but did not feature in the match.

Personal life

Choinière's younger brother

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is also a soccer player. They faced each other for the first time in a

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match between Forge and CF Montreal.

Honours

Club

;Forge FC *

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Choiniere, David 1997 births Living people Association football midfielders Canadian soccer players Soccer people from Quebec People from Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu FC Montreal players CF Montréal players Forge FC players USL Championship players Major League Soccer players Canadian Premier League players Canada men's youth international soccer players Homegrown Players (MLS) Celtix du Haut-Richelieu players