Zachary Brault-Guillard
Brault-Guillard with CF Montréal in 2019
Personal information
Full name Zachary Bichotte Paul Brault-Guillard[1]
Date of birth (1998-12-30) December 30, 1998
Place of birth Delmas, Haiti[2]
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[3]
Position(s) Right-back
Youth career
Lagnieu
0000–2011 Ain Sud Foot
2011–2017 Lyon
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 Lyon II 33 (1)
2018–2020 Lyon 0 (0)
2019 → CF Montréal[lower-alpha 1](loan) 13 (0)
2020–2023 CF Montréal[lower-alpha 1] 93 (7)
International career‡
2017 Canada U20 3 (0)
2021 Canada U23 4 (0)
2018– Canada 8 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of December 1, 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of July 1, 2023

Zachary Bichotte Paul Brault-Guillard (born December 30, 1998) is a Canadian professional soccer player who most recently played as a right-back for Major League Soccer club CF Montréal and the Canada national team.

Early life

Brault-Guillard was born in Haiti and raised in Montreal after being adopted by a Quebecois and French couple. Brault-Guillard was raised in Montreal until the age of seven before relocating to France. As a youth, he spent time with Lagnieu and Ain Sud, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, before entering the Olympique Lyonnais academy with the under-13 team.[4]

Club career

In February 2019, Brault-Guillard joined the Montreal Impact on loan from Olympique Lyonnais.[5] He made his debut on March 2 in Montreal's season opener against the San Jose Earthquakes, as a substitute for Ignacio Piatti in the 85th minute.[6]

Brault-Guillard transferred to Montreal permanently on January 25, 2020.[7] Upon completion of the 2021 MLS season, CF Montréal would announce that they would exercise the option on Brault-Guillard's contract for 2022.[8] Upon completion of the 2023 Season, CF Montréal would announce that they would not pick up Brault-Guillard's contract for 2024, ending his time with the club.[9]

International career

Youth

Brault-Guillard was named to the Canadian U-23 provisional roster for the 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship on February 26, 2020.[10] He was named to the final squad ahead of the re-scheduled tournament on March 10, 2021.[11]

Senior

Brault-Guillard made his international debut for Canada on October 16, 2018, coming on as a substitute in the 66th minute for Liam Millar in the 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualifying match against Dominica. The match finished as a 5–0 home win for Canada.[12] He was named to the final 23-man squad for the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup on May 30, 2019.[13]

On June 2, 2021, Brault-Guillard scored his first goal for Canada, netting the fourth goal in a 7-0 victory over Aruba in a World Cup qualifying match.[14]

In June 2023, Brault-Guillard was named to the final 23-man squad for the 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[15]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played October 21, 2023[16]
Club Season League Playoffs National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lyon II 2015–16 CFA 20————20
2016–17 20————20
2017–18 Championnat National 2 150————150
2018–19 141————141
Total 33100000000331
Montreal Impact (loan) 2019 MLS 130—20——150
CF Montréal 2020 21010—401[lower-alpha 2]0270
2021 302—30——332
2022 183102040—253
2023 2410041—1[lower-alpha 3]0292
Total 10662011180201297
Career total 13962011180201627

International

As of July 1, 2023
Canada
YearAppsGoals
201820
201920
202111
202220
202310
Total81

International goals

List of international goals scored by Zachary Brault-Guillard
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1June 5, 2021IMG Academy, Bradenton, United States5 Aruba4–07–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Club

CF Montreal

Individual

  • Canadian Championship - Best Young Canadian Player Award: 2019[17]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Montreal Impact changed its name to CF Montréal in 2021
  2. ↑ Appearance in MLS is Back Tournament knockout stage.
  3. ↑ Appearance in 2023 Leagues Cup

References

  1. ↑ Zachary Brault-Guillard at the Canadian Soccer Association. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  2. ↑ Zachary Brault-Guillard at Soccerway
  3. ↑ "Zachary Brault-Guillard". CF Montréal. Retrieved August 21, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Impact acquires Québécois defender Zachary Brault-Guillard on loan" (Press release). Montreal Impact. February 5, 2019. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Impact acquires Québécois defender Zachary Brault-Guillard on loan". Montreal Impact. February 5, 2019. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
  6. ↑ Vance, Paul (March 2, 2019). "Impact Wins Opener in California".
  7. ↑ "Quebecois defender Zachary Brault-Guillard transferred to the Impact". January 25, 2020.
  8. ↑ "CF Montréal exercises options for 12 players". CF Montreal. November 30, 2021.
  9. ↑ >"CF Montréal exercises options on four players for the 2024 season". CF Montréal. December 1, 2023.
  10. ↑ "Canada Soccer announces Provisional List for Concacaf Men's Olympic Qualifying". Canada Soccer. February 26, 2020. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
  11. ↑ "CANADA SOCCER ANNOUNCES SQUAD FOR CONCACAF MEN'S OLYMPIC QUALIFYING". March 10, 2021.
  12. ↑ Davidson, Neil (October 16, 2018). "Young Canadians dump Dominica in CONCACAF Nations qualifying play". CTV News. The Canadian Press. Retrieved October 16, 2018.
  13. ↑ "Together We Rise: Canada Soccer announces squad for the 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup". May 30, 2019.
  14. ↑ "CANADA CONTINUE QATAR 2022 QUALIFYING JOURNEY WITH 7:0 WIN OVER ARUBA". June 5, 2021.
  15. ↑ O'Connor-Clarke, Charlie (June 19, 2023). "CanMNT announces final 23-man squad for Concacaf Gold Cup". Canadian Premier League.
  16. ↑ Soccerway. "Zachary Brault-Guillard profile".
  17. 1 2 "L'Impact de Montréal remporte le Championnat canadien". Retrieved September 28, 2019.
  18. ↑ "Montreal beats Toronto FC 1-0 to win Canadian Championship Voyageurs Cup". Retrieved November 21, 2021.


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