Patrice Bernier

Patrice Bernier... speaks French and English... sports family (soccer wife Mélisa, soccer father Jean, soccer sisters Nadège and Sabine, hockey cousin Maxime Fortunus)... grew up playing soccer and hockey... his father Jean, a former Canada Soccer National Championships finalist with AS Haitiana Montréal, was president of ARS Concordia when Patrice was born in 1979... has his own foundation, Fondation Patrice Bernier... served as an ambassador for Good Sportsmanship through the Province of Québec’s Ministry of Education (Ambassadeur de l'esprit sportif avec Éducation Québec)...

honoured by the Canada Soccer Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2022... honoured by the Québec Soccer Hall of Fame (Temple de la renommée du soccer québecoise)... his father Jean Bernier was honoured as a builder by the Québec Soccer Hall of Fame...

Concacaf semifinalist (2007)... represented Canada in three cycles of FIFA World Cup Qualifiers and four editions of the Concacaf Gold Cup... career 56 international "A" appearances across 19 years from 1999 to 2017 with Canada Soccer's Men's National Team, including three starts as Canada’s captain… from the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup, was noted by the Technical Study Group for being “dynamic, skillful midfielder; goal scorer, similar to Julian de Guzman and Atiba Hutchinson; supports other central midfielders very well; advanced deep into attacking positions”... Jeux de la Francophonie gold medal winner in 1997 with Canada Soccer’s U-23 National Team... represented Canada at one FIFA youth tournament (U-17 at Ecuador 1995)...

a Concacaf Champions League finalist with Impact de Montréal (2014-15)... club career in Canada, USA, Norway, Germany and Denmark, including appearances in UEFA Cup, Europa League and Concacaf Champions League... with Impact de Montréal, a two-time Canadian Championship winner (Voyageurs Cup in 2013 and 2014)... with FC Nordsjælland, a two-time Danish Cup winner (DBU Pokalen in 2010 and 2011)... with Québec, a Canada Games gold medal winner in 1997...

as a masters player with Montréal City FC, won the 2021 Coupe du Québec masters division (O-35)... his wife Mélisa was a Canada Soccer National Championships finalist with FC Sélect Rive-Sud in 2003...

subject of the biography “Patrice Bernier, maître de son destin”, released in 2020 (written by Mathias Brunet)... attended the FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015 in Montréal... served as a draw assistant for the 2022 Canadian Championship Draw (Patrice Bernier and Dwayne De Rosario)...

wrote Bernier in 2017, “I always had a soft spot for soccer (and) I owe that to hearing the stories told by my father and my uncles. They would all get together and talk about Brazil, about what they had seen on TV or heard on the radio. Those tales filled my mind with soccer, with the passion — with the hope — of one day being a professional”... also wrote Bernier in 2017, “we won two Canadian Championships, but my memories are my greatest trophies. Prior to the 2014 season I was made captain, but as I stepped out onto the pitch before our game against Toronto in 2016 — my two daughters on either side of me — I realized how much this club had grown”... wrote Joey Saputo in 2017, “par son parcours et sa personalité, il a marqué notre club, notre ville et l’imaginaire des jeunes québécois”... wrote P.K. Subban in 2017, “he brought the connection with the community in Montréal to another level”... wrote Marco Di Vaio in 2017, “il mio capitano, una bandiera per gli Impact”...