Akim Arrondell

{{short description|Saint-Martinois footballer}}

{{Infobox football biography

|name = Akim Arrondell

|image =

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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|11|3|df=yes}}

|birth_place = Marigot, Saint Martin

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|position = Midfielder
Striker

|currentclub = Soualiga

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|youthclubs1 =

|years1 = 2013–2019

|clubs1 = Junior Stars

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|years2 = 2019–

|clubs2 = Soualiga

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|nationalyears1 = 2018

|nationalteam1 = Saint Martin U20

|nationalcaps1 = 6

|nationalgoals1 = 5

|nationalyears2 = 2018–

|nationalteam2 = Saint Martin

|nationalcaps2 = 6

|nationalgoals2 = 3

|pcupdate = 13:50, 14 February 2022 (UTC)

|ntupdate = 13:50, 14 February 2022 (UTC)

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Akim Arrondell (born 3 November 1999) is a Saint-Martinois footballer who currently plays for FC Soualiga of the Sint Maarten Senior League, and the Saint Martin national team.{{cite web |title=NFT profile |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/71972/Akim_Arrondell.html |publisher=National Football Teams |access-date=14 February 2022}}

Club career

Arrondell was a member of Junior Stars FC beginning in at least 2013.{{cite web |title=Football Express |url=http://media.hometeamsonline.com/photos/soccer/DFSM/FOOTBALL_EXPRESS_N%C2%B0_9__2013.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214235210/http://media.hometeamsonline.com/photos/soccer/DFSM/FOOTBALL_EXPRESS_N%C2%B0_9__2013.pdf |archive-date=2022-02-14 |url-status=live|publisher=Football Committee of Saint-Martin |access-date=14 February 2022}} Following the 2013–2014 season he was one of three nominees for Saint Martin's Footballer-of-the-Year Award.{{cite web |title=Sports Awards 2014 |url=http://www.com-saint-martin.fr/Sports-Awards-2014_Saint-Martin-Antilles_32.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214141245/http://www.com-saint-martin.fr/Sports-Awards-2014_Saint-Martin-Antilles_32.html |archive-date=2022-02-14 |url-status=live|publisher=com-saint-martin.fr |access-date=14 February 2022 |language=French}}{{cite web |title=Saint-Martin : Liste des nommés aux Sports Awards 2014 |url=https://www.sxminfo.fr/95704/02/02/2015/saint-martin-liste-des-nommes-aux-sports-awards-2014/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414060405/http://www.sxminfo.fr/95704/02/02/2015/saint-martin-liste-des-nommes-aux-sports-awards-2014/ |archive-date=2016-04-14 |url-status=live|publisher=sxminfo.fr |access-date=14 February 2022 |language=French}} In 2019 he moved to FC Soualiga of the Senior League on the Dutch side of the island.{{cite web |title=GSA profile |url=https://globalsportsarchive.com/people/soccer/akim-arrondell/273895/ |publisher=Global Sports Archive |access-date=14 February 2022}}

International career

Arrondell was part of Saint Martin's roster that competed at the 2013 CONCACAF Under-15 Championship.{{cite web |title=Technical Report U-15 Championship Cayman Islands 2013 |url=https://issuu.com/concacaf2013/docs/concacaf_u15_caiman_eng_web |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220314/https://issuu.com/concacaf2013/docs/concacaf_u15_caiman_eng_web |archive-date=2022-03-14 |url-status=live|publisher=CONCACAF |access-date=14 February 2022}}{{cbignore}} He made his senior international debut on 26 August 2018 in a friendly against Anguilla. He went on to score his first two senior international goals in the eventual 2–1 victory. Later that year he made five appearances for Saint Martin during the 2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship, scoring one goal in the team's opening 1–1 draw with Aruba. He scored four goals against Sint Maarten in his country's final training match before the tournament.{{cite web |title=FOOTBALL: U 20 World Cup qualifying, Concacaf zone |url=https://www.faxinfo.fr/en/football-eliminatoires-coupe-du-monde-u-20-zone-concacaf/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214140104/https://www.faxinfo.fr/en/football-eliminatoires-coupe-du-monde-u-20-zone-concacaf/ |archive-date=2022-02-14 |url-status=live|publisher=faxinfo.fr |access-date=14 February 2022}} Prior to 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualification Saint Martin played an unofficial friendly against Saint Barthélemy.{{cite web |title=Football: Defeat of the selection of Saint-Martin against Saint-Barth! |url=https://www.faxinfo.fr/en/football-defaite-de-la-selection-de-saint-martin-contre-saint-barth/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210819031516/https://www.faxinfo.fr/en/football-defaite-de-la-selection-de-saint-martin-contre-saint-barth/ |archive-date=2021-08-19 |url-status=live|publisher=faxinfo.fr |access-date=14 February 2022}} Arrondell scored his team's final goal of the 3–4 defeat.{{cite web |title=St. Barth's 4 Saint Martin 3 |url=http://www.futbolpoint.com/results-7-2019-03.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210820020557/http://www.futbolpoint.com/results-7-2019-03.htm |archive-date=2021-08-20 |url-status=live|publisher=futbolpoint.com |access-date=14 February 2022}} He went on to score in the Nations League qualifying campaign against Sint Maarten.{{cite web |title=Surprising results mark Saturday’s action in CNLQ |url=https://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2019/03/25/surprising-results-mark-saturdays-action-in-cnlq/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326121944/https://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2019/03/25/surprising-results-mark-saturdays-action-in-cnlq/ |archive-date=2019-03-26 |url-status=live|publisher=Kaieteur News Online |access-date=14 February 2022}}

=International goals=

:Scores and results list Saint Martin's goal tally first.

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#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.rowspan=2|26 August 2018rowspan=3|Raymond E. Guishard Technical Centre, The Valley, Anguillarowspan=2|{{fb|AIA}}align=center| 1–0rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;"| 2–1rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;"| Friendly
2.align=center| 2–0
3.23 March 2019{{fb|SXM}}align=center| 1–1align=center| 3–42019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualification
colspan="7"|Last updated 14 February 2022

=International career statistics=

{{updated|match played 8 September 2019.}}

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! colspan=3 | Saint Martin national team

YearAppsGoals
201832
201931
Total||6||2

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