Sandro Grande
{{short description|Canadian soccer player (born 1977)}}
{{Infobox football biography
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|9|29}}
| birth_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=8}}
| position = Midfielder
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 1997–1998
| clubs1 = Frenter Larino
| caps1 = 6
| goals1 = 1
| years2 = 1998–1999
| clubs2 = Isernia
| caps2 = 26
| goals2 = 12
| years3 = 1999–2000
| clubs3 = Potenza
| caps3 = 22
| goals3 = 2
| years4 = 2000–2001
| clubs4 = Frosinone
| caps4 = 27
| goals4 = 1
| years5 = 2001–2003
| clubs5 = Brescia
| caps5 = 0
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2001–2002
| clubs6 = → Catanzaro (loan)
| caps6 = 8
| goals6 = 1
| years7 = 2002
| clubs7 = → Frosinone (loan)
| caps7 = 7
| goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2002–2003
| clubs8 = → Potenza (loan)
| caps8 = 18
| goals8 = 0
| years9 = 2003–2004
| clubs9 = Albalonga
| caps9 = 21
| goals9 = 0
| years10 = 2004–2005
| clubs10 = Montreal Impact
| caps10 = 31
| goals10 = 6
| years11 = 2005
| clubs11 = Viking
| caps11 = 6
| goals11 = 0
| years12 = 2006–2007
| clubs12 = Molde
| caps12 = 14
| goals12 = 0
| years13 = 2008–2009
| clubs13 = Montreal Impact
| years14 = 2010–2011
| clubs14 = FK Sūduva
| caps14 = 24
| goals14 = 1
| caps13 = 17
| goals13 = 1
| years15 = 2012
| clubs15 = FC St-Léonard
| caps15 = 13
| goals15 = 3
| years16 = 2013
| clubs16 = Les Étoiles de l'Est
| caps16 = 2
| goals16 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2004–2006
| nationalteam1 = Canada
| nationalcaps1 = 12
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| medaltemplates =
| pcupdate = 21 October 2009
| ntupdate = 23 December 2009
| manageryears1 = 2019
| managerclubs1 = CS Monteuil
}}
Sandro Grande (born September 29, 1977) is a Canadian soccer player.
Club career
=Italy=
Grande was born on September 29, 1977, in Montreal, beginning his career in Italy, He played four years with U.S.Frenter Larino and Potenza and Frosinone in the late 1990s and early 2000s.{{Citation needed|date=August 2011}}
Grande became the first Quebec-born footballer to sign with a Serie A club, signing a three-year deal with Brescia in 2001.{{Citation needed|date=August 2011}} After appearing in just one match for the first team, in the Intertoto Cup in July 2001, Grande was loaned back to Serie C side Frosinone, and then later played in Serie D with U.S.Frenter Larino and Potenza and Albalonga.[http://www.24thminute.com/2009/07/fightin-sandro-grande-released-by.html The 24th Minute: Fightin' Sandro Grande released by the Impact] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003164417/http://www.24thminute.com/2009/07/fightin-sandro-grande-released-by.html |date=2009-10-03 }}
=Lithuania=
On March 16, 2010, Sandro Grande signed a contract with Lithuanian club FK Suduva.[http://www.fksuduva.lt/index.php/naujienos/naujienu-archyvas/363-sduva-stiprina-saug-ir-puolimo-grandis Sandro Grande joined FK Suduva] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101001181759/http://www.fksuduva.lt/index.php/naujienos/naujienu-archyvas/363-sduva-stiprina-saug-ir-puolimo-grandis |date=2010-10-01 }}
International career
Grande made his debut for the Canada national team in a September 2004 World Cup qualification match against Costa Rica and has earned a total of 12 caps, scoring 1 goal. He has represented Canada in 4 FIFA World Cup qualification matches[https://web.archive.org/web/20121107124914/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=218250/index.html Record at FIFA Tournaments] – FIFA and was a member of Canada's squad at the 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
=International goals=
:Scores and results list Canada's goal tally first.
| class="wikitable"
! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition | ||||||
| 1 | 3 September 2005 | Estadio El Sardinero, Santander, Spain | {{fb|ESP}} | 1–2 | 1–2 | Friendly match |
Coaching career
=CS Monteuil=
On September 20, 2018, CS Monteuil announced Grande as the new team coach for the 2019 PLSQ season,{{cite news |url=https://www.csmonteuil.com/plsq-masucci-nomme-sandro-grande-au-poste-dentraineur-chef/ |title=Masucci nomme Sandro Grande su poste d'entraîneur chef|date=20 September 2018 |access-date=19 April 2019}}
although he departed before the end of the season.{{cite web|url=http://justesoccer.com/quebec/plsq/monteuil-sandro-grande-divorce-a-lamiable/|title=Monteuil – Sandro Grande : divorce à l'amiable|language=fr|trans-title=Monteuil - Sandro Grande: amicable divorce|date=September 4, 2019|work=Juste Soccer}}
=CF Montréal U23=
Grande was hired on January 9, 2023 as the head coach of CF Montréal U23, the reserve side of MLS club CF Montréal. He was released from the position a day after due to backlash over comments Grande made on Twitter in 2012, following the attempted assassination of Quebec premier Pauline Marois.{{cite news |date=10 January 2023 |title=CF Montréal terminates Sandro Grande one day after coach was hired |url=https://montrealgazette.com/sports/soccer/mls/club-de-foot-montreal/pq-denounces-cf-montreal-hiring-of-sandro-grande |work=Montreal Gazette |accessdate=10 January 2023}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20050404051212/http://www.montrealimpact.com/players_detail.asp?joueur_id=63 MontrealImpact.com with Grande's profile]
- [http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sandro-Grande/22412872884 Sandro Grande – Facebook]
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- {{Canada Soccer|1347}}
{{Canada Squad 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup}}
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Category:2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Canada men's international soccer players
Category:Canadian expatriate men's soccer players
Category:Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Category:Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Norway
Category:Canadian sportspeople of Italian descent
Category:Canadian soccer coaches
Category:Canadian men's soccer players
Category:Frosinone Calcio players
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Lithuania
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Norway
Category:Montreal Impact (1992–2011) players
Category:Soccer players from Montreal
Category:US Catanzaro 1929 players
Category:USL First Division players