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Audel Laville
Personal information
Full name Audel Josiah O'Neal Laville
Date of birth (2002-09-14) 14 September 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Mahaut, Dominica
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Dublanc
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2023 Harlem United
2023– Dublanc
International career‡
2023– Dominica 18 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:07, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

Audel Laville (born 14 September 2002) is an association footballer who currently plays for Dublanc and the Dominica national team.

Club career

Laville is a product of the Newtown Juvenile Football Academy in his hometown of Mahaut. His coaches, including Don Leogal, recognized him as a special talent from an early age. He also played football for his school teams, including Convent Preparatory School at the under-13 level and Saint Mary's Academy at the U13, U15, and U17 levels. His team won the under-15 and under-17 league championships.[1][2]

At age fifteen, Laville joined Dominica Premier League club Harlem United. He was a central figure in Harlem’s Dominica Football Association U20 Championship win in 2019 and First Division championships in 2019 and 2020. In 2020, he helped secure the championship with two goals in a come-from-behind victory over East Central FC.[3] Later that year, he was named the DFA Youth Player of the Year and his club's Footballer of the Year for his efforts.[1] That year, Harlem United also won the Knockout Recovery Cup with a victory over Bath Estate. Laville scored in the final and was named Man of the Match.[4]

Laville began the 2023 season with Harlem United, scoring a brace against Pointe Michel FC and being named man of the match on the third matchday.[5] By June of that year, he had moved to Dublanc FC. He scored a brace anther brace against Pointe Michel FC en route to earning more Man of the Match honours.[6]

International career

Laville represented Dominica at the youth level in the 2017 CONCACAF Boys' Under-15 Championship. He scored a goal in a friendly against Barbados in preparation for the tournament.[7] He then captained his side in 2020 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying.[1] He scored two goals in a 4–1 victory over Anguilla in the tournament.[8]

Laville made his senior international debut on 20 November 2018 in a 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualifying match against Sint Maarten.[9] At age seventeen, Laville scored against Saint Vincent and the Grenadines after coming on as a substitute in the 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League B. With the goal, he became the youngest-ever player to score in the CONCACAF Nations League.[1][2] The goal was Laville's first at the senior international level and secured the first-ever win for Dominica in the Nations League proper.[10] After the match, Dominica head coach Rajesh Latchoo called Laville the future of Dominica football.[11][12] On 20 November 2023, he scored a goal in a victory over the British Virgin Islands in the 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League C. With the win, Dominica secured promotion to the League B for the 2024–25 edition of the tournament.[13]

International goals

Scores and results list the Dominica's goal tally first.[9]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 18 November 2019 Windsor Park, Roseau, Dominica  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1–0 1–0 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League B
2. 28 March 2021 Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic  Panama 1–1 1–2 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
3. 15 May 2022 Windsor Park, Roseau, Dominica  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1–0 3–1 Friendly
4. 2–1
5. 16 November 2023 A. O. Shirley Recreation Ground, Road Town, British Virgin Islands  British Virgin Islands 1–0 2–1 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League C
6. 20 November 2023 A. O. Shirley Recreation Ground, Road Town, British Virgin Islands  Turks and Caicos Islands 1–0 2–0 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League C
Last updated 22 November 2023

International career statistics

As of match played 20 November 2023.[9]
Dominica national team
2018 1 0
2019 4 1
2020 0 0
2021 4 1
2022 4 2
2023 5 2
Total 18 6

References

  1. ^ a b c d Durand-Smith, Dionne. "PLAYER PROFILE: Who is Audel Laville?". eMage Dominica. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Interview with Audel Laville, Senior National Team Player". Dominica Football Association. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  3. ^ "First Division – Champions". Dominica Football Association. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Promex Harlem United are the champions of the Dfa Knockout Recovery Cup". Dominica Football Associaiton. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  5. ^ Walker, Monica. "Dominica: Promex Harlem United records first win with 4-2 goals at DFA Premier League". WIC News. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  6. ^ "Dominica: Promex Harlem United wins match in DFA Premier League, know results". Associates Times. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  7. ^ Gilkes, R. "U15 footballers score big win over Dominic". Loop News Barbados. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  8. ^ "Guyana's unbeaten run ended by Nicaragua". Guyana News Room. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  9. ^ a b c "NFT profile". National Football Teams. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  10. ^ "Audel Laville earns Dominica first CNL win". CONCACAF. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  11. ^ Liburd, Lasana. "'Preparing part-time players to compete with pros is a challenge': T&T's Caribbean coaching exports speak". socawarriors.net. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  12. ^ Liburd, Lasana. "We're no pushovers! Latapy and Latchoo discuss WCQ adventures at Barbados and Dominica". wired868.com. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  13. ^ "Dominica, Aruba secure League B promotion with victories over BVI, USVI in League C". Sports Max. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
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