Valour FC Sign French Defender Guillaume Pianelli to a USPORTS Contract
Published on March 6, 2023 under Canadian Premier League (CPL)
Valour FC News Release
WINNIPEG, MB. - Valour FC today announce the club has signed French defender Guillaume Pianelli to a USPORTS contract.
Pianelli, 24, joins Valour FC after spending the previous three seasons with Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières where he appeared in 41 matches and helped the program to the U-Sports championship in 2019 where he was named to the all-tournament team. He was also a Quebec conference (RSEQ) All-Star in 2019, 2020, and 2021 and a U Sports and RSEQ All-Star in 2022.
The defender was born in Bastia, Corsica, France- some called him the "Corsican Bull" and previously played with EF Bastia of the Championnat National 2 in France (2017-18) after coming up through the S.C. Bastia development program. He was also selected by Forge FC seventh overall a year ago but did not sign with the club.
Guillaume Pianelli
Position: Defender
Height: 6'4
Birthday: May 1, 1998
Nationality: French
Last Club: Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
2023 ADDITIONS
Guillaume Pianelli
Jordan Tisseur
Dante Campbell
Jared Ulloa
Jaime Siaj
Juan Pablo Sanchez
Eskander Mzoughi
Marcello Polisi
Kian Williams
Pacifique Niyongabire
Abdou Samake
Jordan Haynes
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