Josué Mayard
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | October 3, 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000 | Montreal Impact | 13 | (4) |
| 2001 | Nashville Metros | 1 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | Dallas Burn | 6 | (0) |
| 2002 | Kansas City Wizards | 0 | (0) |
| 2003–2005 | Toronto Lynx | 55 | (2) |
| 2005 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 2 | (0) |
| 2006 | Pors Grenland | 26 | (4) |
| 2007–2008 | Notodden FK | 14 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2000–2007 | Haiti | 17 | (2) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 February 2008 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 February 2008 | |||
Josué Mayard (born October 3, 1980) is a former Haitian international soccer player who played as a defender. Throughout his playing career, he had stints in Europe, Major League Soccer, and the USL A-League.
Club career[edit]
Mayard began his professional career in 2000 with the Montreal Impact of the USL A-League where he had an impressive rookie campaign, recording 4 goals and 2 assists in only 13 games.[1] After having an impressive campaign with the Impact he signed for Dallas Burn of the Major League Soccer.[2] He split the 2002 season between the Dallas Burn and Kansas City Wizards playing only three matches with Dallas.[3] Mayard returned to the A-League to sign with the Toronto Lynx his signing was announced in a press conference on April 30, 2003.[4] He made his debut for the club on May 3, 2003 against Pittsburgh Riverhounds.[5]
He re-signed with Toronto for the 2004 season his signing was announced on April 7, 2004.[6] Throughout the 2004 season the Lynx failed to acquire a playoff berth. Mayard returned for his third stint with the organization on April 19, 2005.[7] On June 21, 2005 Mayard was traded to the Vancouver Whitecaps in exchange for Said Ali.[8] With the Caps he helped the team make the playoffs reaching the semi-finals but losing to Richmond Kickers in a penalty shootout.
In 2006, he went abroad to Norway and signed with Pors Grenland in the Norwegian First Division playing 26 games and scoring 4 goals. In 2007, he moved to league rivals Notodden FK, and appeared in 14 matches.[9]
International career[edit]
Although he is a Canadian citizen, due to his Haitian heritage he was able to compete for the Haiti national football team in their quest to qualify for the 2002 World Cup,[10] making his debut for Haiti against Honduras. He also helped the team qualify for the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup. He did not however make their Gold Cup squad.
Personal life[edit]
Mayard has two brothers who also play professional soccer; Pierre-Rudolph and Elkana Mayard.
References[edit]
- ^ "Impact 2000 - Return to the outdoor game". Retrieved 2015-05-04.
- ^ "DALLAS BURN 2001 ROSTER". www.canoe.ca. Archived from the original on April 23, 1997. Retrieved 2015-05-04.
- ^ "Josue Mayard". MLSsoccer.com. Retrieved 2015-05-04.
- ^ Glover, Robin. "April 30, 2003 Toronto Lynx Media Conference". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2015-05-04.
- ^ Nutt, Dave. "May 3, 2003 Toronto Lynx vs Pittsburgh Riverhounds (from Toronto Lynx)". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2015-05-04.
- ^ Glover, Robin. "April 7th, 2004 Lynx press conference by Rocket Robin". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2015-05-04.
- ^ Glover, Robin. "April 19th, 2005 Toronto Lynx press conference (by Rocket Robin)". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2015-05-04.
- ^ Nutt, Dave. "June 21, 2005 USL Toronto Lynx upcoming week (from Lynx media release)". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2015-05-04.
- ^ "Google Translate". translate.google.ca. Retrieved 2015-05-04.
- ^ FIFA World Cup qualifying games Archived 2012-10-18 at the Wayback Machine – FIFA.com
External links[edit]
- Josué Mayard at National-Football-Teams.com
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- 1980 births
- Living people
- Men's association football defenders
- Canadian people of Haitian descent
- Sportspeople of Haitian descent
- Expatriate men's footballers in Norway
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- FC Dallas draft picks
- FC Dallas players
- Haiti men's international footballers
- Haitian expatriate men's footballers
- Haitian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Haitian men's footballers
- Major League Soccer players
- Montreal Impact (1992–2011) players
- Nashville Metros players
- Norwegian First Division players
- Notodden FK players
- Pors Fotball players
- Soccer players from Montreal
- Sporting Kansas City players
- Toronto Lynx players
- A-League (1995–2004) players
- USL First Division players
- Vancouver Whitecaps (1986–2010) players
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