Jean-Robert Toussaint

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Jean-Robert Toussaint
Personal information
Full name Jean-Robert Toussaint Jr
Date of birth (1966-04-05) 5 April 1966 (age 58)
Place of birth Limbé, Haiti
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1985–1988 Hartford Hawks
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1988–1992 Montreal Supra 20 (1)
1995 New Hampshire Ramblers 5 (0)
International career
1984 Canada U19
Managerial career
2005 Laval Dynamites
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jean-Robert Toussaint (born 5 April 1966) is a former soccer player who had stints in the USISL Pro League, and the Canadian Soccer League. Born in Haiti, he represented Canada at youth international level.

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Professional career

Toussaint began his career in the Canadian Soccer League in 1988 with the Montreal Supra, [1] and had a stint with the New Hampshire Ramblers of the USISL Pro League in 1995. In 2005, he was appointed head coach for the Laval Dynamites of the Canadian Professional Soccer League. [2] He brought in the likes of Nicolas Lesage, Rachid Madkour, and Mohamed Ridouani. He achieved a third-place finish in the Eastern Conference which secured a postseason berth for the club. [3] In the playoffs, he led Laval to the semi-finals where they faced Toronto Croatia, but lost to a score of 1–0. [4]

Personal life

Toussaint's son Cédric is also a soccer player. [5]

He was a coach for the Dragons of the Collège Saint-Jean Vianney. [6]

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References

  1. "Jean-Robert Toussaint soccer statistics on StatsCrew.com".
  2. "Google Translate". translate.google.ca. Retrieved 2015-05-24.
  3. "October 4, 2005 CPSL Week 20 Standings (Amended) (end of Regular Season)". rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2015-05-24.
  4. Glover, Robin. "October 6, 2005 CPSL Toronto Croatia vs Laval Dynamites (by Rocket Robin)". rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2015-05-24.
  5. "Cédric Toussaint". Canadian Soccer Association . Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  6. "Félicitations à nos entraîneurs!". Collège St-Jean-Vianney (in Canadian French). July 14, 2017. Retrieved 2022-12-21.