Joenal Castma

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Joenal Castma
Personal information
Date of birth (1976-03-04) 4 March 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth Uniondale, New York, United States
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1994–1995 St. John's Red Storm
1996–1997 UMass Minutemen
1997 Long Island Rough Riders U-23
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1998 Worcester Wildfire 10 (0)
1999 Minnesota Thunder 1 (0)
1999–2000 Lechia Gdańsk 1 (0)
1999–2002 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 29 (5)
Total41(5)
International career
2000–2002 Haiti
Managerial career
2006– Pittsburgh Panthers (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Joenal Castma (born 4 March 1976) is an American-born Haitian retired footballer who played as a forward for the Haiti national team. He also played professionally for clubs in the United States and Poland.

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Player

Club

Castma began his college soccer career at St. John's University in 1994. In 1996, he transferred to the University of Massachusetts Amherst, playing on the men's soccer team in 1996 and 1997. In 1997, he also played for the Long Island Rough Riders U-23 team. In 1998, he turned professional with the Worcester Wildfire of the USISL A-League. In April 1999, he signed with the Minnesota Thunder. [1] He was traded by the Thunder to the Pittsburgh Riverhounds where he played until 2001. He also played one game for Polish club Lechia Gdańsk during the 1999–2000 season. [2]

International

In 2000, Castma was called up by the Haiti national football team. [3] He played for the team in both 2000 and 2002.

Coach

On 12 August 2003, Castma was hired by the East Allegheny Wildcats Men's Soccer Team as a head coach. They faltered down the stretch going 2–6 in their last 8 to miss the playoffs by 1 game.

On 17 April 2006, Castma was hired by the University of Pittsburgh as an assistant with the women's soccer team.

Director

On 5 January 2008, Castma was hired by Allegheny Force FC as the Director of Coaching and Player development which is based out of the east part of Pittsburgh. In this role he has sent numerous players to Div 1, 2, and 3 schools, many of which who received scholarships at these programs.

Executive Director of Coaching

In June 2018, Castma was hired by Beadling Soccer Club as the New Executive Director of Coaching and Player development. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Long Island pipeline pumps Castma, Schneider on to Thunder roster". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
  2. ↑ 1999/2000 II Liga
  3. ↑ Haiti beckons Riverhounds' Castma
  4. ↑ "Home".


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