Johny Placide

Johny Placide

Placide with Tsarsko Selo in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth	(1988-01-29) 29 January 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth	Montfermeil, France
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Bastia
Number	30
Youth career
2000–2007	Le Havre
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2008	Le Havre B	23	(0)
2008–2012	Le Havre	97	(0)
2013–2016	Reims	49	(0)
2016–2017	Guingamp	0	(0)
2017–2018	Oldham Athletic	36	(0)
2019–2021	Tsarsko Selo	47	(0)
2021–	Bastia	85	(0)
International career
2008	Haiti U23	3	(0)
2008–2009	France U21	7	(0)
2011–	Haiti	69	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 September 2024

Johny Placide (born 29 January 1988) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ligue 2 club Bastia. Born in France, he plays for and captains the Haiti national team since 2011.

Club career

Placide began his career on youth side with Le Havre and was promoted to the first team in July 2008 and played four games in his first season. He played in his debut match on 26 April 2009 against Grenoble. ^[1]

Placide joined Reims in January 2013. He made his league debut for the club on 19 January 2013 in a 1–0 away defeat to Sochaux. ^[2] In July 2016, Placide was released from the club. ^[3] He went on to play one season for Guingamp.

On 31 August 2017, Placide signed a two-year contract with League One side Oldham Athletic. ^[4] On 26 September 2017, he made his debut for Oldham Athletic in a 3–2 victory over Peterborough United. He made several important saves and was awarded the man of the match award for his performance. ^[5] On 3 October 2017, Placide earned his first clean sheet for Oldham Athletic in a 1–0 victory over Crewe Alexandra in the EFL Trophy. ^[6] On 17 April 2018, he saved a key penalty from Rochdale's Joe Rafferty to help his side secure a 0–0 draw. ^[7]

On 5 June 2021, Placide signed for newly-promoted Ligue 2 club Bastia. ^[8]

International career

Placide played for the Haiti national team at the 2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament, losing all three qualifying games, but was most fondly remembered for his performance against Mexico; despite losing 5–1, Placide had saved several clear opportunities from Mexico during the match, including a penalty. Despite Placide's heroics, this game eliminated both teams and cost Hugo Sánchez his post as national coach. Placide was then called to the French U21 side playing at the Toulon Tournament. He earned his first French U21 cap in a 1–0 victory over Portugal. ^[9] Placide played his first game for the French U21 squad on 11 February 2009 against Tunisia. ^[10]

Placide was called up by Haiti for the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup, in which his side won group B and made it to the semi-finals for the very first time, before being eliminated by Mexico.

Career statistics

As of match played 13 September 2024

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Le Havre	2008–09 [11]	Ligue 1	4	0	0	0	0	0	—		4	0
	2009–10 [11]	Ligue 2	30	0	0	0	1	0	—		31	0
	2010–11 [11]		34	0	0	0	1	0	—		35	0
	2011–12 [11]		23	0	3	0	1	0	—		27	0
	2012–13 [11]		6	0	0	0	0	0	—		6	0
	Total		97	0	3	0	3	0	—		103	0
Reims	2012–13 [11]	Ligue 1	4	0	1	0	0	0	—		5	0
	2013–14 [11]		4	0	1	0	2	0	—		7	0
	2014–15 [11]		22	0	0	0	0	0	—		22	0
	2015–16 [11]		19	0	0	0	0	0	—		19	0
	Total		49	0	2	0	2	0	—		53	0
Guingamp	2016–17 [11]	Ligue 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
Oldham Athletic	2017–18 [11]	League One	36	0	1	0	0	0	5 [a]	0	42	0
Tsarsko Selo	2019–20	Bulgarian First League	19	0	0	0	—		1 [b]	0	20	0
	2020–21		28	0	0	0	—		0	0	28	0
	Total		47	0	0	0	—		0	0	48	0
Bastia	2021–22	Ligue 2	16	0	6	0	—		—		22	0
	2022–23		33	0	0	0	—		—		33	0
	2023–24		32	0	0	0	–		–		32	0
	2024–25		4	0	0	0	–		–		4	0
	Total		85	0	6	0	—		—		91	0
Career total			314	0	12	0	5	0	6	0	337	0

1. Appearances in the EFL Trophy.
2. Appearances in the relegation play-offs.

Honours

Haiti

• Caribbean Cup bronze medal: 2012 ^{[12] [13]} 2014 ^{[14] [15]}

References

1. French Football League – Johny PLACIDE ^{[ permanent dead link ‍]}
2. "Sochaux vs. Reims – 19 January 2013". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
3. "Johny Placide n'est plus rémois". stade-de-reims.com (in French). 7 July 2016. Archived from the original on 10 July 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
4. "SIGNING: Latics Sign International Goalkeeper" . Retrieved 31 August 2017.
5. "VIDEO: Johny Placide's Debut" . Retrieved 1 October 2017.
6. "MATCH REPORT: Wellens Makes It Three Wins From Three" . Retrieved 4 October 2017.
7. "Rochdale 0-0 Oldham". BBC Sport. 17 April 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
8. "Le portier Johny Placide s'engage pour 2 saisons". Sporting Club Bastia (in French). 5 June 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
9. Festival Foot Espoirs Toulon Archived 8 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
10. Johnny Placide at FFF : sélections, football, fiche, espoirs, féminines, masculines
11. Johny Placide at Soccerway. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
12. "Haiti – Soccer – Team Profile – Results, fixtures, squad, statistics – Global Sports Archive".
13. https://globalsportsarchive.com / Competition / Soccer / Caribbean-Cup-2012-Antigua – Barbuda / 3-е место / 19040 /
14. "Caribbean Cup 2014 – Results, fixtures, tables and stats – Global Sports Archive".
15. "Jamaica v Haiti, 16 November 2014".

External links

• Johny Placide at Soccerway
• Johny Placide at National-Football-Teams.com
• Johny Placide – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Johny Placide profile at FHF
• Johny Placide at the French Football Federation (in French)
• Johny Placide at the French Football Federation (archived) (in French)