Patrick Tardieu

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Patrick Tardieu
Personal information
Date of birth (1968-06-09) 9 June 1968 (age 55)
Place of birth Haiti
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Violette AC
1993–1996 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 12 (3)
1996 New England Revolution 5 (0)
1996 Cape Cod Crusaders (1)
1997 Florida Strikers (2)
1998 Miami Breakers (6)
1999 Atlanta Silverbacks FC 1 (0)
2001–2002 Violette AC 1 (0)
International career
1992-2002 Haiti 9 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Patrick Tardieu (born 9 June 1968) is a Haitian former professional footballer who played as a forward.

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Career

The younger brother of author Jerry, Tardieu signed for Haitian club Violette at the age of 16 before going to live with his diplomat uncle in Belgium, where he played for a lower league team. [1]

For 1996, he signed for American top flight side New England Revolution, becoming the first Haitian to play in the newly-formed Major League Soccer. [1] From thee, Tardieu almost sealed a move to Argentinean top flight team San Lorenzo de Almagro but was unable to join because they filled their foreign player quota. [1] After that, while captaining the Haiti national team, he played for Cape Cod Crusaders, Florida Strikers, Miami Breakers and Atlanta Silverbacks in the American lower leagues.

Following retirement, he established a business to help Haitian players ply their trade abroad. [2]

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