Wagneau Eloi

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Wagneau Eloi
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Eloi in 2000
Personal information
Date of birth (1973-09-11) 11 September 1973 (age 50)
Place of birth Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Red Star
Paris FC
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1993–1995 Lens 19 (2)
1995–1997 Nancy 41 (7)
1997–1999 Lens 37 (10)
1999–2002 Monaco 32 (4)
2002–2003 Guingamp 18 (5)
2004 Lens 4 (1)
2004–2005 La Louvière 16 (7)
2005–2007 Roeselaere 36 (15)
Total203(51)
Managerial career
2008–2009 Haiti
2014– FC Miami City
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Wagneau Eloi (born 11 September 1973) is a Haitian former professional footballer who played as a striker.

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Born in Haiti, Eloi's family relocated to Paris, France when he was nine. In Paris, Eloi played for Red Star and Paris FC before joining RC Lens where he made his senior debut. Having spent two seasons at AS Nancy he returned to Lens in 1997 helping the club win its first Ligue 1 title. In three years at AS Monaco he won another league title. He played the 2002–03 season at EA Guingamp and signed for Lens a third time in 2004. He retired from playing after two stints in Belgium with La Louvière and Roeselaere.

In 2008 Eloi became head coach of the Haiti national team.

In 2014 Eloi co-founded the US Champions Soccer Academy and became its technical director. He also became head of coach of FC Miami City Champions in the Premier Development League expansion franchise in the Miami, Florida metro.

Playing career

Eloi was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. His father was a carpenter and his mother a seamstress. He moved to France with his mother, his brother and his sister when he was nine years old. [1] He spent four years at Paris-based club Red Star. [1]

Eloi continued his training at Paris FC. [1] He stayed two years at the club, being fielded as a goalkeeper in his first season, before joining RC Lens in 1991. [1] At Lens, teammate Roger Boli became his mentor and friend. [1] After four years at Lens he joined AS Nancy.

Under Roger Lemerre he won his first professional championship title at the Military World Championships [2] with the French team Joinville Battalion.

He returned to RC Lens where he helped the club win its first Ligue 1 title during the 1997–98 season.

In 1999, Eloi moved to AS Monaco FC, after Thierry Henry had left.

He joined the En Avant de Guingamp in 2002.

He trialled with US Créteil in January 2004 [2] but ultimately rejoined RC Lens for a third time.

In 2008, his professional career came to an end in Belgium where he had played for both Roeselaere and La Louvière.

Post-playing career

Upon his retirement, Eloi returned to his native country, Haiti, in 2008. On 8 April 2008, he was unveiled as new head coach of Haiti national team in order to prepare it for the upcoming 2010 World Cup. [3] In his first match, a 0–0 draw against the Netherlands Antilles, he fielded a young team with an age average of less than 24 years. [4]

In 2014 Eloi co-founded the US Champions Soccer Academy with Ravy Truchot and Éric Rabésandratana and became its technical director. He was also made head coach of FC Miami City Champions, a new Premier Development League expansion franchise in the Miami, Florida metro.

Personal life

Eloi married a woman from Senegal. [1] During his time at Guingamp, it was reported he enjoyed reading comics and manga. [5]

Honours

Lens

Monaco

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Hennion, Blandine (4 November 1998). "FOOT. Le club nordiste joue ce soir à Athènes en Ligue des champions. Eloi, un titi haïtien qui décolle à Lens". Libération (in French). Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Wagneau Eloi réfléchit". Le Parisien (in French). 17 January 2004. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  3. ↑ "Haïti : Eloi sélectionneur" (in French). Ouest-France. 8 April 2008. Retrieved 8 April 2008.
  4. ↑ "Le pari osé de Wagneau Eloi". Le Nouvelliste (in French). 19 June 2008. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  5. ↑ "Le Télégramme - Wagneau Eloi. En avant les comics !". Le Télégramme (in French). 11 April 2003. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  6. ↑ "AS Monaco FC 0:0 (6 : 5 P) FC Nantes Atlantique". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
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