Wilner Piquant

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Wilner Piquant
Personal information
Full name Wilner Piquant
Date of birth (1951-12-04) December 4, 1951 (age 71)
Place of birth Haiti
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1973–1974 Aigle Noir AC
1974–1975 Violette AC
1978 Ottawa Tigers 20 (0)
International career
1971–1981 Haiti
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Wilner Piquant (born 4 December 1951) was a Haitian international footballer with Haitian club Violette A.C. and was part of the Haitian Squad at the World Cup in Germany in 1974. [1] He played as a goalkeeper. [2] Piquent played in three 1978 World Cup qualifiers and six 1982 World Cup qualifiers, the last of these being a 1–1 draw with Mexico in the 1981 CONCACAF Championship in Tegucigalpa. [3] In 1978, he played in the National Soccer League with Ottawa Tigers. [4]

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References

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  4. Maser, Peter (May 15, 1978). "Tigers, St. Antony's post ties". Ottawa Citizen . p. 19.