Jean Michel Alexandre Boucicaut (born 18 November 1981), known as Alexandre Boucicaut, is a Haitian former
footballer
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who played as a
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
for the
Haiti national team.
Club career
Boucicaut played 47 games from 2000 to 2004 for
Violette AC in the Haitian First Division, scoring 22 goals during his four years with the popular Haitian side. Played with
Racing Club Haïtien
Racing Club Haïtien is a professional football club based in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. It is one of the most successful clubs in the country's history.
History
The club has won the most league championships in Haitian club history, 11, winnin ...
of the Haitian First Division during the 1999 and 2000 seasons.
Boucicaut became the fourth player from Haiti to play in
Major League Soccer
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, following on the heels of retired
Los Angeles Galaxy
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midfielder
Sébastien Vorbe
Sebastien Vorbe (born 4 June 1976) is a Haitian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Violette. He is the nephew of notable Haitian player Philippe Vorbe.
Club career
Vorbe started his career playing for the First Division in ...
, Patrick Tardieu, and
Jean Philippe Peguero.
Boucicaut won the
2013 Dominican Republic First Division league championship and was selected Most Valuable Player playing with
Don Bosco Moca.
International career
Boucicaut played 15 games for the Haiti under-23 national team and eight games for the
senior national team. He has scored 12 international goals in his 23 combined appearances with the Haitian U23 and senior national teams.
Boucicaut scored Haiti's lone goal in the 67th minute of the team's 1–1 draw with the
United States
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in an international friendly in 2004 at the
Orange Bowl
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in
Miami
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. He was named to Haiti's
2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup
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The tournament was once again held in the United States, in Miami and Pasadena. The format ...
squad at the age of 20. He made his debut for the Haitian senior team in 2002 in a match against
Honduras
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. He played 15 games for the Haitian U23, including three games during
CONCACAF
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qualifying for the
2004 Olympics
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. He also was a
Haiti
Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...
squad member at the 2002 and 2007 Gold Cup Finals
CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2007 - Full Details
- RSSSF
References
External links
Quererato roster 2007/2008
- ESPN
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1981 births
Living people
Footballers from Port-au-Prince
Haitian men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Haiti men's international footballers
2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
Violette AC players
Chicago Fire FC players
Colorado Rapids players
Independiente Santa Fe footballers
Querétaro F.C. footballers
Moca FC players
San Cristóbal FC players
Ligue Haïtienne players
Major League Soccer players
Liga Dominicana de Fútbol players
Haitian expatriate men's footballers
Haitian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
Haitian expatriate sportspeople in Colombia
Expatriate men's footballers in Colombia
Haitian expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico
Haitian expatriate sportspeople in the Dominican Republic
Expatriate men's footballers in the Dominican Republic