Carlens Arcus (born 28 June 1996) is a Haitian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club Vitesse and the Haiti national team.

Club career

When Arcus was about 15–16 years of age, he travelled to

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, Brazil, and played for a Série D club, where he learned

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. In 2014, he returned to Haiti and played for top-tier

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and then for Club Sportif Saint-Louis of the second division. Arcus played for

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in 2015, until signing with

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in 2016. On 23 June 2022, Arcus signed a three-year contract with Vitesse in the Netherlands.

Career statistics

Club

International goals

:''Scores and results list Haiti's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Arcus goal.''

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* * 1996 births Living people Sportspeople from Port-au-Prince Association football fullbacks Haitian footballers Lille OSC players Cercle Brugge K.S.V. players AJ Auxerre players SBV Vitesse players Ligue Haïtienne players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Championnat National 2 players Championnat National 3 players Haiti international footballers 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Expatriate footballers in France Expatriate footballers in Belgium Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Haitian expatriate sportspeople in France Haitian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Haitian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands {{Haiti-footy-bio-stub