Dominique Mocka (born 13 August 1978) is an association footballer from Guadeloupe. Mocka can operate in

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or as a forward and currently plays for

JS Vieux-Habitants JS Vieux-Habitants is a Guadeloupean football club based in the town of Vieux-Habitants. They play in Guadeloupe's first division, the Guadeloupe Division of Honor. Achievements * Guadeloupe Championnat National: 2 :: 2006, 2010 External links ...

and the Guadeloupe football team. He is the brother of fellow Guadeloupe and

striker Erick Mocka.

Club playing career

Racing Club de Basse-Terre

Mocka began his career in 1994 with

Racing Club de Basse-Terre Racing Club de Basse-Terre is a football club in Guadeloupe, based in Basse-Terre. They play in Guadeloupe's second division, the Promotion d'Honneur Regionale. Achievements * Guadeloupe Championnat National: 3 :: 1967–68, 1998–99, 2003� ...

. He spent nine years and most of his career at the club, winning the

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in the 2003–04 season, his penultimate year at Basse-Terre. With Basse-Terre, Mocka was the league's top scorer in two consecutive seasons, firstly in 2002–03, with 18 goals, as Racing Club finished eighth and then in 2003–04, with 20 goals, as his team won the league title.

Association de la Jeunesse Sportive Saintoise

Dominique spent a year at the club after leaving Racing Club de Basse-Terre in 2005. Jeunesse finished seventh in the 2005/06

during Dominique's time at the club, and he scored eleven times, but lost out in the goalscoring charts to his brother, Erick Mocka, who scored fifteen times. In 2006, Mocka moved on to

JS Vieux-Habitants

Mocka currently plays for Guadeloupe top-flight club

and is the team's player/coach. He has been at Vieux-Habitants since 2006, but his most successful year at the club to date was 2010, when Vieux-Habitants won the league and Mocka scored 13 league goals.

International career

Dominique has been capped thirty-eight times for his country, scoring seventeen goals. He wears the no. 5 shirt for Guadeloupe, a number that is usually worn by a

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. Mocka played in the

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preliminary qualifiers against

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on 7–21 July 2002. He then also featured in the group stage qualifying match against

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on 11 November, against

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on 13 November, against

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on 28 March 2003 and against

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on 30 March. Dominique scored twice in ten minutes in the match against Antigua & Barbuda as Guadeloupe as his team won 2–0. Mocka played for Guadeloupe at the

2007 Gold Cup The 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the ninth edition of the Gold Cup, the soccer championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF), and was won by the United States over Mexico. It was contested in the United States from ...

. Mocka made his only appearance in the tournament in the 1–1 draw with Haiti in June 2007, coming on as a second-half substitute. His next recent call-up for ''Les Gwada Boys'' came over three years later, on 7 December 2010, against

. Mocka played twice more that year, against Antigua and Barbuda and

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. The midfielder was recalled to the Guadeloupe national team in October 2012, making three appearances at the

2012 Caribbean Cup The 2012 Caribbean Cup was the 17th edition of the Caribbean Cup, an international football competition for national teams of member nations affiliated with the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) of the CONCACAF region. The final stage was hosted by ...

. Mocka scored a first-half brace in the 4–1 win over

on 26 October 2012; these were his first international goals for nine years.

Management career

In 2010, Mocka took charge of the Guadeloupe U20 team when they began competing for the first time since 1992. He was appointed joint-manager along with Steve Bizasene. Mocka said that he would put an emphasis on selecting locally based players for the team.Le come-back de Dominique Mocka
(in French) Retrieved 8 August 2011

Honours

* 2002–03

- topscorer * 2003–04

- champions * 2003–04

Coupe de Guadeloupe The Coupe de Guadeloupe is the top knockout tournament of the Guadeloupe football. Finals The list of cup finals: *1941/42 : Racing Club 4–2 Redoutable *1943 : ''not finished'' *1944/45 : ''not played'' *1946 : La Gauloise 1–0 CS Moulie ...

- champions * 2009–10

- champions

References

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