Jean Rebort Menelas (born 11 December 1972) is a Haitian

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who has played for the

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. He played striker for Roulado, a club from the

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with which he won the

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on the occasions: 2002 and 2003. For the 2002 season he was also the league's topscorer. As of 2008, Menelas has become the all-time leading goalscorer in the Haitian top division during 14 years playing for Roulado, his only club. He is considered to be the best player in the history of Roulado, and one of the best strikers of his generation in Haiti. The club retired his number 7 jersey; the first in the history of Haitian football that a number would be permanently removed.

Club career

Jean-Robert Menelaus spent his entire career for Roulado, a club on the island of

, Haiti. He became the club's captain, winning the Haitian championship in consecutive years, in 2002 and 2003. In 1993, he helped lift the club to Division 1, as he finished as the top scorer in Division 2 with a record-setting 22 goals, that had withstood for eleven years before being broken by Roobens Phillogène ("Paloulou") with 23 goals for

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. Menelaus has registered 158 goals, with 116 coming in Division 1.

International career

Menelas has thirteen caps for the Haiti national team, scoring eight goals leading the selection to the 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Haiti's goal tally first.''

Honours

Club

(2): 2002, 2003

Individual

* Number 7 retired by Roulado in recognition of his career in the club

Performances

* Ligue Haïtienne top goalscorer: 2002

Records

* Top goalscorer in Ligue Haïtienne: 116 goals.

References

External links

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Jean-Robert Menelas profile
at Footballdatabase.eu 1972 births Living people Haitian footballers Ligue Haïtienne players Haiti international footballers 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Association football forwards {{Haiti-footy-bio-stub