Soni Mustivar (born 12 February 1990) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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. Born in France, he plays for the Haiti national team.

Club career

Born

Aubervilliers Aubervilliers () is a commune in the Seine-Saint-Denis department, Île-de-France region, northeastern suburbs of Paris, France. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Albertivillariens'' or ''Albertivillariennes''. Geography Localisati ...

, France, Soni was trained at the Centre de Formation de Football de Paris, commonly called CFFP, in the heart of Paris before moving to his hometown club

. Following a stint there, he headed to the island of

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and joined Ligue 2 club Bastia. Due to injuries, he was called up to the first team for during 2008–09 season in Ligue 2. He made his professional debut on 29 August against

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, coming on as a substitute in the 35th minute for the injured

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. He played the rest of the match as Bastia secured a 1–0 victory with a goal from Pierre-Yves André. He made five straight substitute appearances in the league before making his first start 1 May against

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in a 3–1 win. Ironically, he was substituted out in the 35th minute, due to an injury, and replaced by

. In between those appearances, he had two solid starts in the

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against

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and Châteauroux. On 27 March 2018, Azerbaijani club Neftçi announced the signing of Mustivar on a contract until the summer of 2019. After extending his contract with Neftçi for an additional year in the summer of 2019, Mustivar left the club on 19 June 2020 after his contract expired. In January 2022, Mustivar signed for French club

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. In July 2022, he joined

International career

Soni has earned caps with the France under-16 team, but went unnoticed during his development years. On 25 May 2009, he was selected to the under-20 squad to participate in the

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. In 2013, Mustivar made his

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 ...

debut in a 4–1 loss to

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Career statistics

Club

International

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

Honours

Petrolul Ploiești *

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Sporting Kansas City *

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2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...

References

External links

LFP Profile
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