Vladimir Pascal (born 27 May 1992, in Haiti) is a Haitian- Guadeloupean

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who currently plays as a

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for

CS Moulien CS Moulien is a football club in Guadeloupe, based in the town of Le Moule. They play in Guadeloupe's first division, the Guadeloupe Championnat National. Achievements * Guadeloupe Championnat National: 12 :: 1952–53, 1954–55, 1955–56, ...

of the

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, the top division of the Guadeloupe football league system. He is also a member of the

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Club career

Pascal played for AS Dragon in his native Guadeloupe between 2008 and 2011 when they were relegated from the top flight. For the 2010/2011 season, Pascal was the league's top goal scorer, scoring 22 goals. Following this campaign, Pascal traveled to

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and had unsuccessful trials with

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and LB Châteauroux, both of Ligue 2. Pascal also previously had trials with other lower-division clubs in France and Cyprus. Pascal then played half a season fo
J. S. Suresnes
an amateur club in the Championnat Paris Ile-De-France of the Promotion d'Honneur, the ninth division of the

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, in the

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region, scoring 11 goals. Subsequently, after not receiving a professional contract in France, he signed for

and returned to the

. In December 2013, Pascal was one of 23 players invited to the inaugural MLS Caribbean Combine, a joint venture between Major League Soccer and the Caribbean Football Union aiming to provide exposure for the region's best players in hopes of being selected in the

2014 MLS SuperDraft The 2014 MLS SuperDraft was the fifteenth SuperDraft presented by Major League Soccer. The first two rounds of the four round draft took place on January 16, 2014, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the Philadelphia Convention Center. Rounds three ...

, as the two entities continued to build a stronger relationship.

International career

Pascal made his debut for the

in a friendly against St. Kitts and Nevis on 2 March 2010. He has since gone on to be part of the squad for the 2010 and

2012 Coupe de l'Outre-Mer La Coupe de l'Outre-Mer de football 2012 ( en, The 2012 Overseas Football Cup) was the third edition of the Coupe de l'Outre-Mer, a football tournament for the overseas departments and territories of France. It took place from 22 September to 29 ...

and Guadeloupe's unsuccessful run during

2012 Caribbean Cup qualification A total of 25 teams entered the qualification process for the 2012 Caribbean Cup, competing for a total of 8 spots in the final tournament. Jamaica, as the holders, and Antigua and Barbuda, as hosts, qualified automatically, leaving 6 spots open f ...

. He scored his first international goal on 22 September 2012 against

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during the 2012 Coupe de l'Outre-Mer, a football tournament for the overseas departments and territories of France. In 2012, Pascal represented Haiti, the nation of his birth, at the Under-23 level during their unsuccessful qualifying campaign for the 2012 Summer Olympics.

International goals

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

References

1992 births Living people Men's association football midfielders Expatriate men's footballers in France Guadeloupe men's international footballers Haitian men's footballers Guadeloupe men's youth international footballers Haiti men's youth international footballers People from Ouest (department) {{Haiti-footy-bio-stub