Josué Mayard (born October 3, 1980) is a former

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 s ...

an international soccer player who played as a defender. Throughout his playing career, he had stints in Europe,

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, and the

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Club career

Mayard began his professional career in 2000 with the Montreal Impact of the

where he had an impressive rookie campaign, recording 4 goals and 2 assists in only 13 games. After having an impressive campaign with the Impact he signed for

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of the

. He split the 2002 season between the Dallas Burn and

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playing only three matches with Dallas. Mayard returned to the A-League to sign with the

Toronto Lynx Toronto Lynx was a Canadian soccer team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1997, the team last played in the 2014 season of the Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Great Lakes D ...

his signing was announced in a press conference on April 30, 2003. He made his debut for the club on May 3, 2003 against

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. He re-signed with Toronto for the 2004 season his signing was announced on April 7, 2004. Throughout the 2004 season the Lynx failed to acquire a playoff berth. Mayard returned for his third stint with the organization on April 19, 2005. On June 21, 2005 Mayard was traded to the

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in exchange for

Said Ali Said Ali (born October 26, 1980) is a Jordanian-born Canadian former soccer player who began his career in 2004 with Pittsburgh Riverhounds in the USL Pro Select League. After a successful season in the USL Pro Select League he managed to play in ...

. With the Caps he helped the team make the playoffs reaching the semi-finals but losing to

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in a penalty shootout. In 2006, he went abroad to Norway and signed with

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in the

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playing 26 games and scoring 4 goals. In 2007, he moved to league rivals

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, and appeared in 14 matches.

International career

Although he is a Canadian citizen, due to his Haitian heritage he was able to compete for the

Haiti national football team The Haiti national football team (french: Équipe d'Haïti de football, Haitian Creole: ''Ekip foutbòl Ayiti'') represents Haiti in international football. Haiti is administered by the Fédération Haïtienne de Football (FHF), the governing ...

in their quest to qualify for the 2002 World Cup,FIFA World Cup qualifying games
– FIFA.com making his debut for Haiti against

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. He also helped the team qualify for the

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. He did not however make their Gold Cup squad.

Personal life

Mayard has two brothers who also play professional soccer; Pierre-Rudolph and

Elkana Mayard Elkana Mayard (born May 17, 1982) is a Canadian former soccer player who played as a defender. Career Born in Montreal, Quebec, Mayard started his career in 2002 with Racing de Montréal-Nord, and SC Panellinios Montréal in the Ligue de Soccer ...

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* 1980 births Living people Association football defenders Canadian sportspeople of Haitian descent Expatriate footballers in Norway Expatriate soccer players in the United States FC Dallas draft picks FC Dallas players Haiti international footballers Haitian expatriate footballers Haitian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Haitian footballers Major League Soccer players Montreal Impact (1992–2011) players Nashville Metros players Norwegian First Division players Notodden FK players Pors Grenland players Soccer players from Montreal Sporting Kansas City players Toronto Lynx players A-League (1995–2004) players USL First Division players Vancouver Whitecaps (1986–2010) players {{Haiti-footy-bio-stub