Wyn Belotte (born May 6, 1984) is a Canadian soccer player. who last played professionally for 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 ...

in the

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Career

At age 14 Belotte left Canada to train at Rennes and with the

FC Nantes Atlantique Football Club de Nantes (; Gallo: ''Naunnt''), commonly referred to as FC Nantes or simply Nantes (), is a French professional football club based in Nantes in Pays de la Loire. The club was founded on 21 April 1943, during World War II, as ...

youth system. He was signed by

IFK Norrköping Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Norrköping, more commonly known as IFK Norrköping or simply Norrköping, is a Swedish professional football club based in Norrköping. The club is affiliated to Östergötlands Fotbollförbund and play thei ...

in 2002. In the 2003-04 season Belotte was signed by Polish giants

Wisła Kraków Towarzystwo Sportowe Wisła Kraków Spółka Akcyjna, commonly referred to as Wisła Kraków (), is a Polish professional football club based in Kraków. It currently competes in the I liga, the second level of Polish football league system. ...

, where he played in the reserve team. In 2005, he returned to his native country and signed with the

of the

. His signing was announced on June 21, 2005 along with newly acquired striker

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, and league veteran Chris Williams. He made his debut for the club on June 24, 2005 in a match against the

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, where he recorded his first goal of the season with the club as well as registering an assist in a 2-1 victory. Belotte's contribution in the match marked the Lynx's first victory for the 2005 season. He would score his second of the season two weeks later in a 2-1 victory over the

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. After the acquisition of Belotte the Lynx managed a 4-game undefeated streak, but unfortunately the Lynx performed poorly throughout the 2005 season by finishing last in the overall standings.

International career

Belotte played in

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for Canada as well as appearing at the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship. Belotte played 2010 futsal at the QCSL World Cup.QCSL World Cup Profile
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Personal life

Both of his parents come from Haiti and his uncle André is former member of the Canada national under-16 soccer team.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Belotte, Wyn 1984 births Living people Black Canadian soccer players Canadian expatriate soccer players Canadian expatriate sportspeople in France Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Poland Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Canadian soccer players Expatriate footballers in France Expatriate footballers in Poland Expatriate footballers in Sweden Haitian Quebecers Soccer players from Montreal Allsvenskan players Superettan players Toronto Lynx players USL First Division players Canadian men's futsal players Canada men's youth international soccer players Canada men's under-23 international soccer players IFK Norrköping players Ängelholms FF players Association football forwards