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

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

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

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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 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup. 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.

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* 1980 births Living people Men's association football defenders Canadian sportspeople of Haitian descent Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States FC Dallas draft picks FC Dallas players Haiti men's international footballers Haitian expatriate men's footballers Haitian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Haitian men's footballers 21st-century Haitian sportsmen Major League Soccer players Montreal Impact (1992–2011) players Nashville Metros players Norwegian First Division players Notodden FK players Pors Fotball 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