Wagneau Eloi
 Eloi in 2000 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 11 September 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Port-au-Prince, Haiti | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) |
Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Red Star | |||
| Paris FC | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–1995 | Lens | 19 | (2) |
| 1995–1997 |
Nancy | 41 | (7) |
| 1997–1999 | Lens | 37 | (10) |
| 1999–2002 |
Monaco | 32 | (4) |
| 2002–2003 |
Guingamp | 18 | (5) |
| 2004 | Lens | 4 | (1) |
| 2004–2005 | La Louvière | 16 | (7) |
| 2005–2007 | Roeselaere | 36 | (15) |
| Total | 203 | (51) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2008–2009 | Haiti | ||
| 2014– | FC Miami City | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Wagneau Eloi (born 11 September 1973) is a
Born in
In 2008 Eloi became head coach of the Haiti national team.
In 2014 Eloi co-founded the US Champions Soccer Academy and became its technical director. He also became head of coach of
Playing career
Eloi was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. His father was a carpenter and his mother a seamstress. He moved to France with his mother, his brother and his sister when he was nine years old.[1] He spent four years at Paris-based club Red Star.[1]
Eloi continued his training at
Under Roger Lemerre he won hist first professional championship title at the Military World Championships[2] with the French team Joinville Battalion.
He returned to RC Lens where he helped the club win its first Ligue 1 title during the 1997–98 season.
In 1999, Eloi moved to AS Monaco FC, after Thierry Henry had left.
He joined the
He trialled with US Créteil in January 2004[2] but ultimately rejoined RC Lens for a third time.
In 2008, his professional career came to an end in Belgium where he had played for both Roeselaere and La Louvière.
Post-playing career
Upon his retirement, Eloi returned to his native country, Haiti, in 2008. On 8 April 2008, he was unveiled as new head coach of Haiti national team in order to prepare it for the upcoming 2010 World Cup.[3] In his first match, a 0–0 draw against the Netherlands Antilles, he fielded a young team with an age average of less than 24 years.[4]
In 2014 Eloi co-founded the US Champions Soccer Academy with
Personal life
Eloi married a woman from Senegal.[1] During his time at Guingamp, it was reported he enjoyed reading comics and manga.[5]
Honours
Lens
Monaco
References
- ^ a b c d e f Hennion, Blandine (4 November 1998). "FOOT. Le club nordiste joue ce soir à Athènes en Ligue des champions. Eloi, un titi haïtien qui décolle à Lens". Libération (in French). Retrieved 29 April 2021.
- ^ a b "Wagneau Eloi réfléchit". Le Parisien (in French). 17 January 2004. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
- ^ "Haïti : Eloi sélectionneur" (in French). Ouest-France. 8 April 2008. Retrieved 8 April 2008.
- ^ "Le pari osé de Wagneau Eloi". Le Nouvelliste (in French). 19 June 2008. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
- ^ "Le Télégramme - Wagneau Eloi. En avant les comics !". Le Télégramme (in French). 11 April 2003. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
- ^ "AS Monaco FC 0:0 (6 : 5 P) FC Nantes Atlantique". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
External links
- Wagneau Eloi at L'Équipe Football (in French)
- Wagneau Eloi at kicker (in German)
- Wagneau Eloi at FootballDatabase.eu
- Wagneau Eloi at National-Football-Teams.com