Yves Desmarets

Yves Desmarets
	Desmarets as a Guimarães player in 2009
Personal information
Full name	Yves Hadley Desmarets
Date of birth	19 July 1979 (age 44)
Place of birth	Paris, France
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1998–1999	Villiers-le-Bel
1999–2000	Sarcelles
2000–2001	Garges-lès-Gonesse
2001–2002	Saint-Denis
2002–2003	Les Lilas
2003–2004	Red Star
2004–2005	AS Poissy
2005–2006	Red Star
2006–2010	Vitória Guimarães
2010–2011	Deportivo La Coruña
2011–2012	Kerkyra
2012–2013	Belenenses
2014–2016	PTT Rayong
2014–2016	Felgueiras 1932
International career
2013–	Haiti
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Yves Hadley Desmarets (born 19 July 1979) is a

left midfielder

.

He spent the vast majority of his professional career, which started at the age of 27, in Portugal, representing Vitória de Guimarães and Belenenses and amassing Primeira Liga totals of 86 games and eight goals over the course of three seasons, all with the former.

Club career

Prior to his arrival in Portugal] to sign with

second division, finally winning promotion), Paris-born Desmarets played the vast majority of his career in modest French clubs, never appearing in higher than the third level. He quickly became an undisputed starter, contributing with four goals in all 30 Primeira Liga games as the Minho team overachieved for a final third place in his second year, ahead of S.L. Benfica

.

In June 2010, after only missing four league matches combined in two top level campaigns, adding four goals, 30-year-old Desmarets signed as a free agent for one year with Deportivo de La Coruña in Spain, with an option for another one.^[1]^[2] He only appeared in 12 La Liga games during the season – 693 minutes of action – which finished in relegation.

After a failed trial with

Kerkyra F.C. in Greece for 2011–12, appearing in no official matches. In early July 2012, he signed for C.F. Os Belenenses on a free transfer.^[3]

International career

Desmarets began appearing for Haiti at the age of nearly 34. His debut occurred on 8 June 2013 in Miami, as he played 85 minutes in a 2–1 loss against Spain.^[4]