Jean-Robert Menelas

Jean Rebort Menelas (born 11 December 1972) is a Haitian footballer who has played for the Haiti national football team.[1] He played striker for Roulado,[2] a club from the Gonâve Island with which he won the Ligue Haïtienne on the occasions: 2002 and 2003. For the 2002 season he was also the league's topscorer.

Jean-Robert Menelas
Personal information
Date of birth (1972-12-11) December 11, 1972
Place of birth Haiti
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–2007 Roulado (158)
National team
2000 Haiti 13 (10)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

As of 2008, Menelas has become the all-time leading goalscorer in the Haitian top division during 14 years playing for Roulado, his only club.[3][4] He is considered to be the best player in the history of Roulado, and one of the best strikers of his generation in Haiti. The club retired his number 7 jersey; the first in the history of Haitian football that a number would be permanently removed.

Club career

Jean-Robert Menelaus spent his entire career for Roulado, a club on the island of Gonâve Island, Haiti. He became the club's captain, winning the Haitian championship in consecutive years, in 2002 and 2003. In 1993, he helped lift the club to Division 1, as he finished as the top scorer in Division 2 with a record-setting 22 goals, that had withstood for eleven years before being broken by Roobens Phillogène ("Paloulou") with 23 goals for Ouanaminthe.[5] Menelaus has registered 158 goals, with 116 coming in Division 1.[6]

International career

Menelas has thirteen caps for the Haiti national team, scoring eight goals leading the selection to the 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

International goals
Scores and results list Haiti's goal tally first.[7]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.22 July 1998Independence Park, Kingston, Jamaica Netherlands Antilles1–04–01998 Caribbean Cup
2.31 July 1998Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Antigua and Barbuda1–03–21998 Caribbean Cup
3.11 March 2000Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti Dominica3–04–02002 FIFA World Cup qualification
4.1 April 2000Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti Bahamas3–09–02002 FIFA World Cup qualification
5.5–0
6.8–0
7.22 November 2002Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti Netherlands Antilles3–03–02003 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification
8.23 February 2003Estadio Alejandro Villanueva, Lima, Peru Peru1–31–5Friendly
9.26 March 2003Independence Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica Martinique1–13–1200e CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification
10.2–1

Honours

Club

Individual
  • Number 7 retired by Roulado in recognition of his career in the club[5][6]

Performances
  • Ligue Haïtienne top goalscorer: 2002

Records
  • Top goalscorer in Ligue Haïtienne: 116 goals.[4][6]

References
  1. "Plus: Soccer -- World Cup Qualifying; Haiti Routs Dominica, 4-0". New York Times. 23 August 2001. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  2. "Foot-ball: CONCACAF des clubs champions, le Roulado de La Gonave se lance dans l'arène". Radio Métropole. 23 August 2001. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  3. "Tournament statistics: Jean Robert Menelas". FIFA. Archived from the original on 21 February 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  4. Alexandre, Légu Perterson (29 January 2008). "Ménélas ira ou n'ira pas au Baltimore?" [Will Ménélas go to Baltimore or not?]. Le Nouvelliste (in French). Port-au-Prince. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  5. Eliézer, Gary, ed. (16 September 2015). "Foot- D1- Roulado : Le numéro 7 de Jean Rebert Menelas retiré". Haiti Tempo. Retrieved 13 April 2016. (in French)
  6. Azard, Marc Johnsen, ed. (17 September 2015). "Foot- D1- Roulado: Jean Rebert Ménélas : "j'ai apprécié et admiré ce geste"". Haiti Tempo. Retrieved 13 April 2016. (in French)
  7. "Menelas, Jean-Robert". National Football Teams. Retrieved 19 April 2017.


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