Vladimir Edouard

Vladimir Edouard (born 18 June 1978) is a Canadian-born Haitian former footballer who played as a forward for the Haiti national team. He has spent the majority of his career in his native province of Quebec particularly in the Canadian Soccer League.

Vladimir Edouard
Personal information
Date of birth (1978-06-18) 18 June 1978
Place of birth Outaouais, Quebec, Canada
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2000 Montreal Impact 21 (1)
2001 Ottawa Wizards 3 (1)
2002–2003 Montreal/Laval Dynamites 21 (5)
2005 Vermont Voltage 5 (1)
2006 Laval Dynamites 9 (7)
National team
2000 Haiti 6 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Edouard began his professional soccer with the Montreal Impactin 1998.[1] During his tenure with Montreal he appeared in 10 matches and scored 1 goal, and helped secure a playoff berth by finishing second in the Northeast division. In 2001, he signed with the newly expansion franchise the Ottawa Wizards of Canadian Professional Soccer League.[2] With Ottawa he managed to win the regular season by finishing first in the overall standings, but were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs by St. Catharines Wolves. The following season he transferred to the Montreal Dynamites, making his debut on 9 June 2002 in a match against the York Region Shooters where he scored two goals in a 3-0 victory.[3]

The Dynamites managed to finish second in the eastern conference clinching a postseason position, but were eliminated by the Metro Lions in the quarterfinals. In the 2003 season the club moved to the suburb of Laval, Quebec, but the club failed to reach the postseason by finishing fourth in the eastern conference. In 2005, Edouard signed with Vermont Voltage of the USL Premier Development League, where he appeared in 5 matches scoring 1 goal.[4] He returned to the Dynamites for the 2006 season where he had a tremendous season recording seven goals in total of nine matches; helping the club reach the postseason by finishing third in the National division.[5][6][7]

International career

Edouard played for the Haiti national football team in 2000, which included several FIFA World Cup qualifying matches.[8]

References
  1. "1998: THE IMPACT IN SURVIVAL MODE". impactsoccer.com.
  2. Goddard, Richard. "Ottawa 3 Montreal 1 Ottawa Move ahead of Olympians. Final game should be a classic..." Rocket Robin's Home Page.
  3. "Head Start Dynamites". RDS 25. 9 June 2002.
  4. "SoccerStats.us Vladimir Edouard". SoccerStats.us.
  5. "CROATIA, LAVAL WIN". Rocket Robin's Home Page. CSL website. 22 July 2006.
  6. "ITALIA, LAVAL SCORE SUNDAY VICTORIES". Rocket Robin's Home Page. CSL website. 23 July 2006.
  7. "BLUE DEVILS, BORDER STARS TIE 1-1". Rocket Robin's Home Page. CSL website. 29 July 2006.
  8. "Haiti Vladimir EDOUARD FIFA player statistics". FIFA.com.


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