Jean-Jacques Pierre (born 23 January 1981) is a Haitian football coach and former professional

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who played as a

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. He is the former head coach of the Haiti national team.

Club career

Born in

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, Pierre began his career in the youth ranks of Haitian club Cavaly. After impressing with the island club, Pierre moved to Argentina, joining

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. After one season with Arsenal, Pierre joined Deportivo Morón and went on to score seven goals as a defender. His play with Morón earned him a move to historic Uruguayan side

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. While with Peñarol, Pierre was a regular starter for the club and also featured during the

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. He was voted as the best defender of the Uruguayan championship in 2004–05. In August 2005, he joined French club

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. Upon joining Nantes, Pierre quickly became a first team regular. He made his debut for Nantes on 10 September 2005 in a 1–0 loss to

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. In six seasons in France, he appeared in 143 league matches (including 68

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matches) and scored 4 goals.

International career

Pierre was the captain of the Haiti national under-23 football team and emerged as an important player for the full national squad. He made his full national team debut in a December 2001 friendly match against

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and was a

Haiti Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of the Bahamas. It occupies the western three-eighths of the island, which it shares with the Dominican ...

squad member at the 2002 and 2007 Gold Cups. He played in two World Cup qualifying matches in 2004. According to the Haitian press, on 25 March 2009, Pierre announced his retirement from the national side, citing false accusations against him and that he was not as much valued in the national team as he was with Nantes. However, he returned to the national team and participated in 2010 World Cup qualifying.

Managerial statistics

Honors

Haiti * Caribbean Cup bronze:

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