Golman Pierre (born 21 February 1971) is a Haitian retired

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who played as a striker.

Club career

Pierre was born in

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. He played his entire career in the

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for FICA (Football Inter Club Association), located in

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, where he was one of the team's highest scorers. He totaled 109 goals for the club. In 1998, he won his first national championship. The following season, he was the top goalscorer of the league with 19 goals. He also topped the goalscoring charts with 24 goals in FICA's 2001 championship winning season. He retired in 2005 when FICA did not hold its position in the elite of Haitian football for the first time in his career when

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to the Second Division. Late during his career, he was linked to many allegations of transfer to European-based teams but ultimately remained with FICA, where he won two national championships in a ten-year span.

International career

Pierre made his national team debut in 1996 and was a

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squad member for the 2002

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. He played in 11 FIFA World Cup qualification matches between 1996 and 2000 in which he scored an 15 goals, 12 of them in the 2002 qualifiers.World Cup 2002 (Final Tournament and Qualifiers) Goal Scorers
- RSSSF

References

External links

Player profile
- HaitiFoot.com *

- FIFA.com 1971 births Living people People from Artibonite (department) Haitian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Haiti men's international footballers 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Ligue Haïtienne players Football Inter Club Association players {{Haiti-footy-bio-stub