Joseph Stephan Kevin Perticots (born 1 May 1996), commonly known as Kevin Perticots, is a

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international

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who plays as a

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for

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side

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and the

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International career

Perticots made his senior international debut in a 2–0

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defeat by

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, coming on as a substitute for

Christopher Bazerque Christopher Bazerque (born March 31, 1987) is a Mauritian football player who currently plays for Petite Rivière Noire SC in the Mauritian Premier League and for the Mauritius national football team The Mauritius national football team () ...

. He scored his first goal against

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; the third in a 3–1 victory to clinch third place at the

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. He scored the winning goal in the semifinal at 116 minutes on penalty, helping his team to secure a place in the final of the

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International statistics

International goals

:''Scores and results list Mauritius' goal tally first.''

References

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