Max Touloute (born 27 April 1990) is a Haitian

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who last played for

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in the

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Career

College and semi-professional

Touloute played

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for the

Fort Wayne Mastodons The Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons, formerly known as the IPFW Mastodons and Fort Wayne Mastodons, are the College athletics in the United States, intercollegiate athletic teams that represent Purdue University Fort Wayne (PFW). The school's athlet ...

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for four seasons between 2008 and 2011. In total, Touloute made 67 appearances, tallying 32 goals and 14 assists for the team. Touloute earned multiple honours throughout his college career, including being named

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Offensive Player of the Year in 2011. While in college, Touloute also played semi-professional soccer for

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clubs

Michigan Bucks Flint City Bucks is an American soccer team based in Flint, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1995, the team plays in USL League Two. The club was founded in 1995 as the Mid-Michigan Bucks, playing in Saginaw, and began playing in 1996. In ...

in 2010 and

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in 2011. He made seven league appearances for both clubs, scoring one goal for Michigan.

Professional

Following college, Touloute signed for

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of the 1. deild karla, the second tier of the

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, on 1 May 2012. In his one season with the club, Touloute tallied 6 goals in 17 matches. The player also made two Icelandic Cup appearances for the club, scoring one goal, during the season. Toulouse left the club on 5 September of the same year. The following season, he transferred to

BÍ/Bolungarvík The Vestri men's football team, commonly known as Vestri, is the men's football department of the Íþróttafélagið Vestri multi-sport club and is based in Ísafjarðarbær, Iceland. As of 2024, it plays in the Icelandic top-tier Besta deild ka ...

, also of the 1. deild karla, signing on 14 March 2013. He remained with this club for one season also, scoring 5 goals in 15 matches. Touloute returned to the United States in 2014, signing for Reading United and returning to the

in the process. Throughout the 2014 season, Touloute made 5 appearances and scored 1 goal. Following his departure from Reading, it was announced on 13 March 2015 that Touloute had signed with the

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of the

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for the 2015 season. He made his league debut for the club on 28 March 2015, coming on as a second-half substitute for

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in the eventual 5-2 victory over the

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to open the season. Touloute scored his first goal for the club on the next matchday, scoring Pittsburgh's only goal of a 1–2 defeat to the

Rochester Rhinos Rochester Rhinos, formerly known as the Rochester Raging Rhinos, was an American soccer team based in Rochester, New York, United States. The club won the 1999 U.S. Open Cup, marking the only time a non-MLS team has won the U.S. Open Cup sinc ...

on 4 April 2015.

International

Touloute was called up by the Haitian national team for a

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match against

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on 14 November 2012. Touloute was on the bench for the match but was an unused substitute. For the other two qualification matches of the round, Touloute was left off of the gameday roster and remained in the stands. Haiti head coach Israel Blake Cantero called Touloute into the squad for the final round of the

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after the nation qualified but the player had to remain in the United States to finish exams to graduate from his university. He has not yet been capped by Haiti.

References

External links

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Caribbean Football Database profileIPFW Mastodons profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Touloute, Max 1990 births Living people Haitian men's footballers Haitian expatriate men's footballers Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons men's soccer players Flint City Bucks players Vermont Voltage players Reading United AC players Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC players Florida Tropics SC players Men's association football forwards Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States USL League Two players USL Championship players Major Arena Soccer League players Kansas City Comets (2010–) players Tindastóll men's football players People from Les Cayes 21st-century Haitian sportsmen