Nigel Pierre (born 6 February 1979 in

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) is a football striker from

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, who manages Westside Superstarz.

Career

"Pistol" Pierre as he was once known due to his fearsome shooting ability had a 3-month loan spell at

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in England in the 1999–2000 season but, after impressing, the move was unable to go through due to work permit problems. Former

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boss

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again tried to take him to England to play for

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but once again Pierre was denied as he had only played 73% of

's matches and not the required minimum of 75%. He played for

Caledonia AIA Morvant Caledonia United (formerly known as Caledonia AIA) is a professional football team in Trinidad and Tobago's top-level TT Pro League. It is based in Morvant; its home stadium is Hasely Crawford Stadium. History The Caledonia AIA Football ...

, having been sacked from both his previous clubs.

International career

He got 58 caps and scored 22 goals for the

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between 1999 and 2005.Appearances for Trinidad and Tobago National Team
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Clubs

* Queen's Park CC (1998) * Joe Public (1999) (14 goals) *

(2000) 3 apps. (0 goals) * Joe Public (2000–2002) (24 goals) *

(2002) 1 app. (0 goals) * Joe Public (2002–2003) (4 goals) *

(2003–2005) (9 goals) * Joe Public (2005) (2nd Div.) *

(2005–2006) (5 goals) * Joe Public (2007–2008) (2 goals) * WASA Clean & White (2008) (2nd Div.) *

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(2009) 5 apps. (0 goals) * Queen's Park CC (2010–) (2nd Div.)

International goals

:''Scores and results list Trinidad and Tobago's' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Pierre goal.''

References

1979 births Living people Trinidad and Tobago men's footballers Men's association football forwards Bristol Rovers F.C. players Trinidad and Tobago men's international footballers Joe Public F.C. players San Juan Jabloteh F.C. players TT Pro League players Morvant Caledonia United players 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup players English Football League players Expatriate men's footballers in England {{Trinidad-footy-bio-stub