Soni Mustivar (born 12 February 1990) is a retired professional

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who played as a

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. Born in France, he played for the Haiti national team.

Club career

Born

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, France, Soni was trained at the Centre de Formation de Football de Paris, commonly called CFFP, in the heart of Paris before moving to his hometown club

. Following a stint there, he headed to the island of

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and joined Ligue 2 club

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. Due to injuries, he was called up to the first team for during 2008–09 season in Ligue 2. He made his professional debut on 29 August against

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, coming on as a substitute in the 35th minute for the injured

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. He played the rest of the match as Bastia secured a 1–0 victory with a goal from

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. He made five straight substitute appearances in the league before making his first start 1 May against

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in a 3–1 win. Ironically, he was substituted out in the 35th minute, due to an injury, and replaced by

. In between those appearances, he had two solid starts in the

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against

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and

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. On 27 March 2018, Azerbaijani club Neftçi announced the signing of Mustivar on a contract until the summer of 2019. After extending his contract with Neftçi for an additional year in the summer of 2019, Mustivar left the club on 19 June 2020 after his contract expired. In January 2022, Mustivar signed for French club

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. In July 2022, he joined

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. In addition to playing for the club, Mustivar was also involved with the club's U15 team. When he hung up his boots in the summer of 2023, Mustivar was hired as coach for the club's U15 team.

International career

Soni has earned caps with the France under-16 team, but went unnoticed during his development years. On 25 May 2009, he was selected to the under-20 squad to participate in the

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. In 2013, Mustivar made his

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 ...

debut in a 4–1 loss to

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Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Haiti's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Mustivar goal.''

Honours

Petrolul Ploiești *

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Sporting Kansas City *

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2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

References

External links

LFP Profile
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