Friday, June 19, 2009

Alexandre Boucicaut - Violette Athletic Club - Haitian League Division I


Alexandre Boucicaut (born November 18, 1981 in Port-au-Prince) is a Haitian football (soccer) player.

Boucicaut played 47 games from 2000-2004 for Violette Athletic Club for the Haitian First Division, scoring 22 goals during his four years with the popular Haitian side. Played with Racing Club Haitien of the Haitian First Division during the 1999 and 2000 seasons.

Boucicaut is one of a growing number of Caribbean players to join the ranks of Major League Soccer. He has become only the fourth player from the island country to play in the USA's top flight soccer league, following on the heels of retired Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder Sebastien Vorbe, Patrick Tardieu, and Jean Philippe Peguero.

The young Boucicaut possesses plenty of experience representing Haiti, having played 15 games for the Haiti Under-23 National Team and eight games with the Senior National Team. He has scored 12 international goals in his 23 combined appearances with the Haitian U-23 and Senior National Teams.

Boucicaut scored Haiti's lone goal in the 67th minute of the team's surprising 1-1 draw with the United States in an international friendly in 2004 at the Orange Bowl in Miami. Boucicaut was named to Haiti's 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup squad at the age of 20. Made his debut for the Haitian Senior Team in 2002 in a match against Honduras. Played 15 games for the Haitian U-23 National Team, including three games during CONCACAF qualifying for the 2004 Olympics. He also was a Haiti squad member at the 2002 and 2007 Gold Cup Finals.

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