Jean-Robert Toussaint
Personal information
Full name Jean-Robert Toussaint Jr
Date of birth (1966-04-05) 5 April 1966
Place of birth Limbé, Haiti
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985–1988 Hartford Hawks
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1992 Montreal Supra 20 (1)
1995 New Hampshire Ramblers 5 (0)
International career
1984 Canada U19
Managerial career
2005 Laval Dynamites
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jean-Robert Toussaint (born 5 April 1966) is a former soccer player who had stints in the USISL Pro League, and the Canadian Soccer League. Born in Haiti, he represented Canada at youth international level.

Professional career

Toussaint began his career in the Canadian Soccer League in 1988 with the Montreal Supra,[1] and had a stint with the New Hampshire Ramblers of the USISL Pro League in 1995. In 2005, he was appointed head coach for the Laval Dynamites of the Canadian Professional Soccer League.[2] He brought in the likes of Nicolas Lesage, Rachid Madkour, and Mohamed Ridouani. He achieved a third-place finish in the Eastern Conference which secured a postseason berth for the club.[3] In the playoffs, he led Laval to the semi-finals where they faced Toronto Croatia, but lost to a score of 1–0.[4]

Personal life

Toussaint's son Cédric is also a soccer player.[5]

He was a coach for the Dragons of the Collège Saint-Jean Vianney.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Jean-Robert Toussaint soccer statistics on StatsCrew.com".
  2. ↑ "Google Translate". translate.google.ca. Retrieved 2015-05-24.
  3. ↑ "October 4, 2005 CPSL Week 20 Standings (Amended) (end of Regular Season)". rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2015-05-24.
  4. ↑ Glover, Robin. "October 6, 2005 CPSL Toronto Croatia vs Laval Dynamites (by Rocket Robin)". rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2015-05-24.
  5. ↑ "Cédric Toussaint". Canadian Soccer Association. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  6. ↑ "Félicitations à nos entraîneurs!". Collège St-Jean-Vianney (in Canadian French). July 14, 2017. Retrieved 2022-12-21.


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