Overview:
After Haitian nationwide staff star striker Duckens Nazon entered the 100-goal membership profession elite, three different Haitian strikers—together with Frantzdy Pierrot, Ronaldo Damus and John Benchy Estama—are on discover and inside attain.
Haiti’s chouchou pèp la — the folks’s sweetheart — Duckens Nazon has not too long ago reached a uncommon milestone, changing into one of many few Haitian soccer gamers to attain 100 objectives on the skilled membership degree.
Nazon netted his one hundredth profession membership purpose on Dec. 24, scoring for Esteghlal FC in opposition to Al-Muharraq SC within the AFC Champions League Two in Iran. The purpose capped a prolific journey that has seen the 31-year-old rating 100 instances in 301 matches throughout 13 golf equipment in six international locations.
Now enjoying for the Persian Gulf Pro League membership Esteghlal, Nazon—a prolific scorer for Les Grenadiers—is already Haiti’s all-time main scorer with 44 objectives in 74 worldwide appearances. His achievement underscores a productive period for Haitian forwards enjoying overseas. Three different Haitian strikers are actually inside placing distance of the 100-goal membership milestone.
Frantzdy Pierrot: 91 objectives
Nazon’s longtime strike accomplice with Les Grenadiers, Frantzdy Pierrot, is 9 objectives shy of the skilled membership mark. The Limbé native has scored 91 objectives in 281 membership appearances and will attain 100 within the coming months, well being allowing.
Pierrot, 29, has missed six consecutive matches for Greek Super League membership AEK Athens as a consequence of harm. Earlier than shifting to Greece, he performed professionally in the US, France and Israel. On the worldwide degree, he’s Haiti’s second all-time main scorer, amongst energetic gamers, with 33 objectives in 47 appearances. Pierrot is simply 4 objectives behind legendary Emmanuel Sanon, who scored 37 objectives in 65 appearances between 1970 and 1981, to maneuver into second place amongst Les Grenadiers‘ all-time main purpose scorers.
Ronaldo Damus: 86 objectives
Ronaldo Damus’s presence on this listing might shock some followers, given his restricted function with the nationwide staff. The 26-year-old has scored 86 membership objectives in 201 matches however has but to seek out the online in seven appearances for Haiti.
Damus burst onto the skilled scene after starting his profession at Real Hope Football Academy in Cap-Haïtien earlier than shifting to the US in 2019. That very same yr, he gained the USL League One Golden Boot — a uncommon achievement for a Haitian participant overseas.
Now with Birmingham Legion FC in the identical league, Damus has scored 14 objectives in 36 matches this season. He has not been referred to as as much as the nationwide staff since November 2024, amid criticism over missed probabilities in worldwide play. But, he stays a prolific striker in membership soccer.
Benchy Estama: 75 objectives
John Benchy Estama rounds out the group in third place, with 75 objectives in 122 skilled membership matches. The 31-year-old ahead was the highest scorer in Taiwan’s Soccer Premier League in 2019, ending with 25 objectives.
Estama started his profession with Don Bosco FC in Port-au-Prince and had a short stint with Cibao FC within the Dominican Republic earlier than shifting to Taiwan in 2019. He has since performed for 4 golf equipment there and at the moment fits up for Tainan City FC, scoring 5 objectives in 13 matches this season.
Although he represented Haiti on the youth degree, Estama opted to play for Chinese language Taipei’s senior nationwide staff in 2024 after buying twin citizenship.
If their scoring type continues, Haiti might see three extra gamers be part of Nazon within the 100-goal membership by the tip of 2026 — additional proof of the nation’s rising footprint in international soccer and the regular rise of its attacking expertise at membership degree.