Jean-Jacques Pierre (born
January 23, 1981) is a Haitian
football player, who currently plays
defender for FC Nantes of France
.
Club career
Before
joining Nantes in August 2005, Pierre played for PeƱarol Montevideo of Uruguay
and Cavaly AS of Haiti
.
International career
Pierre was the captain of the U-23
Haiti national football team,
and is an emerging player for the full national squad. He made his
full national team debut in a December 2001 friendly match against
El Salvador and
was a
Haiti squad
member at the 2002 and 2007 Gold Cup Finals. Also, he played in 2
World Cup qualifying matches in 2004. According to the Haitian
press, on March 25th 2009, Jean-Jacques Pierre announced his
retirement from the national side citing false accusations against
him. Also, Pierre explained he was not as much valued in the
national team as he is in Nantes F.C.
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