Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 11 September 1973 | ||
Place of birth | Port-au-Prince, Haiti | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Playing position | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1993–1995 | Lens | 19 | (2) |
1995–1997 | Nancy | 41 | (7) |
1997–1999 | Lens | 37 | (10) |
1999–2002 | Monaco | 32 | (4) |
2002–2003 | Guingamp | 18 | (5) |
2004 | Lens | 4 | (1) |
2004–2005 | La Louvière | 15 | (7) |
2005–2007 | Roeselaere | 28 | (11) |
Teams managed | |||
2008–2009 | Haiti | ||
2014– | FC Miami City Champions | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 January 2007. |
Wagneau Eloi (born 11 September 1973 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti) is a Haitian former international footballer, playing as a striker during his career. Wagneau had a humble childhood with his father and mother, a carpenter and seamstress, respectively.
At the age of nine, his family relocated to Paris, France. Upon his arrival in Paris, Eloi enrolled in the soccer little league at the Red Star F.C. where he played for four seasons. On 8 April 2008 he was unveiled as new head coach of Haiti national team.
In 2014 Eloi Co founded the US Champions Soccer Academy with Ravy Truchot and Éric Rabésandratana. He is currently the technical director. He also became head of coach of FC Miami City Champions in the Premier Development League expansion franchise in the Miami, Florida metro.
Eloi came to France when he was nine years old. He has had the opportunity to play alongside many of the world’s great players such as Fabien Barthez, Bernard Lama, David Trezeguet, Didier Drogba, Florent Malouda, Marco Simone, Eric Abidal and Rafael Marquez.
In the beginning of his career, Eloi continued his training at the Paris Football Club before joining the Racing Club de Lens in 1991, where Roger Boli welcomed him to the team like a brother and establishing a strong bond and long friendship between the two players.