Alex Junior Christian
Christian with Haiti in 2017
Personal information
Full name Alex Junior Christian
Date of birth (1993-12-05) 5 December 1993 (age 30)
Place of birth Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
 Aksu
Number 6
Youth career
Jacot Football Passion
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Violette 16 (0)
2014 Ironbound Soul 12 (5)
2014–2015 Vila Real 11 (3)
2015–2017 Boavista 0 (0)
2015–2016 → Vila Real (loan) 19 (1)
2016–2017 → A.D. Camacha (loan) 25 (1)
2017–2019 Gandzasar Kapan 41 (9)
2019–2021 Ararat-Armenia 34 (2)
2021 Atyrau 19 (1)
2022 Taraz 21 (0)
2023 Telavi 12 (0)
2023– Aksu 8 (0)
International career‡
2015 Haiti U23 6 (1)
2015– Haiti 52 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 November 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2021

Alex Junior Christian (born 5 December 1993) is a Haitian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Kazakhstan Premier League club Aksu and the Haiti national team.[1]

Career

Club

Alex Christian began his career with Haitian Premier League Side Violette. After a few years with Violette, he moved overseas and joined American semi-pro side Ironbound SC. After a few games with Ironbound, he earned a move to Portugal and was signed by Vila Real.

In January 2015, Christian signed a six-month contract with Vila Real, before joining Boavista in June 2015 until the summer of 2018.[2]

In June 2017, Christian signed for Armenian Premier League club FC Gandzasar Kapan on a one-year contract.[3]

On 11 January 2019, Christian signed for FC Ararat-Armenia.[4] On 21 January 2021, Ararat-Armenia confirmed that Christian had left the club following the expiration of his contract.[5]

International

On 16 May 2019, Christian was named in Haiti's 40-man provisional squad for the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[6][7] On 23 May 2019, Christian was confirmed in the final squad.[8]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 14 May 2023[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Vila Real 2014–15 Campeonato de Portugal 9 0 0 0 – – – 9 0
Boavista 2015–16 Primeira Liga 0 0 0 0 0 0 – – 2 0
2016–17 0 0 0 0 0 0 – – 2 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 – – 0 0
Vila Real (loan) 2015–16 Campeonato de Portugal 19 0 0 0 – – – 19 0
AD Camacha (loan) 2016–17 Campeonato de Portugal 23 0 1 0 – – – 24 0
Gandzasar Kapan 2017–18 Armenian Premier League 27 8 3 1 – 2 0 – 32 9
2018–19 14 1 2 0 – 2 0 1 0 19 1
Total 41 9 5 1 – 4 0 1 0 51 10
Ararat-Armenia 2018–19 Armenian Premier League 11 0 2 0 – – – 13 0
2019–20 19 0 4 0 – 2 0 1 0 26 0
2020–21 4 0 0 0 – 1 0 1 0 6 0
Total 34 0 4 0 – 3 0 2 0 45 0
Atyrau 2021 Kazakhstan Premier League 19 1 3 0 - - - 22 1
Taraz 2022 Kazakhstan Premier League 21 0 7 1 - - - 28 1
Telavi 2023 Erovnuli Liga 7 0 0 0 - - - 7 0
Aksu 2023 Kazakhstan Premier League 8 0 0 0 - - - 8 0
Career total 181 10 22 1 0 0 7 0 3 0 213 12

International

Haiti
Year Apps Goals
2015 3 0
2016 4 0
2017 6 0
2018 4 0
2019 13 0
2020 0 0
2021 7 0
2022 5 1
2023 10 0
Total 52 1

Statistics accurate as of match played 15 October 2023[9]

Honours

Club

Gandzasar

Ararat-Armenia

References

  1. ^ a b c d Alex Junior Christian at Soccerway
  2. ^ "Foot – Transfert: Alex Jr Christian quitte SC Vila Real pour FC Boavista". haititempo.com (in French). HaitiTempo. 2 June 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Гандзасар-Капан подписал контракт с защитником сборной Гаити". armfootball.com (in Russian). Armfootball. 22 June 2017. Archived from the original on 14 October 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Նոր տրանսֆեր". facebook.com/araratarmeniafc/ (in Armenian). FC Ararat-Armenia. 11 January 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Շնորհակալություն ենք հայտնում Ալեքսին և մաղթում նրան հաջողություն". facebook.com/araratarmeniafc (in Armenian). Ararat Armenia FC Facebook. 21 January 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  6. ^ "LISTE DES JOUEURS PRÉ-SÉLECTIONNÉS" (in Haitian Creole). FHF Facebook. 16 May 2019.
  7. ^ "Gold Cup 2019 : Une pré-liste de 40 Grenadiers dévoilée" [Gold Cup 2019: A pre-list of 40 Grenadiers unveiled]. Haiti Tempo (in French). 17 May 2019.
  8. ^ "LES 23 CONVOQUÉS" (in Haitian Creole). FHF Facebook. 23 May 2019.
  9. ^ "Alex Christian". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  10. ^ "Gandzasar vs. Alashkert". Soccerway. Retrieved 1 June 2021.

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