Bicou Bissainthe
Bissainthe is kicking a football during warm-up
Bissainthe in 2022 with FC Edmonton
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-03-15) 15 March 1999 (age 24)
Place of birth Cap-Haïtien, Haiti
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Haiphong
Number 66
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 Real Hope FA
2019 North Texas SC 16 (0)
2020–2021 Real Hope FA
2021–2022 Sevan 10 (1)
2022 Pacific FC 0 (0)
2022 → FC Edmonton (loan) 21 (2)
2023– Haiphong 22 (0)
International career‡
2018 Haiti U20 4 (3)
2021 Haiti U23 2 (0)
2019– Haiti 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 November 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 September 2021

Bicou Bissainthe (born 15 March 1999) is a Haitian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for V.League 1 club Haiphong.

Career

In January 2019, Bissainthe joined North Texas SC ahead of their inaugural season in USL League One.[1][2] He made his league debut for the club on March 30, 2019, coming on as a 68th-minute substitute for Arturo Rodriguez in a 3–2 home victory over Chattanooga Red Wolves SC.[3]

On 5 August 2021, Armenian Premier League club Sevan announced the signing of Bissainthe.[4]

FC Edmonton

On 22 April 2022, it was announced that Bissainthe had signed with Canadian Premier League club Pacific FC and would be immediately loaned to FC Edmonton.[5] The club was in a state of crisis the season Bissanthe joined, with no ownership and most players also being at the club on loan (the league gave Edmonton a special exemption from loan player limits). Nevertheless, the Eddies fought bravely in a difficult season, and in their 12th game of the year Bissainthe scored the only goal in a game against Atlético Ottawa to give Edmonton their first victory of the year.[6]

Haiphong FC

In January 2023, it was announced that Bissainthe had signed with V.League 1 club Haiphong.[7] The following day, he made his debut for the club, in the 2022 Vietnamese Super Cup against Hanoi.[8]

Career statistics

International

As of match played 4 September 2021[9]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Haiti 2019 3 0
2020 0 0
2021 4 0
Total 7 0

Honours

North Texas

Haiphong

References

  1. ^ "Five more signings announced for North Texas SC". sportsday.dallasnews.com. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Bicou Bissainthe Profile". fcdallas.com. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  3. ^ "North Texas vs. Chattanooga Red Wolves – 30 March 2019 – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  4. ^ ""Սևանի" ևս մեկ նորեկ՝ Բիկու Բիսանտե". facebook.com/SevanFCArmenia (in Armenian). Sevan FC Facebook. 5 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  5. ^ "FC Edmonton acquires midfielder Bicou Bissainthe from Pacific FC". fcedmonton.canpl.ca. 2022-04-22. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
  6. ^ "'Only A Matter Of Time': Defiant FC Edmonton Bags First Win Of 2022". Northern Tribune. 2022-06-20. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
  7. ^ Jacques, John (29 January 2023). "Bissainthe Inks Short-Term Deal In Vietnam". Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  8. ^ "Hà Nội FC đoạt Siêu cúp Quốc gia lần thứ 5 trong lịch sử" (in Vietnamese). 29 January 2023. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  9. ^ Bicou Bissainthe at National-Football-Teams.com

External links


Haiphong FC – current squad
Haiti squad – 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup semi-finalists
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