Carl Fred Sainté (born 9 August 2002) is a Haitian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Phoenix Rising FC of the USL Championship on loan from the Major League Soccer club FC Dallas. He also plays for the Haiti national team.

Carl Fred Sainté
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-08-09) 9 August 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Grand-Goâve, Haiti[1]
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Phoenix Rising FC (on loan from FC Dallas)
Youth career
2012–2016 AGE-Foot
2016–2019 ASGG
2019–2020 Violette
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2021 Violette 12 (0)
2021–2022 New Mexico United 5 (0)
2022North Texas SC (loan) 5 (0)
2023–2024 North Texas SC 22 (1)
2024– FC Dallas 2 (0)
2025–Phoenix Rising (loan) 0 (0)
International career
2019 Haiti U17 8 (1)
2022– Haiti 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:16, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:26, 6 April 2022 (UTC)

Club career

edit

Sainté is a youth product of the Haitian clubs AGE-Foot, ASGG, and finally Violette who he joined in 2019.[2] He began his senior career with Violette and helped them win the 2020–21 Ligue Haïtienne. He transferred to the American club New Mexico United on 22 December 2021.[1] He debuted with New Mexico United in a 2–0 USL Championship win over Las Vegas Lights on 14 March 2022, coming on as a late sub in the 87th minute.[3]

FC Dallas loaned Sainté to Phoenix Rising FC until the end of the season on 3 January 2025.[4]

International career

edit

Sainté represented the Haiti U17s at the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[1] He was called up to represent the senior Haiti national team in March 2022.[5] He debuted with the Haiti national team in a friendly 2–1 loss to Guatemala on 27 March 2022.[6]

Honours

edit

Violette AC

References

edit
  1. ^ a b c USLChampionship com Staff (December 22, 2021). "New Mexico Signs Haitian Youth International Carl Sainté". USL Championship.
  2. ^ Cénéjuste, Solages (June 30, 2019). "Carl Fred Sainté : Pour la santé du football grand-goâvien".
  3. ^ "New Mexico United vs. Las Vegas Lights FC - Football Match Summary - March 13, 2022 - ESPN". ESPN.com.
  4. ^ Butler, Tyler (January 3, 2025). "Phoenix Rising Signs Haitian International Carl Sainte". Phoenix Rising Communications. Retrieved January 3, 2025.
  5. ^ "Haïti affrontera le Guatémala lors de la prochaine journée FIFA - NetAlKole Media - Restez connectés aux actualités". March 11, 2022.
  6. ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Guatemala vs. Haiti". www.national-football-teams.com.
edit
  NODES
INTERN 5
Note 1