Richard Pacquette

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Richard Pacquette
Personal information
Date of birth January 28, 1983 (1983-01-28) (age 25)
Place of birth    Paddington, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club Maidenhead United
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1999-2004
2002-2003
2003-2004
2004
2004
2004
2004-2005
2005
2005
2005-2006
2006
2006-2008
2008-
Queens Park Rangers
Stevenage Borough (loan)
Dagenham & Redbridge (loan)
Mansfield Town (loan)
Milton Keynes Dons
Brentford
Farnborough Town
Stevenage Borough
St. Albans City
Worthing
Thurrock
Havant & Waterlooville
Maidenhead United
31 0(6)
07 0(2)
03 0(1)
05 0(1)
05 0(0)
01 0(0)
04 0(1)
01 0(0)
01 0(0)
30 (17)

51 (18)   
National team2
2008 Dominica 2 (1)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of June 30, 2007.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of March 26, 2008.
* Appearances (Goals)

Richard Pacquette (born January 28, 1983 in Paddington, London) is an English-born semi-professional football player who plays as a striker. He is currently on the books at Maidenhead United. Pacquette was born to Dominican parents and is a Dominica international.[1] On February 6, 2008, he scored on his debut for Dominica against Barbados.

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[edit] Career

Pacquette's first professional club was Q.P.R. He began as a trialist in August 1999 and spent four years with the club before being released in 2004. During this time he also had loan spells at Stevenage Borough, Dagenham & Redbridge and Mansfield Town.

After being released by Q.P.R, he joined the new Milton Keynes Dons squad but failed to make an impact, starting only one game (but making seven appearances), before being released again.

Over the next year he had brief spells at Brentford, Farnborough, Stevenage (again) and St Albans before joining Worthing, where he enjoyed a reasonably prolific season scoring 17 goals, and spending most of February 2006 on loan with Thurrock in the Conference South.

Soon after this loan spell, Pacquette joined his current club Havant & Waterlooville. He scored 3 goals in the 2004/2005 season, and 15 goals in 2005/2006.

On January 26, 2008, Pacquette scored for Havant & Waterlooville in their FA Cup Round 4 tie against Liverpool. The non-league club took the lead twice before losing 5-2.

Pacquette is well known for his fighting spirit but has a poor discipline record.[citation needed] For example, in his 8 appearances for Stevenage he was sent off twice, and statistics show that over the course of his career he has been booked on average once every five games.

On transfer deadline day March 31, 2008 Pacquette left Havant to join rival Blue Square South club Maidenhead United.

Stats at www.soccerbase.com shows 79 appearances, 14 yellow cards and 3 red cards. This equals 4.64 games per card.

After his heroics for Havant, he earned a surprise call-up to the Dominican national team for the 2010 first round CONCACAF match against Barbados. Barbados went into the match as heavy favourites but surprising fell behind to Richard Pacquettes goal on his international debut. The match finished 1-1. He also played in the 1-0 defeat in the 2nd leg. His cousin is fellow Dominica international Jefferson Louis, with whom he was paired with as Dominica's strikers in the 2nd leg. [2]

[edit] Career stats

[edit] Club

(Note: accurate as of season start 2007-2008)

Season Club Apps Goals
1999-2000 Q.P.R 0 0
2000-2001 Q.P.R 2 0
2001-2002 Q.P.R 19 2
2002-2003 Q.P.R 4 1
2002-2003 (Loan) Stevenage 8 4
2002-2003 Q.P.R 11 3
2003-2004 Q.P.R 5 1
2003-2004 (Loan) Dagenham and Redbridge 3 1
2003-2004 (Loan) Mansfield 5 1
2004-2005 (Free) MK Dons 7 1
2004-2005 (Trial) Brentford 1 0
2004-2005 (Free) Farnborough Town 4 1
2004-2005 Stevenage 1 0
2004-2005 St Albans 1 0
2005-2006 (Free) Worthing 30 17
2005-2006 Thurrock  ?  ?
2005-2006 Havant & Waterlooville 8 3
2006-2007 Havant & Waterlooville 43 15
Total 149 50

[edit] International Goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1[3] 6th February, 2008 Windsor Park, Roseau, Dominica Flag of Barbados Barbados 1-1 Draw World Cup Qualifier

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Pacquette sets sights on World Cup", The News (Portsmouth), 2008-01-02. Retrieved on 2008-01-06. 
  2. ^ "Pacquette sets sights on World Cup", Sunday League World Cup Man, 2008-02-03. Retrieved on 2008-03-26. 
  3. ^ "ESPNsoccernet - FIFA World Cup - Dominica v Barbados". Retrieved on 2008-02-06. 


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