Peguero Jean Philippe

Peguero Jean Philippe (born September 29, 1981 in Port-de-Paix) is a Haitian professional football who currently plays for Fort Lauderdale Strikers in the North American Soccer League.

Career

Club

Peguero started with Haitian club Don Bosco FC, with whom he won the 2003 Ligue Haïtienne, and was named MVP and received the Golden Boot Award with 11 goals. He moved to the American Major League Soccer in March 2004 to play for the Colorado Rapids. Peguero finished his first season with the Rapids with seven goals and four assists in only 18 games. In his second season, he scored seven goals and had six assists before the Rapids traded Peguero to Red Bull New York in April 2006 for Thiago Martins. Peguero scored six goals in 12 games for Red Bull New York, in addition to two goals in a friendly match against German team Bayern Munich.

In July 2006, he was transferred to Danish Superliga club Brøndby IF. On August 5, 2006, Peguero scored a goal in his debut for Brøndby; the third goal in a 3-0 win over AC Horsens. In his third league game for Brøndby, against Viborg FF on August 20, Peguero ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament and medial collateral ligament in his right knee as he scored Brøndby's third goal in the 3-0 win. It was estimated that his recovery would last 7 to 8 months, but he...
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