Carlens Arcus
{{Short description|Haitian footballer (born 1996)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Carlens Arcus
| image = RC Lens - AJ Auxerre (09-03-2019) 96.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Arcus with Auxerre in 2019
| fullname =
| height = 1.80m
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|6|28|df=y}}
| birth_place = Port-au-Prince, Haiti
| currentclub = Angers
| clubnumber = 2
| position = Right-back
| youthyears1 = 2011–2012
| youthclubs1 = Olé Brasil
| years1 = 2013
| clubs1 = Racing CH
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| years2 = 2014
| clubs2 = Club Sportif Saint-Louis
| caps2 =
| goals2 =
| years3 = 2015–2016
| clubs3 = Troyes B
| caps3 = 25
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2015–2016
| clubs4 = Troyes
| caps4 = 2
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2016–2017
| clubs5 = Lille B
| caps5 = 19
| goals5 = 1
| years6 = 2016–2017
| clubs6 = Lille
| caps6 = 0
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2017–2018
| clubs7 = Cercle Brugge
| caps7 = 0
| goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2017–2018
| clubs8 = → Auxerre (loan)
| caps8 = 30
| goals8 = 0
| years9 = 2018–2022
| clubs9 = Auxerre
| caps9 = 122
| goals9 = 3
| years10 = 2019
| clubs10 = Auxerre B
| caps10 = 1
| goals10 = 0
| years11 = 2022–2024
| clubs11 = Vitesse
| caps11 = 60
| goals11 = 1
| years12 = 2024–
| clubs12 = Angers
| caps12 = 28
| goals12 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2016–
| nationalteam1 = Haiti
| nationalcaps1 = 36
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| club-update = 25 May 2025
| nationalteam-update = 10:27, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
}}
Carlens Arcus (born 28 June 1996) is a Haitian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Ligue 1 club Angers and the Haiti national team.{{cite web |url=http://haitiantimes.com/haitis-wins-against-suriname-and-now-advances-to-caribbean-final-rounds-7362/ |title=Haiti’s wins against Suriname and now advances to Caribbean Final Rounds |editor=Nere, Enock |date=5 August 2014 |publisher=Haitian Times |accessdate=25 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150725115414/http://haitiantimes.com/haitis-wins-against-suriname-and-now-advances-to-caribbean-final-rounds-7362/ |archive-date=25 July 2015 |url-status=dead }}
Club career
When Arcus was about 15–16 years of age, he travelled to São Paulo, Brazil, and played for a Série D club, where he learned Portuguese. In 2014, he returned to Haiti and played for top-tier Racing Club Haïtien and then for Club Sportif Saint-Louis of the second division.{{cite web|url=http://lenouvelliste.com/lenouvelliste/article/149783/Un-natif-dHaiti-considere-comme-lavenir-dun-club-de-lelite-du-foot-francais |title=Un natif d’Haïti considéré comme l’avenir d’un club de l’élite du foot français |editor=Legupeterson, Alexandre |date=10 September 2015 |publisher=Le Nouvelliste |accessdate=18 July 2016}}
Arcus played for Troyes in Ligue 1 in 2015,{{cite web|url=http://www.lest-eclair.fr/sport-dans-l-aube/estac-qui-es-tu-carlens-arcus-ia26b0n344085 |title=Estac / Who are you Carlens Arcus? |editor=Matten, Ludovic |date=11 February 2015 |publisher=L'est-Éclair |accessdate=25 July 2015}} {{in lang|fr}}[http://www.hpnhaiti.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16265:haiti-foot-transfert-de-nouveaux-contrats-europeens-pour-les-haitiens&catid=4:sport&Itemid=12 Haiti Press Network - Haïti-Foot-Transfert : De nouveaux contrats européens pour les Haitiens] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924031640/http://www.hpnhaiti.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16265:haiti-foot-transfert-de-nouveaux-contrats-europeens-pour-les-haitiens&catid=4:sport&Itemid=12 |date=24 September 2015 }} {{in lang|fr}}[https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/soccer/carlens-arcus/player/sp-id-80302000000209171 MSN Sports - Carlens Arcus] until signing with Lille in 2016.{{cite web |url=http://tribunesports.net/mercato-losc-rony-lopes-carlens-arcus-signent-an/ |title=Mercato : LOSC, Rony Lopes et Carlens Arcus signent un an |editor=Mabouong, Eitel |date=9 July 2016 |publisher=Tribune Sports |accessdate=18 July 2016 |archive-date=13 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013092219/http://tribunesports.net/mercato-losc-rony-lopes-carlens-arcus-signent-an/ |url-status=dead }}
On 23 June 2022, Arcus signed a three-year contract with Vitesse in the Netherlands.{{cite web|publisher=Vitesse|url=https://www.vitesse.nl/nl/nieuws/detail/9606/carlens-arcus-versterkt-vitesse-en-tekent-driejarig-contract|title=CARLENS ARCUS VERSTERKT VITESSE EN TEKENT DRIEJARIG CONTRACT|date=23 June 2022|access-date=23 June 2022|language=nl}}
On 27 June 2024, Arcus signed for Ligue 1 club Angers on a two-year deal. {{cite web|url=https://www.angers-sco.fr/carlene-arcus-signe-au-sco-pour-2-ans/|trans-title=Carlens Arcus signs with SCO for 2 years!|title=Carlens Arcus signe au SCO pour 2 ans!|website=www.angers-sco.fr|language=French|date=27 June 2024|accessdate=27 June 2024}}
Career statistics
=Club=
{{Updated|end of 2023–24 season}}{{Soccerway|arcus-carlens/250319|accessdate=11 November 2019}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | |||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !rowspan="2"|Division !colspan="2"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="3" |Troyes B
|CFA |8 |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |8 |0 | |||||||
| 2015–16
|CFA |17 |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |17 |0 | |||||||
| colspan="2" |Total
!25 !0 ! colspan="2" |— ! colspan="2" |— !25 !0 | |||||||
| rowspan="3" |Troyes
|1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015–16
|1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| colspan="2" |Total
!2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Lille B
|CFA |19 |1 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |19 |1 | |||||||
| Lille
|Ligue 1 |0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Cercle Brugge
|0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | |
| Auxerre (loan)
|Ligue 2 |30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| rowspan="5" |Auxerre
|Ligue 2 |28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2Appearances in the Coupe de la Ligue | 0 | 30 | 2 |
| 2019–20
|Ligue 2 |24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| 2020–21
|Ligue 2 |38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 |
| 2021–22
|Ligue 2 |32 |1 |1 |0 |2Appearances in the Ligue 1 relegation/promotion play-offs |0 |35 |1 | |||||||
| colspan="2" |Total
!122 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 128 | 3 |
| Auxerre B
|1 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | 1 | 0 | ||
| rowspan="3"|Vitesse
|30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 31 | 1 | |
| 2023–24
|Eredivisie |30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 31 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!60 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 1 |
| colspan="3" |Career total
!259 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 275 | 5 |
{{Reflist|group=lower-alpha}}
=International goals=
:Scores and results list Haiti's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Arcus goal.{{cite web|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/65027/Carlens_Arcus.html|title=Arcus, Carlens|publisher=National Football Teams|accessdate=18 September 2018}}
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Carlens Arcus | ||||||
| scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Venue !scope="col"|Opponent !scope="col"|Score !scope="col"|Result !scope="col"|Competition | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align="center"|1 | 10 September 2018 | Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti | {{fb|SMA}} | align="center"|7–0 | align="center"|13–0 | 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualification |
Honours
Individual
- Eredivisie Team of the Month: January 2023,{{cite web|url=https://eredivisie.nl/nieuws/nick-olij-uitgeroepen-tot-eredivisie-speler-van-de-maand-januari/|title=Nick Olij named Eredivisie Player of the Month for January|date=3 February 2023|access-date=10 February 2023|website=Eredivisie|language=en}}
References
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External links
- [https://angers-sco.fr/joueur/carlens-arcus/ Carlens Arcus] at Angers SCO {{in lang|fr}}
- {{LFP Ligue 1|new_id=37_66080}}
- {{Soccerway|arcus-carlens/250319}}
- {{Instagram}}
{{Angers SCO squad}}
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Category:Footballers from Port-au-Prince
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