Didier Menard

{{short description|American-born Haitian footballer (born 1972)}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name= Didier Menard

| image =

| fullname = Francois Didier Menard

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1972|9|26}}

| birth_place = New York City, US

| position = Goalkeeper

| youthyears1=

| youthclubs1=

| years1 = –1995

| clubs1 = Cocoa Expos

| years2 = 1995

| clubs2 = Tromsø

| caps2 = 0

| goals2 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 1999–2000

| nationalteam1 = Haiti

| nationalcaps1 = 7

| nationalgoals1 = 0

}}

Didier Menard (born 26 September 1972) is a retired American-born Haitian football goalkeeper.

Born in New York, his parents split when he was a year old. His mother moved to Orlando, but for a time Menard was raised by other relatives in Montreal. Moving back to Orlando, Menard made his way into the local team Cocoa Expos.{{cite news|title=Glad gutt med tøff oppvekst|work=Nordlys|date=15 July 1995|page=38|author=Grindstein, Gunnar|language=Norwegian}}

In 1995, Norwegian team Tromsø IL saw their goalkeeper and team captain Tor Andre Grenersen sustain an injury. Menard was signed on a short-term basis to compete with Tromsø's then-reserve goalkeeper Thomas Tøllefsen. Menard made his Tromsø debut in the 1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup as a 55th-minute substitute for Tøllefsen away against FC Universitatea Cluj. He was the first black goalkeeper in Norwegian top-flight football.{{cite news|title=Menard debuterte med kjemperedning|work=Nordlys|date=10 July 1995|page=31|author=Grindstein, Gunnar|language=Norwegian}} However, Grenersen returned from injury before Menard got to play any league games, and Menard was sent back to the US.

In 1999 and 2000 Menard represented Haiti and won 7 international caps.{{NFT player|31680}}