Frantz Mathieu

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Frantz Mathieu

| image =

| caption =

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|12|23|df=y}}

| birth_place = Acul-du-Nord, Haiti

| height = 1.80 m

| position = Defender

| years1 = 1978–1979

| clubs1 = FC St. Pauli

| caps1 = 20

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1980–1982

| clubs2 = Chicago Sting

| caps2 = 62

| goals2 = 3

| years3 = 1982–1983

| clubs3 = Montreal Manic

| caps3 = 50

| goals3 = 2

| years4 = 1983–84

| clubs4 = Tampa Bay Rowdies (indoor)

| caps4 = 23

| goals4 = 5

| years5 = 1984

| clubs5 = Chicago Sting

| caps5 = 6

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 1984–1985

| clubs6 = Chicago Sting (indoor)

| caps6 = 39

| goals6 = 5

| years7 = 1985–1987

| clubs7 = Baltimore Blast (indoor)

| caps7 = 54

| goals7 = 9

| years8 = 1987–1988

| clubs8 = Chicago Sting (indoor)

| caps8 = 52

| goals8 = 9

| totalcaps = 306

| totalgoals = 33

| nationalyears1 = 1976–1981

| nationalteam1 = Haiti

| nationalcaps1 = 15

| nationalgoals1 = 0

}}

Frantz Mathieu (born 23 December 1952) is a Haitian former professional footballer who played as a defender. He spent most of his career in the United States, notably with Chicago Sting. At international level, he made 15 appearances for the Haiti national team.

Club career

Mathieu spent the 1978–79 season in West Germany with FC St. Pauli,{{cite web | url = http://www.worldfootball.net/spieler_profil/franz-mathieu/ | title = Franz Mathieu | publisher = worldfootball.net | accessdate = 3 August 2012}} before spending time in the North American Soccer League and Major Indoor Soccer League, playing with the Chicago Sting, the Tampa Bay Rowdies,{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=950&dat=19840203&id=d7haAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mVkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6961,828567|title=All-Star Picks Baffle Rowdies Conell, Mathieu|editor=Beard, Randy|date=3 February 1984 |work=The Evening Independent|accessdate=23 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160518115651/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=950&dat=19840203&id=d7haAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mVkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6961,828567|archive-date=18 May 2016|url-status=live}} the Montreal Manic and the Baltimore Blast.{{cite web|url=http://www.nasljerseys.com/Players/M/Mathieu.Frantz.htm|title=Frantz Mathieu|publisher=NASL Jerseys|accessdate=3 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411202239/http://www.nasljerseys.com/Players/M/Mathieu.Frantz.htm|archive-date=11 April 2019|url-status=live}}

International career

Mathieu also represented the Haiti national team at international level, appearing in fifteen FIFA World Cup qualifying matches between 1976 and 1981.{{FIFA player|53826}}