Wagneau Eloi

Wagneau Eloi
Eloi in 2000
Personal information
Date of birth (1973-09-11) 11 September 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Red Star
Paris FC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1995 Lens 19 (2)
1995–1997 Nancy 41 (7)
1997–1999 Lens 37 (10)
1999–2002 Monaco 32 (4)
2002–2003 Guingamp 18 (5)
2004 Lens 4 (1)
2004–2005 La Louvière 16 (7)
2005–2007 Roeselaere 36 (15)
Total 203 (51)
Managerial career
2008–2009 Haiti
2014– FC Miami City
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Wagneau Eloi (born 11 September 1973) is a Haitian former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Born in Haiti, Eloi's family relocated to Paris, France, when he was nine. In Paris, Eloi played for Red Star and Paris FC before joining RC Lens, where he made his senior debut. Having spent two seasons at AS Nancy, he returned to Lens in 1997 helping the club win its first Ligue 1 title. In three years at AS Monaco, he won another league title. He played the 2002–03 season at EA Guingamp and signed for Lens a third time in 2004. He retired from playing after two stints in Belgium with La Louvière and Roeselaere.

In 2008, Eloi became head coach of the Haiti national team.

In 2014, Eloi co-founded the US Champions Soccer Academy and became its technical director. He also became head coach of FC Miami City Champions in the Premier Development League expansion franchise in the Miami, Florida metro.