Kévin Parsemain

Kévin Parsemain
Personal information
Full name Kévin Marius Parsemain
Date of birth (1988-02-13) 13 February 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Le François, Martinique
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Golden Lion
Number 17
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2006 Club Franciscain
2006–2009 Le Mans B 37 (3)
2009 Evian 1 (0)
2009–2014 Rivière-Pilote 32 (26)
2014–2015 Seattle Sounders FC 0 (0)
2015 Seattle Sounders FC 2 5 (0)
2015–2016 DC Motema Pembe 17 (10)
2016–2019 Golden Lion 74 (82)
2019–2020 Ayutthaya United 14 (5)
2021– Golden Lion 60 (55)
International career‡
2008–2022 Martinique 57 (35)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 May 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 01:12, 17 July 2023 (UTC)

Kévin Parsemain (born 13 February 1988) is a Martiniquais footballer who plays for Golden Lion and the Martinique team, of which he is the all-time leading scorer. Besides Martinique, he has played in France, the United States, DR Congo, and Thailand.[1]

Club career

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Parsemain began his career at Club Franciscain in Martinique. For the 2006–07 season, he moved to France and signed for Le Mans' 'B' team after being scouted with Franciscan.[2] He spent two and half seasons at the club.[3] In the winter transfer window of the 2008–09 season, he signed for the reserve team of Evian Thonon Gaillard, then known as Olympique Croix de Savoie.[4] He made one appearance for the senior squad, playing the final 20 minutes in a 2–1 away win over Cherbourg.[5] Parsemain's time and appearances with Olympique Croix de Savoie were cut short by a recurring groin injury. At this time, he returned to Martinique and signed with RC Rivière-Pilote in 2009.[2]

In January 2014,[6] it was reported by Caribbean media that Parsemain had signed with Seattle Sounders FC of Major League Soccer.[7] It was later confirmed that Parsemain was in fact on trial with the club.[8] During his preseason trial, he scored two goals in his first 105 minutes of action against MLS opponents, including a "stunning volley" from the top of the penalty box. At that point in preseason, he was tied with Nigerian international Obafemi Martins as the team's leading scorer, making one of the strongest statements among unsigned players hopeful of earning a contract.[9] Parsemain was officially signed by the Sounders on 28 March 2014. However, only weeks after signing, he suffered a torn ACL and was expected to miss six to seven months and was not expected to appear during the 2014 Major League Soccer season.[10] Seattle waived Parsemain in March 2015.[11]

In August 2015, Parsemain joined five other French professional at Daring Club Motema Pembe of the Congolese Linafoot for the 2015–16 season. He left in April 2016, stating in an interview that "You do not get paid on time, our security was not guaranteed.".[12]

In July 2016 he returned to Martinique, signing for Golden Lion.[13] In September 2017 an expected transfer to Sporting Kansas City was ruled out on a technicality.[14]

International career

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Parsemain made his international debut for the Martinique team in 2008.[3]

Career statistics

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Scores and results list Martinique's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Parsemain goal.[15]
List of international goals scored by Kévin Parsemain
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 30 May 2010 Progress Park, Saint Andrew's, Grenada  Grenada 1–0 2–2 Friendly
2 28 August 2010 George Odlum Stadium, Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia  Saint Lucia 1–0 1–1 Friendly
3 23 September 2010 Parc des Sports des Maisons Rouges, Bry-sur-Marne, France  Tahiti 3–1 4–1 2010 Coupe de l'Outre-Mer
4 26 September 2010 Stade Henri-Longuet, Viry-Châtillon, France  New Caledonia 3–0 4–0 2010 Coupe de l'Outre-Mer
5 3 March 2012 Stade Georges-Gratiant, Le Lamentin, Martinique  Guadeloupe 1–1 1–2 Friendly
6 2 May 2012 Stade Georges-Gratiant, Le Lamentin, Martinique  Guyana 1–0 2–2 Friendly
7 5 September 2012 Stade Georges-Gratiant, Le Lamentin, Martinique  British Virgin Islands 3–0 16–0 2012 Caribbean Cup qualification
8 8–0
9 9–0
10 11–0
11 13–0
12 15–0
13 7 September 2012 Stade En Camée, Rivière-Pilote, Martinique  Montserrat 1–0 5–0 2012 Caribbean Cup qualification
14 3–0
15 4–0
16 5–0
17 9 September 2012 Stade Pierre-Aliker, Fort-de-France, Martinique  Suriname 1–0 2–2 2012 Caribbean Cup qualification
18 22 September 2012 Stade Jean-Bouin, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France  New Caledonia 1–0 2–0 2012 Coupe de l'Outre-Mer
19 2–0
20 26 September 2012 Parc des Sports, Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône, France  Mayotte 1–0 3–0 2012 Coupe de l'Outre-Mer
21 12 December 2012 Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua and Barbuda  French Guiana 2–0 3–1 2012 Caribbean Cup
22 14 December 2012 Antigua Recreation Ground, Saint John's, Antigua and Barbuda  Trinidad and Tobago 1–0 1–1 2012 Caribbean Cup
23 14 July 2013 Sports Authority Field, Denver, United States of America  Mexico 1–2 1–3 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup
24 23 March 2016 Stade Pierre-Aliker, Fort-de-France, Martinique  British Virgin Islands 1–0 3–0 2017 Caribbean Cup qualification
25 11 October 2016 Stade Pierre-Aliker, Fort-de-France, Martinique  Trinidad and Tobago 1–0 2–0 2017 Caribbean Cup qualification
26 26 April 2017 Stade Georges-Gratiant, Le Lamentin, Martinique  Guadeloupe 1–0 4–1 Friendly
27 3–0
28 8 July 2017 Nissan Stadium, Nashville, United States of America  Nicaragua 1–0 2–0 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup
29 12 July 2017 Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, United States of America  United States 1–2 2–3 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup
30 2–2
31 14 October 2018 Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium, Bayamón, Puerto Rico  Puerto Rico 1–0 1–0 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualification
32 16 October 2018 Stade Pierre-Aliker, Fort-de-France, Martinique  British Virgin Islands 1–0 4–0 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualification
33 3–0
34 19 November 2018 Stade Pierre-Aliker, Fort-de-France, Martinique  Antigua and Barbuda 4–1 4–2 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualification
35 23 June 2019 Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, United States of America  Mexico 1–1 2–3 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Honours

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Individual

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Interview with Kévin Parsemain". globallfoot.com.
  2. ^ a b "Qui sont ils ? Semaine 2" (in French). RACING CLUB RIVIÈRE-PILOTE. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  3. ^ a b Kévin Parsemain at National-Football-Teams.com
  4. ^ "Croix-de-Savoie : Parsemain signe". Mercato 365. 4 February 2009. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
  5. ^ "Kevin Parsemain profile". Foot National. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
  6. ^ "Foot-RDC: le DCMP recrute 6 joueurs professionnels français" (in French). www.radiookapi.net. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  7. ^ Boutrin, Christian. "Kevin Parsemain : direction Seattle !" (in French). rci.fm. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  8. ^ "MLS preseason: Seattle Sounders look at a lot of players". Arizona Daily Star. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  9. ^ Mayers, Joshua. "Kevin Parsemain makes case to make Sounders roster". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  10. ^ Mayers, Joshua. "Injury updates: Kevin Parsemain tears ACL, Damion Lowe undergoes hip surgery". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  11. ^ "Sounders FC waives forward Kevin Parsemain". Seattle Sounders FC. 20 March 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  12. ^ "Kévin Parsemain ou la rage de marquer" (in French). La 1ere Martinique. 6 May 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  13. ^ "Kevin Parsemain revient au pays et signe au Golden Lion" (in French). La 1ere Martinique. 16 July 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  14. ^ "Sporting Kansas City prevented from signing Parsemain". The Blue Statement. 5 September 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  15. ^ "Kevin Parsemain". Caribbean Football Database. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
  16. ^ Meeker, Randy. "Report: Martinique striker Kevin Parsemain to join Sounders". Sounder At Heart. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
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