Joenal Castma

Joenal Castma

Personal information
Date of birth	(1976-03-04) 4 March 1976
Place of birth	Uniondale, New York, United States
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1994–1995	St. John's Red Storm
1996–1997	UMass Minutemen
1997	Long Island Rough Riders U-23
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998	Worcester Wildfire	10	(0)
1999	Minnesota Thunder	1	(0)
1999–2000	Lechia Gdańsk	1	(0)
1999–2002	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	29	(5)
Total		41	(5)
International career
2000–2002	Haiti
Managerial career
2006–	Pittsburgh Panthers (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Joenal Castma (born 4 March 1976) is an American-born Haitian retired footballer who played as a forward for the Haiti national team. He also played professionally for clubs in the United States and Poland.

Player

Club

Castma began his college soccer career at St. John's University in 1994. In 1996, he transferred to the University of Massachusetts Amherst, playing on the men's soccer team in 1996 and 1997. In 1997, he also played for the Long Island Rough Riders U-23 team. In 1998, he turned professional with the Worcester Wildfire of the USISL A-League. In April 1999, he signed with the Minnesota Thunder. He was traded by the Thunder to the Pittsburgh Riverhounds where he played until 2001. He also played one game for Polish club Lechia Gdańsk during the 1999–2000 season.

International

In 2000, Castma was called up by the Haiti national football team. He played for the team in both 2000 and 2002.

Coach

On 12 August 2003, Castma was hired by the East Allegheny Wildcats Men's Soccer Team as a head coach. They faltered down the stretch going 2–6 in their last 8 to miss the playoffs by 1 game.

On 17 April 2006, Castma was hired by the University of Pittsburgh as an assistant with the women's soccer team.

Director

On 5 January 2008, Castma was hired by Allegheny Force FC as the Director of Coaching and Player development which is based out of the east part of Pittsburgh. In this role he has sent numerous players to Div 1, 2, and 3 schools, many of which who received scholarships at these programs.

Executive Director of Coaching

In June 2018, Castma was hired by Beadling Soccer Club as the New Executive Director of Coaching and Player development.

External links

• Pittsburgh Panthers: Joenal Castma