{{Short description|American-born Haitian footballer (born 1983)}} {{Update|date=January 2026}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Jerrod Laventure | image = | fullname = Jerrod Laventure | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|1|15}} | birth_place = Middle Island, New York, United States | height = {{height|ft=6|in=1}} | position = Forward | currentclub = Jersey Express | clubnumber = 11 | youthyears1 = 2001–2004 | youthclubs1 = Seton Hall Pirates | years1 = 2006–2007 | clubs1 = New York Red Bulls | caps1 = 6 | goals1 = 1 | years2 = 2008– | clubs2 = Jersey Express<ref>the team was known as Newark Ironbound Express 2008-2010</ref> | caps2 = 56 | goals2 = 32 | nationalyears1 = 2008 | nationalteam1 = Haiti | nationalcaps1 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | medaltemplates = | pcupdate = July 1, 2012 | ntupdate = July 1, 2002 }}
'''Jerrod Laventure''' (born January 15, 1983) is an American-born Haitian footballer.
==Career==
===College=== Laventure played college soccer at Seton Hall University, where in four seasons he scored 14 goals and assisted on 12. He was named to the Big East first team after recording eight goals and six assists in 2004. After his senior season he was invited to the 2005 MLS Player Combine which led to him joining the MetroStars reserve team.
===Professional=== Laventure signed a developmental contract with the New York Red Bulls on April 12, 2006. He made his MLS debut July 8, 2006 as a substitute in a game against FC Dallas, and scored his first professional goal on July 19, 2006 - a spectacular 30-yard chip over Columbus Crew goalkeeper Noah Palmer which won him the Goal of the Week Award.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ksF_MSMHR0 YouTube clip of Laventure's goal]</ref> Laventure started his first game for the Red Bulls against the Wilmington Hammerheads of the USL Second Division in the U.S. Open Cup.
Laventure was released by the Red Bulls on March 17, 2008, and subsequently joined Newark Ironbound Express in the USL Premier Development League for the 2008 PDL season. Laventure scored nine goals in 13 games in his first season for Ironbound,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2008/roster/8986443.html |title=United Soccer Leagues (USL) |accessdate=2010-01-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907134323/http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2008/roster/8986443.html |archivedate=2008-09-07 }}</ref> helping the team reach the post-season playoffs at the first attempt.
===International=== In 2007, Laventure was called up to the Haitian national team, but did not play for the country.<ref>[http://www.metrofanatic.com/story.jsp?ID=4280 Jerrod Laventure interview]</ref> In 2008, he was called up again, and started two matches against El Salvador in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
==Personal== In November 2006 he, along with his then-New York Red Bulls team mates Seth Stammler and Jozy Altidore, accompanied Haitian-born Grammy Award winning musician Wyclef Jean on a six-day service trip to Haiti for Jean's charitable organization, Yéle Haiti.
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080217035049/http://redbull.newyork.mlsnet.com/players/bio.jsp?team=t107&player=laventure_j&playerId=lav177981&statType=current Player profile] - MLSnet * [http://www.metrofanatic.com/team/player.jsp?ID=175 Player profile] - MetroFanatic
{{DEFAULTSORT:Laventure, Jerrod}} Category:1983 births Category:Living people Category:Haitian men's footballers Category:Haiti men's international footballers Category:American people of Haitian descent Category:Sportspeople of Haitian descent Category:American men's soccer players Category:Seton Hall Pirates men's soccer players Category:New York Red Bulls players Category:Jersey Express S.C. players Category:Major League Soccer players Category:USL League Two players Category:Men's association football forwards
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