Jarzinho Pieter

Jarzinho Saul Emmanuel Pieter (11 November 1987 – 9 September 2019) was a Curaçaoan professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for the Curaçaoan clubs Centro Dominguito and Vesta and for the Curaçao national team.

Jarzinho Pieter
Personal information
Full name	Jarzinho Saul Emmanuel Pieter^[1]
Date of birth	(1987-11-11)11 November 1987
Place of birth	Willemstad, Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles
Date of death	9 September 2019(2019-09-09) (aged 31)
Place of death	Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2018	Centro Dominguito
2018–2019	Vesta
International career^‡
2013–2019	Curaçao	12	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 October 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 October 2018

International career edit

Pieter made his debut for the Curaçao national football team in a 2–0 friendly win over Aruba on 14 November 2013.^[2] He was called up to represent Curaçao at the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup.^[3]

On 9 September 2019, Pieter died of a heart attack after falling ill the night before.^[4] Pieter was in Port-au-Prince, Haiti with the Curaçao national football team for a CONCACAF Nations League qualifying match against Haiti.^[5]

Centro Dominguito

Curaçao

^ "40-Player National Team Roster: 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup: Curaçao" (PDF). CONCACAF. p. 5. Retrieved 20 May 2019 – via Bernews.
^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Curaçao vs. Aruba (2:0)". www.national-football-teams.com.
^ . goldcup.org. Archived from the original on 2018-10-14. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
^ . sentinel.ht. Archived from the original on 2019-09-11. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
^ "Curaçao national football team goalkeeper dies in Haiti". September 9, 2019.

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