 Boucaud playing forYork City in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Andre Christopher Boucaud[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1984-10-10)10 October 1984 (age 41)[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Enfield, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[3] | ||
| Position | Central midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2001 | Queens Park Rangers | ||
| 2001–2002 | Reading | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2004 | Reading | 0 | (0) |
| 2003 | →Peterborough United (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2003 | →Peterborough United (loan) | 8 | (1) |
| 2004–2006 | Peterborough United | 25 | (1) |
| 2005 | →Aldershot Town (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Kettering Town | 39 | (4) |
| 2007–2008 | Wycombe Wanderers | 10 | (0) |
| 2008–2011 | Kettering Town | 98 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | →York City (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | York City | 41 | (1) |
| 2012–2013 | Luton Town | 7 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | →Notts County (loan) | 19 | (1) |
| 2013–2014 | Notts County | 49 | (0) |
| 2014–2018 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 143 | (0) |
| 2018–2020 | Barnet | 23 | (0) |
| 2020 | Maidstone United | 7 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2004–2021 | Trinidad and Tobago | 48 | (2) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22:35, 17 March 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 20:53, 30 March 2021 (UTC) | |||
Andre Christopher Boucaud (born 10 October 1984) is a professionalfootballer who plays as acentral midfielder. He has played inthe Football League forPeterborough United,Wycombe Wanderers,Notts County andDagenham & Redbridge and at senior international level forTrinidad and Tobago.
Boucaud started his career in the youth system atQueens Park Rangers before moving toReading, with whom he signed a professional contract in 2002. He had two spells onloan with Peterborough United in 2003 and signed for the club permanently in 2004. He had a loan spell withAldershot Town of theConference National in 2005 and was released by Peterborough in 2006. Boucaud spent a season withKettering Town in theConference North before signing for League Two club Wycombe Wanderers in 2007. He was released after one season and went on to spend two and a half seasons with Kettering after returning in 2008. He left them after signing forYork City in 2011, following an initial loan spell at the club. Boucaud signed for Luton Town shortly after a year with York. Less than a year later he joined Notts County on loan, before signing permanently in 2013. In 2014, he signed for League Two club Dagenham & Redbridge after leaving Notts County.
Boucaud has represented Trinidad and Tobago, the homeland of his parents, at international level. He made his debut in 2004 as asubstitute againstIraq, with his first start coming againstNorthern Ireland. He played in three2006 FIFA World Cup qualifiers for Trinidad.
Boucaud was born inEnfield, Greater London.[4] While suffering an unknown illness in 2009, it was suspected that Boucaud could have contractedswine flu.[5] His first child was born in 2010.[6]
Boucaud joined the youth system atQueens Park Rangers in 2000 and after the club lost their Academy status he moved to theReading youth system towards the end of 2001.[7][8][9] After breaking into Reading's reserve team, he signed a professional contract with the club on 25 March 2002 that contracted him at the club until June 2004.,[10][7][11] Boucaud was pursued byPremier League clubArsenal, but stayed with Reading as they gave him a three-year contract.[12] He wasloaned out toSecond Division clubPeterborough United until the end of the 2002–03 season on 27 March 2003 and he made his debut two days later as an 85th minutesubstitute in a 5–1 victory away toMansfield Town.[13][14] He finished the season with six appearances for Peterborough.[14]
Reading agreed to allow Boucaud to rejoin Peterborough on loan in June 2003,[15] and ReadingmanagerAlan Pardew said: "he's done enough to convince me that I shouldn't keep him there for too long".[16] His return to Peterborough was completed on an initial one-month loan on 8 August 2003.[17][18] His first appearance after returning was in a 4–3 defeat home toHartlepool United the following day,[19] and in September 2003 Peterborough managerBarry Fry said he wanted to extend Boucaud's stay at the club.[17] Having made nine appearances and scored one goal for Peterborough in two months,[19] he returned to Reading on 7 October 2003.[20]
Fry spoke of his desire to re-sign Boucaud,[21] and after Reading released him on 10 May 2004, he re-signed for Peterborough on a two-year contract on 14 May.[22][23] He made 24 appearances and scored one goal during 2004–05.[24] Boucaud joinedConference National clubAldershot Town on a three-month loan on 16 September 2005.[25] He returned to Peterborough after being recalled from his loan on 15 December 2005,[26] which he finished with 13 appearances.[27] Following his return to the club he was challenged by managerMark Wright to fight for his place in the team.[28] After failing to figure in Wright's and subsequentlySteve Bleasdale's plans, Boucaud was released by Peterborough on 9 May 2006 after his contract was allowed to expire.[29]
He signed forConference North clubKettering Town on 19 May 2006[30] and made his debut in a 1–0 home victory overHyde United on 12 August.[31] He stayed with the club for 2006–07 and appeared in both legs of the play-off semi-final againstFarsley Celtic, which Kettering lost 4–2 in apenalty shoot-out following a 1–1 draw onaggregate.[31][32] He made 50 appearances and scored five goals for the club[31] before leaving on 5 June 2007 after new managerMark Cooper decided against retaining him.[33]
Boucaud joinedLeague Two clubWycombe Wanderers on 8 August 2007 on a one-year contract after impressing during a pre-season trial.[34][35] His debut came three days later as a 78th-minute substitute in Wycombe's opening day 1–0 defeat at home toAccrington Stanley.[36] This was followed by his first start in a 2–2 draw away toDagenham & Redbridge the following weekend.[36] He finished 2007–08 with 11 appearances for Wycombe[36] and the club released him on 21 May 2008.[37]
He rejoined Kettering, by this time in theConference Premier, on 5 August 2008 on a one-year contract.[38] He played for Kettering when they were defeated 4–2 by Premier League teamFulham in theFA Cup fourth round on 24 January 2009,[39] and was namedman of the match by theDaily Mirror, who reported that Boucaud "ran the midfield".[40] Manager Cooper said in February 2009 he believed Boucaud was set "for greater things" after his performances during 2008–09.[41] He finished the season with 55 appearances[42] and Kettering took up an option to extend his contract in May 2009.[43] He played a part when Kettering reached the FA Cup second round in 2009–10, playing in a 1–1 home draw withLeague One teamLeeds United and in the 5–1 away defeat in the replay.[44] This season saw Boucaud make 41 appearances.[44]
Boucaud committed his future to Kettering after signing a new two-year contract with the club in May 2010.[45] He made his first appearance of 2010–11 in a 0–0 draw away toGateshead on 14 August 2010.[46] He was handed thecaptaincy in October 2010 following the appointment ofMarcus Law as manager.[47]
After Kettering chairman Imraan Ladak decided to reduce the club's wage bill,[48] on 26 November 2010, Boucaud joined their Conference Premier rivalsYork City on loan until January 2011, with a view to a permanent transfer.[49] He had made 21 appearances for Kettering up to that point in 2010–11.[46] His debut for York came as a 76th-minute substitute in a 0–0 draw away toKidderminster Harriers on 30 November 2010, which was followed by his first start and home debut in a 1–0 defeat to Conference North teamBoston United in theFA Trophy first round on 11 December.[50][51] Boucaud signed for York permanently for a fee of £20,000 on 5 January 2011 on a two-and-a-half-year contract that would expire in June 2013.[52][53] His first appearance after signing permanently came when starting in a 1–0 home win overGrimsby Town on 11 January 2011.[50] He finished the season with 20 York appearances.[50]
Boucaud scored his first goal for York with a 12-yard shot into the bottom corner in a 5–1 victory away to Kettering on 23 August 2011.[54][55] He was handed a three-matchsuspension after beingred carded during a 0–0 draw away toBarrow on 19 November 2011 after being adjudged by the referee to have raised his arms during the melee following the sending off of teammateJason Walker duringstoppage time.[56][57] York's Conference Premier rivalsFleetwood Town made an offer for Boucaud during January 2012, which was rejected by managerGary Mills.[58]
Boucaud signed for York's Conference Premier rivalsLuton Town on 31 January 2012 on a one-and-a-half-year contract for a £25,000 fee.[59] He played in six matches before falling out of favour with new Luton managerPaul Buckle, who used Boucaud in just one match as a substitute.[citation needed]
During pre-season for2012–13, Buckle stated that: "[Boucaud]'s not in our plans, he knows that."[60] On 1 August 2012, Boucaud joined League One clubNotts County on loan until January 2013.[60] He made his debut for Notts County in a 2–0 home victory over Hartlepool on 21 August 2012,[61] winning the man of the match award with what was described as an "assured performance ... knitting play together well with short, sharp passes".[62] Boucaud scored his first goal for the club in a 2–1 away victory overCoventry City on 20 October 2012,[61] with a shot from 25 yards.[63] It was also his firstFootball League goal in eight years.[63] He signed for Notts County permanently on 10 January 2013 on a one-and-a-half-year contract for an undisclosed fee.[64] Boucaud completed2012–13 with 43 appearances and one goal for Notts County.[61] However, he fell out of favour underShaun Derry and was released in May 2014[65] having made 33 appearances in2013–14.[66]
In July 2014, he joined League Two club Dagenham & Redbridge on trial, and impressed in the pre-season before signing a one-year contract on 7 August.[67] He made his debut two days later in a 3–0 home defeat toMorecambe on the opening day of2014–15.[68] His first goal followed in anEFL Cup game againstBrentford which finished 6-6, but Brentford won on penalties.[69]
Boucaud signed for newly relegatedNational League clubBarnet on 28 June 2018 on a two-year contract for an undisclosed fee.[70] He left Barnet on 9 January 2020[71] before signing forNational League South clubMaidstone United on 17 January,[72] making seven appearances before leaving the club at the end of the season.
Although born in England, Boucaud qualifies to play forTrinidad and Tobago through his parents, with his father born inPort of Spain and his mother born inPrinces Town.[6] Aged 19, his international debut came as a 61st-minute substitute in a 2–0friendly victory overIraq atthe Hawthorns on 23 May 2004.[73][74] A week later, he played in a 4–1 away defeat againstScotland on 30 May 2004, in which he forcedgoalkeeperCraig Gordon into making a save from a powerful shot.[75] His first start for Trinidad was in a 3–0 home defeat toNorthern Ireland on 6 June 2004.[76] He played in three2006 FIFA World Cup qualifiers for Trinidad, playing againstSaint Kitts and Nevis once andMexico twice.[77]
Boucaud was called up by Trinidad for the first time since 2004 for a friendly againstHaiti on 10 August 2011, although the match was postponed due to a lack of funds.[78] This was followed by a call-up for Trinidad's2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers againstBermuda andBarbados.[79][80] He was named on the bench for both of these matches.[81][82] Boucaud was notcapped again until 4 June 2013,[83] when he started in Trinidad's 4–0 friendly defeat away toRomania.[84] He scored his first international goal in a 3–1 win overSaudi Arabia at theKing Fahd International Stadium in the2013 OSN Cup on 9 September 2013.[83][85]
Boucaud is primarily acentral midfielder[86] and can also play inattacking anddefensive midfield positions.[6] He is described as a "stylish player with a deft touch" who has "the ability to create chances as well as provide a shield to the [defence]".[87][62] He describes himself as "a player who loves football, I like to get it down and pass".[88] After signing for Wycombe in 2007, he was described by managerPaul Lambert as a "gritty competitor who is also very good on the ball".[89]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Reading | 2002–03[14] | First Division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003–04[19] | First Division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Peterborough United (loan) | 2002–03[14] | Second Division | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||
| 2003–04[19] | Second Division | 8 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 9 | 1 | |||
| Peterborough United | 2004–05[24] | League One | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 24 | 1 |
| 2005–06[90] | League Two | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Total | 39 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 2 | ||
| Aldershot Town (loan) | 2005–06[27] | Conference National | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 2[b] | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Kettering Town | 2006–07[31] | Conference North | 39 | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | 7[c] | 1 | 50 | 5 | |
| Wycombe Wanderers | 2007–08[36] | League Two | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Kettering Town | 2008–09[42] | Conference Premier | 42 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | 6[d] | 0 | 55 | 0 | |
| 2009–10[44] | Conference Premier | 36 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 1[e] | 0 | 41 | 0 | ||
| 2010–11[46] | Conference Premier | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 0 | |||
| Total | 98 | 0 | 12 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | 117 | 0 | |||
| York City | 2010–11[50] | Conference Premier | 19 | 0 | — | — | 1[e] | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12[54] | Conference Premier | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[e] | 0 | 25 | 1 | ||
| Total | 43 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 45 | 1 | |||
| Luton Town | 2011–12[91] | Conference Premier | 7 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Notts County | 2012–13[61] | League One | 39 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 43 | 1 |
| 2013–14[66] | League One | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 33 | 0 | |
| Total | 68 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 76 | 1 | ||
| Dagenham & Redbridge | 2014–15[68] | League Two | 41 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 1 |
| 2015–16[92] | League Two | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |
| 2016–17[91] | National League | 36 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 3[f] | 0 | 41 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18[91] | National League | 41 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 1[e] | 0 | 44 | 0 | ||
| Total | 143 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 156 | 1 | ||
| Barnet | 2018–19[91] | National League | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 3[e] | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
| 2019–20[91] | National League | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Total | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | 30 | 0 | |||
| Maidstone United | 2019–20[91] | National League South | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | 7 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 486 | 8 | 33 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 554 | 10 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2004 | 6 | 0 |
| 2013 | 9 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 10 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 11 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 48 | 2 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 September 2013 | King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 12 |  Saudi Arabia | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2013 OSN Cup | [85] |
| 2 | 12 July 2015 | University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, United States | 27 |  Cuba | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup | [93] |
Trinidad and Tobago squads | |||||||
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