The striker for Haiti’s U17 national team, Nikolai Pierre, who scored in the 20th minute during the 4–1 defeat of the young Grenadiers against Egypt, has become the eighth Haitian footballer to score a goal in the final phase of a FIFA World Cup—across all categories and genders.

In this very exclusive circle, it was Emmanuel Sanon who started it all. The former Don Bosco FC striker from Pétion-Ville, with two goals scored during the 1974 senior World Cup in Germany—one against Italy (3–1) and the other against Argentina (4–1)—was the first player from a Haitian national team to inscribe his name in the history of FIFA World Cup final-phase goal scorers.