Richard Pacquette

He has played in the Football League for Queens Park Rangers, Mansfield Town, Milton Keynes Dons and Brentford, and at senior international level for the Dominica national team.

Born in Kilburn, Greater London,[1] to Dominican parents,[5] Pacquette's first club[citation needed] was Queens Park Rangers (QPR) where he played in the same youth team as Peter Crouch.

[10] He scored his second, and final goal of the 2001–02 season, to give QPR the lead in a 1–1 draw with Cardiff City in March, but was later handed a red card.

[12] After having made four appearances and scored one goal for QPR during the 2002–03 season,[13] he joined Football Conference club Stevenage Borough on a three-month loan on 18 October.

[14] He made his debut the following day in a 1–0 defeat to Burton Albion and scored in his next appearance, in a 2–1 victory over Swansea City in the Football League Trophy first round.

[13] After returning to QPR, he scored three goals in the league and featured for them in both legs of the Second Division play-off semi-final,[13] as well as the final, which was lost 1–0 to Cardiff at the Millennium Stadium.

[29][30] After making seven appearances for MK Dons,[31] he was released in November, and subsequently signed for Southern League Division One East club Fisher Athletic later that month.

[40] He eventually joined St Albans City in February,[41] where he made one appearance before signing for Hemel Hempstead Town in March.

[42][43] After making two appearances,[44] he soon moved on after joining Isthmian League Premier Division club Hampton & Richmond Borough 10 days later.

[44] He joined Worthing after a trial in July 2005,[46][47] and was loaned to Thurrock of the Conference South in February 2006,[48] where he made four appearances after making his debut in a 1–0 defeat to Yeading.

[52] After leaving Worthing, Pacquette joined Conference South club Havant & Waterlooville in March,[53] scoring three goals in eight league appearances during the remainder of the 2005–06 season.

[61] He signed for Conference Premier club Histon on a one-month loan on 18 February 2009,[62] after having made 25 appearances and scored 15 goals for Maidenhead up to that point during the 2008–09 season.

[66] After being unavailable for the opening three matches of the season due to a suspension he received while at Maidenhead,[67] he made his debut as a 78th-minute substitute against Hayes & Yeading United, scoring York's equaliser with a header in a 1–1 draw.

[81][82] At the start of August 2011 Pacquette joined Forest Green Rovers on trial and featured in a match against Cirencester Town but failed to land a deal.

[85] He made his second debut for the club in a goalless draw with Staines Town in the FA Trophy first round,[86] and also appeared in the replay defeat three days later.

[90] He signed for Conference South club Bromley on 16 August 2012 and made his debut two days later in a 0–0 draw at home to Staines Town.

[98] During the summer of 2015, he made preseason appearances for Hampton & Richmond Borough, scoring a goal against Tooting & Mitcham United on 12 July 2015, and later signed for them.

He went on a loan stint at Lewes in November 2015,[99] and after a spell with Walton & Hersham winter 2016,[100] he was back in the Hampton & Richmond Borough jersey on 22 March 2016 as they narrowly lost to Cockfosters in a 42 penalty shoot out thriller in the Middlesex Senior Charity Cup.

[108] Following the club going into creditors voluntary administration in October 2018,[109] he signed for Harefield United of Spartan South Midlands League Division One.

In May 2023, he joined Amersham Town as player-assistant manager [110][111] Pacquette earned a call-up to the Dominica national team for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification CONCACAF first round match against Barbados on 6 February 2008.

After joining York City in 2009, he moved into a house with teammates Neil Barrett, Alex Lawless, James Meredith and Daniel Parslow.

Pacquette playing for Thurrock in 2006
Pacquette playing for Maidenhead United in 2008
Pacquette playing for York City in 2009
Pacquette playing for Eastbourne Borough in 2011