This is a Saeta Haiti national team 2025-26 home jersey featuring the name and number of star midfielder Jean‐Ricner Bellegarde.

Haiti has one of the longest football traditions in the region and were the second Caribbean team to make the World Cup, reaching the 1974 edition after qualifying from winning the 1973 CONCACAF Championship (the forerunner of the CONCACAF Gold Cup). Following this success, they failed to replicate this achievement, however they continued to be one of the strongest national teams in the Caribbean despite major instability in the country over the years. Since Haiti’s golden era of football in the 1970’s, where they finished runners-up twice in the CONCACAF Championship, in addition to their title win in 1973, they have made it out of the group stage at the Gold Cup four times since 2002. The national team made history in November 2025 by securing qualification for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, with Haiti defeating their more-fancied opposition of Honduras and Costa Rica to finish at the top of their group despite having been unable to play any matches at home since 2021.

Jean-Ricner Bellegarde was born & raised in France and came up through the youth ranks of RC Lens, eventually making his senior debut for the Lens B team in the third tier of French football in 2015. The following season he progressed to their first team competing in Ligue 2 before establishing himself in Ligue 1 with RC Strasbourg from 2019, where he was part of the squad that won the 2018–19 Coupe de la Ligue and became a regular starter known for his athleticism and ball-carrying ability. In 2023 he transferred to Wolverhampton Wanderers in the English Premier League for a fee of £12.8m and has been a regular contributor for the team as well as becoming the first Haitian-represented player to feature in the Premier League. Bellegarde made the choice to represent Haiti, the country of his parents in 2025 after previously being a youth international for France. He has made an instant impact for Haiti, playing a crucial role in their qualification for the 2026 World Cup, where he will be one of their highest-profile players.