Bertin Jacquesson
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Bertin Jacquesson | ||
| Date of birth | 30 November 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Lorrez-le-Bocage, France | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| RCP Fontainebleau | |||
| –2018 | Brétigny Foot CS | ||
| 2018–2019 | RC Strasbourg | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2022 | Pittsburgh Panthers | 61 | (19) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2020 | SO Châtellerault | 16 | (1) |
| 2023–2024 | Real Salt Lake | 10 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Real Monarchs | 18 | (2) |
| 2024 | → Pittsburgh Riverhounds (loan) | 7 | (5) |
| 2025– | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | 22 | (1) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 26 October 2025 | |||
Bertin Jacquesson (born 30 November 2001) is a French professional footballer who currently plays for Pittsburgh Riverhounds in the USL Championship.
Early life
[edit | edit source]Jacquesson played as a youth player for RCP Fontainebleau before playing in Brétigny-sur-Orge for SC Brétigny. He was prolific in the national U17 level championships for Brétigny, scoring eighteen goals in twenty-three games. In December 2018 he was signed up by RC Strasbourg, where spent a year, before moving to SO Châtellerault.[1][2]
Career
[edit | edit source]Pittsburgh Panthers
[edit | edit source]Playing in the US college system for the University of Pittsburgh soccer team the Pittsburgh Panthers, Jacquesson made an immediate impact in the autumn of 2020, starting matches as a freshman.[3] He was named Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Soccer Freshman of the Year for the 2020–21 season.[4]
Overall he scored 19 goals, and provided 23 assists, in 61 appearances as Pitt made three consecutive Elite Eight appearances and two College Cups between 2020 and 2022. Ahead of the MLS SuperDraft in December 2022 Jacquesson signed a Generation Adidas contract with the league.[5]
Real Salt Lake
[edit | edit source]Jacquesson was drafted in the first round of the SuperDraft at number sixteen by Real Salt Lake.[6] Jacquesson made his debut against Las Vegas Lights FC in the U.S. Open Cup on April 26, 2023, and made his MLS debut four days later on April 30, 2023, against Seattle Sounders FC.[7] Jacquesson's contract option was declined by Salt Lake following their 2024 season.[8]
Pittsburgh Riverhounds
[edit | edit source]On 10 January 2025, Jacquesson signed a one-year deal with USL Championship side Pittsburgh Riverhounds who he'd spent time on loan with in the previous season.[9]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Born in France, Jacquesson is of Guinean descent. As a Muslim, he has at times had to balance his soccer career with observing Ramadan.[10]
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External links
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- 2001 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Seine-et-Marne
- French men's footballers
- French sportspeople of Guinean descent
- French expatriate men's footballers
- Pittsburgh Panthers men's soccer players
- RC Strasbourg Alsace players
- Real Salt Lake players
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- Men's association football forwards
- Major League Soccer players
- Real Salt Lake draft picks
- MLS Next Pro players
- Real Monarchs players
- SO Châtellerault players
- Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC players
- USL Championship players
- 21st-century French sportsmen