For Duckens Nazon, football has never followed a simple path. The Haiti national team captain has spent more than a decade building a career across global football, playing for clubs across countries ranging from India to Bulgaria to Iran — including a chaotic escape from Tehran amid rising military tensions. Now, after helping Les Grenadiers secure their first World Cup qualification in over 50 years without playing a single qualifying match on home soil, Nazon finds himself at the center of one of the tournament’s most compelling stories.