Born in
Clapham, London, he went to secondary school at Neasden High School. Baptiste was a junior at
Chelsea and
Brentford, but failed to earn a professional contract.
Hayes to Luton After initially playing for
Wealdstone, Baptiste made his breakthrough with
Hayes in 2000, where he scored six goals in 14 league games and caught the eye of
Luton Town. At a struggling Luton, he made three league substitute appearances without scoring. When
Joe Kinnear became manager, Baptiste fell out of favour and made a return to Hayes on loan for the rest of the season.
Farnborough During the close season, Baptiste signed for
Farnborough Town, where he stayed for two years scoring a total of 30 goals in 49 appearances, including Farnborough's lone strike in the
FA Cup fourth round defeat to
Arsenal.
Stevenage and Margate In the summer of 2003, Baptiste joined
Stevenage Borough, following manager
Graham Westley's move, where he stayed until February 2004 scoring four league goals. Baptiste moved on to
Margate, scoring five goals.
Gravesend & Northfleet and Havant & Waterlooville After a short spell with
Gravesend & Northfleet, Baptiste moved to
Havant & Waterlooville in August 2005. Baptiste scored the equaliser at the
Liberty Stadium that forced a replay with
Swansea City in the third round of the 2008
FA Cup. He also went on to score in the shock 4–2 replay victory that helped them into the fourth round against
Liverpool. In September 2008, he left Havant & Waterlooville to play for
Maidenhead United, spending the first half of the season there before signing for
AFC Wimbledon on 31 March 2009.
Harrow Borough He joined
Harrow Borough in the summer of 2009. While playing for Harrow, Baptiste infamously missed an open goal after taking the ball past the opposition defence and goalkeeper. He was inside the six-yard box and just a few inches from the goal line when he smashed the ball on to the left-hand post. At the end of both the 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons he finished as top scorer for Borough, scoring 22 league goals in each season. In 2010–11, he led Boro to the playoffs where he scored twice but Boro lost in extra time. He scored a total of 28 goals for Borough in the 2010–11 season. He left Harrow Borough in the summer of 2011 joining
Thurrock of the
Conference South. However, before the end of August he was back in the Isthmian League with
Kingstonian.
Wingate & Finchley Baptiste scored on his debut for
Isthmian League team
Wingate & Finchley from the substitute bench on 20 October 2012 against
Lewes in a 3–1 defeat. In October 2013 he moved on to
Eastbourne Town.
Eastbourne Town Rocky played eight games for
Eastbourne Town seven in the Isthmian League scoring two goals and one appearance in the
FA Trophy. ==References==