Gabard Fénélon (born 3 June 1981) is a Haitian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Canadian club CS Mont-Royal Outremont.
 Fénélon in August 2004 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gabard Fénélon | ||
| Date of birth | 3 June 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Tortuga, Haiti | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | CS Mont-Royal Outremont | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2003 | Racing Gonaïves | ||
| 2004–2006 | Racing Club Haïtien | ||
| 2007 | Miami FC | 5 | (0) |
| 2008–2010 | Racing Club Haïtien | ||
| 2011 | Panellinios | ||
| 2012–2013 | FC Saint-Léonard | 32 | (0) |
| 2014 | ACP Montréal-Nord | 14 | (1) |
| 2015–2016 | Lakeshore SC | 30 | (0) |
| 2017 | FC Lanaudière | 16 | (0) |
| 2018– | CS Mont-Royal Outremont | 88 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2003–2008 | Haiti | 34 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 September 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 February 2008 | |||
Early years
editFénelon was born in Tortuga (Île de la Tortue), a small Haitian island in the northwest of the country. At the age of fourteen, his football talents led him to Port-de-Paix, a major city adjacent to Tortuga, inland of Haiti across the coast to develop his skills. Having been significantly better than his peers his own age, he was played against players who were older. Arriving as a striker, his position was changed to goalkeeper at age sixteen at the regional level.[1]
Club career
editFénelon played for Haitian League sides Racing Gonaïves and Racing Club Haïtien before moving to Miami FC at the start of the 2007 season. He returned to Haiti in 2008, Racing Club Haïtien. In 2011, Fenelon played with Panellinios in the Ligue de Soccer Elite Quebec and joined FC Saint-Léonard of the new Première Ligue de soccer du Québec in 2012 with notably ex-Serie A player Sandro Grande.
International career
editFénélon made his debut for Haiti in a March 2003 Gold Cup qualifying match against Jamaica. He won the Caribbean Cup of Nations with Haiti in 2007.[2] He was a squad member at the 2007 Gold Cup Finals[3] Fénélon played for the Canada national futsal team at QCSL World Cup 2010.[4]
Honours
edit- Caribbean Nations Cup (1) : 2007
- PLSQ League Cup (1) : 2015
References
edit- ^ Caza, Pierre-Etienne, ed. (21 October 2013). "Un gardien étoile". Actualites Uqam. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
- ^ Tougas, Marc (7 August 2019). "Gabard Fénelon: le Calme Devant la Tempête" [Gabard Fénelon: Calm in the Face of the Storm]. PLSQ (in French).
- ^ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2007 - Full Details - RSSSF
- ^ QCSL World Cup
External links
edit
- Gabard Fénélon at Soccerway
- Gabard Fénélon at National-Football-Teams.com