Gabard Fénélon

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Gabard Fénélon
Gabard Fénélon in Port-au-Prince 2004-08-16 2.jpg
Fénélon in August 2004
Personal information
Full name Gabard Fénélon
Date of birth (1981-06-03) 3 June 1981 (age 40)
Place of birth Tortuga, Haiti
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club 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 29 (0)
National team
2003–2008 Haiti 34 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 December 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 February 2008

Gabard Fénélon (born 3 June 1981) is a Haitian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Canadian club CS Mont-Royal Outremont

Early years[]

Fénelon 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[]

Fénelon 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[]

Fénélon 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[]

  • Caribbean Nations Cup (1) : 2007
  • PLSQ League Cup (1) : 2015

External links[]

References[]

  1. ^ Caza, Pierre-Etienne, ed. (21 October 2013). "Un gardien étoile". Actualites Uqam. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  2. ^ Tougas, Marc (7 August 2019). "Gabard Fénelon: le Calme Devant la Tempête" [Gabard Fénelon: Calm in the Face of the Storm]. PLSQ (in French).
  3. ^ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2007 - Full Details - RSSSF
  4. ^ QCSL World Cup
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