Fabien Vorbe

Fabien Vorbe

Personal information
Full name	Jean Francis Fabien Vorbe
Date of birth	(1990-01-04) January 4, 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth	Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s)	Midfielder
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2010	Furman Paladins
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2005–2008	Violette AC	10	(5)
2011–2012	Tempête	6	(0)
2012	FC Edmonton	9	(5)
2013	IFK Varnamo	6	(2)
2014	Don Bosco FC	15	(3)
2015	Carlos A. Mannucci	8	(5)
2016	Serrato Pacasmayo
2017–2018	NEROCA	19	(4)
2019	Gokulam Kerala FC [1]	9	(2)
International career‡
	Haiti U17
	Haiti U20
	Haiti U23
2010–	Haiti	16	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of September 28, 2012 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of February 28, 2011

Jean Francis Fabien Vorbe (born 4 January 1990) is a Haitian professional footballer who last played for NEROCA F.C. in the I-League.

Career

Youth and College

Vorbe began his career in 2005 with first division Haitian club Violette AC at age 15, before moving to the United States to play college soccer at Furman University in 2008. In his freshman year, he made 17 appearances and scored four goals including two in his collegiate debut against UNC Wilmington. In his sophomore year, he started 16 games and tallied six goals and one assist. He made 16 appearances again in his junior year and scored four goals.

Club career

In 2011, Vorbe returned to Haiti to play for Tempête. After one season, he left Haiti to join FC Edmonton in the NASL. He was released ^[2] after one season and went to play in for IFK Värnamo in Sweden.

NEROCA F.C.

Fabien Vorbe signed for NEROCA F.C.in 2017-18 and after 18 games in which Fabien Vorbe played in 14 of them NEROCA F.C Runner up the I-League championship.

Gokulam Kerala

Fabian signed for Gokulam Kerala for 2018–19 I-League season. ^{[3] [4]}

International career

Vorbe led his team to the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Korea, their first time doing so. During Group A qualifying, Vorbe scored important go-ahead goals for Haiti, notably against Honduras and incidentally was named the top scorer of the qualification rounds.

Vorbe made his senior debut for Haiti in a 3–1 against Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in a Caribbean Championship match on November 4, 2010. ^[5]

Personal life

Jean Francis Fabien Vorbe hails from one of the most notable footballing families in Haitian history, previously producing such stars as Charles, Sébastien and Philippe Vorbe.

Honours

NEROCA

• I-League runner-up: 2017–18

Tempête FC

• Ligue Haïtienne: 2011

Regional

• CFU Youth Cup (U-16) runner-up: 2006

References

1. "Gokulam Kerala » Players from A-Z". WorldFootball.net. Archived from the original on 18 March 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
2. Quarstad, Brian, ed. (30 September 2012). "FC Edmonton Sacks Coaching Staff, Makes Budget Cuts". IMSoccer News. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
3. "Gokulam Kerala FC signs Haitian midfielder Fabien Vorbe". Gokulam Kerala Football Club. 22 January 2019. Archived from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
4. Kundu, Abhishek (23 January 2017). "I-League 2018-19: Gokulam FC rope in Haitian midfielder Fabien Vorbe". sportskeeda.com. Sportskeeda. Archived from the original on 3 February 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
5. "Furman's Vorbe Makes Debut For Haiti At Caribbean Cup". Archived from the original on 2010-11-22. Retrieved 2011-03-01.

External links

• Fabien Vorbe at Soccerway
• Fabien Vorbe at National-Football-Teams.com
• Fabien Vorbe – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Fabien Vorbe profile Archived 2010-12-15 at the Wayback Machine at Furman Paladins' site