Sebastien Vorbe

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Sebastien Vorbe
Personal information
Date of birth (1976-06-04) 4 June 1976 (age 47)
Place of birth Thomassin, Haiti
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) [1]
Position(s) Midfielder
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1997–1998 FIU Golden Panthers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1995–1996 Violette
1999–2000 Violette
2000–2001 LA Galaxy 19 (4)
2001 Violette
International career
1999–2000 Haiti 7 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sebastien Vorbe (born 4 June 1976) is a Haitian professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Violette. He is the nephew of notable Haitian player Philippe Vorbe. [2]

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Club career

Vorbe started his career playing for the First Division in the Ligue Haïtienne for the Violette AC, [2] where he would go on to win the national championship his first year during the 1994–95 season.

After the following year, Vorbe played college soccer at Florida International University in 1997 and 1998, where he registered nine goals and 13 assists in 37 games. Following two seasons at FIU, Vorbe returned to Haiti to play with Violette AC, only to win his second national championship. [2] [3]

LA Galaxy (2000–01)

At age 24, Vorbe signed a one-year contract as a discovery player on 25 April 2000 [4] to play for the Los Angeles Galaxy, [5] arguably one of the most successful clubs of Major League Soccer. [2] He was noticed on the international stage for Haiti during the qualifying tournament in Los Angeles and the 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup tournament in Miami and had the opportunity to train with the club during preseason. [1] Although players before him played in defunct American leagues, Vorbe became just the second Haitian player ever (to Patrick Tardieu), to play for the MLS since its 1993 creation. [5] [6] He scored his first major league goal against the defending MLS champion D.C. United leading Galaxy to a 2–1 victory. [7] In 19 games and 915 minutes with the team, Vorbe scored four goals in ten starts, the most by four rookies on the team. [8] A notable game was when Vorbe scored the winning goal at the 50th minute against a quality Club Atlético Talleres, that was just promoted to Argentine Primera División [9] after an outstanding season. [5]

In January 2001 Vorbe played in the 2000 CONCACAF Champions' Cup, [10] where Galaxy would defeat Honduran club, Olimpia in the finals and win its first title in the competition. [11]

Vorbe was waived on 5 March 2001. [4]

Violette (2001)

After the CONCACAF Champions' Cup, Vorbe would again return to Violette AC, where he became a mainstay and continues to play.

International career

Vorbe represented the Haiti, from 1999 to 2000. He scored Haiti's lone goal of the 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup tournament. [1] [12] [13] [14]

Honours

Violette

Los Angeles Galaxy

Haiti U17

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Corbett, Robert, ed. (29 April 2000). "#3375: Galaxy Signs Sebastien Vorbe (Fwd)". Webster.edu. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Hall, Michael R., ed. (2012). Historical Dictionary of Haiti. p. 263. ISBN   9780810878105 . Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  3. ↑ RSSSF: Haiti - List of Champions
  4. 1 2 LA Galaxy - Sebastien Vorbe
  5. 1 2 3 Brousseau, Dave, ed. (8 July 2000). "Vorbe Having Dream Season". Sun Sentinel. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  6. ↑ Borg, Simon (17 December 2010). "MLS celebrates 17th anniversary of formal debut". Major League Soccer. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  7. ↑ Jones, Grahame L. (20 June 2000). "Vorbe's First Goal a Timely One for Galaxy in 2-1 Win". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  8. ↑ LA Galaxy 2000 Season in Review
  9. ↑ RSSSF: South American Competitions (The Best Club Of South America)
  10. ↑ Jones, Grahame L., ed. (17 January 2001). "2000 Season in Review". LA Times. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  11. ↑ DK, ed. (2010). Soccer: The Ultimate Guide. p. 135. ISBN   9780756663186 . Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  12. ↑ Dell'Apa, Frank (1 August 2000). "An Island Team Out of Isolation / Pioneer Haitians Back in the Game". Boston Globe . Retrieved 9 July 2009.
  13. ↑ RSSSF: CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2000
  14. ↑ Press, ed. (22 February 2016). "Les adversaires d'Haïti sont-elles à sa portée". Le national. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
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