Fabrice Pithia (born 7 May 1987) is a

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player who currently plays for Curepipe Starlight in the

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and for the

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as a

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Senior career

Fabrice started his professional career along with his brother

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for

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in the

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in 2003, at the age of 16. In 2010, he moved on to play for

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, while his brother stayed behind. After the

2011 Indian Ocean Island Games The 2011 Indian Ocean Island Games were the 8th edition of the competition, held in Victoria, Seychelles. The last edition was held in 2007 in Madagascar. The Games' mascot was a Kato Nwar, the national bird of the Seychelles. The Games Parti ...

, in which Fabrice was leading scorer and one of the tournament's best players, he received interest from clubs both domestically and abroad, and has stated he is open to playing abroad.

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club

AC Omonia Athletic Club Omonia Nicosia ( el, Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Oμόνοιας Λευκωσίας, ΑΣΟΛ; ''Athlitikos Sillogos Omonias Lefkosias'', ''ASOL''), commonly known as Omonia Nicosia, or simply Omonia ("Harmony"; also trans ...

showed interest in signing Fabrice, along with his brother

and fellow Mauritian international Gurty Calambé, but nothing came of it.

International career

Fabrice has represented Mauritius internationally since 2006. He was called up to represent Mauritius in the

. He scored his first goal for Club M in their opening game against

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, a game which ended 1-1. He proceeded to score two more goals in each of the next two games of the group stage to lead Mauritius into the knockout stage. Mauritius eventually made it to the final, but were beaten by

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on penalties.

International goals

Personal

Fabrice has a twin brother,

, who also plays in the

for Curepipe Starlight as well as for Club M internationally. Fabrice was featured on the Mauritian national team in the official 2010 FIFA World Cup video game, as he played with Mauritius in

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matches.

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pithia, Fabrice 1987 births Living people Mauritian men's footballers Mauritius men's international footballers Curepipe Starlight SC players Mauritian twins Mauritian Premier League players Savanne SC players Men's association football midfielders