Gabard Fénélon (born 3 June 1981) is a Haitian

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who plays as a

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for Canadian club

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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

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, 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

at age sixteen at the regional level.

Club career

Fénelon played for Haitian League sides Racing Gonaïves and

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before moving to

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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

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in 2012 with notably ex-Serie A player

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International career

Fénélon made his debut for Haiti in a March 2003 Gold Cup qualifying match against

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. He won the Caribbean Cup of Nations with Haiti in 2007. He was a squad member at the 2007 Gold Cup Finals Fénélon played for the Canada national futsal team at QCSL World Cup 2010.QCSL World Cup
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Honours

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(1) : ''2007'' * PLSQ League Cup (1) : '' 2015''

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fenelon, Gabard 1981 births Living people Futsal goalkeepers Men's association football goalkeepers Haitian men's footballers People from Nord-Ouest (department) Fort Lauderdale Strikers (2006–2016) players Ligue Haïtienne players USL First Division players Ligue1 Québec players Haiti men's international footballers 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup players FC St-Léonard players ACP Montréal-Nord players FC Lanaudière players Lakeshore SC players CS Mont-Royal Outremont players