Jean-Baptiste Gorby (born 25 July 2002) is a French professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

for

Liga Portugal 2 The Liga Portugal 2 (), also known as Liga Portugal 2 SABSEG for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division of the Portuguese football league system. At the end of each season, the two top-finishing teams are promoted to the top-tier Prim ...

club

Paços de Ferreira Paços de Ferreira () is a city in the Porto District, in the north of Portugal. The population of the city in 2011 was 7491, while its municipality had 56,340 inhabitants, in an area of 70.99 km². Sometimes referred to as the ''Capital do ...

, on loan from

Braga Braga ( , ; cel-x-proto, Bracara) is a city and a municipality, capital of the northwestern Portuguese district of Braga and of the historical and cultural Minho Province. Braga Municipality has a resident population of 193,333 inhabitants (in ...

Career

A youth product of

Nantes Nantes (, , ; Gallo: or ; ) is a city in Loire-Atlantique on the Loire, from the Atlantic coast. The city is the sixth largest in France, with a population of 314,138 in Nantes proper and a metropolitan area of nearly 1 million inhabita ...

, Gorby moved to the Portuguese club

on 14 August 2021. In his first season with Braga, he worked his way up their U19s, then their reserves before reaching their senior team within the span of a couple of months. He made his professional debut for Braga as a late sub in a 2–0

Primeira Liga The Primeira Liga (; English: Premier League, also written as Liga Portugal 1), also known as Liga Portugal Bwin for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga Portugal, ...

win over

Estoril Estoril () is a town in the Municipality of Cascais, Portugal, on the Portuguese Riviera. It is a tourist destination, with luxury hotels, beaches, and the Casino Estoril. It has been home to numerous royal families and celebrities, and has host ...

on 5 December 2021. On 7 July 2023, Braga announced that Gorby would be sent on a season-long loan to

, recently

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gorby, Jean-Baptiste 2002 births Living people Sportspeople from Nantes French men's footballers French sportspeople of Haitian descent Black French sportspeople Men's association football midfielders Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Liga 3 (Portugal) players S.C. Braga players S.C. Braga B players F.C. Paços de Ferreira players French expatriate men's footballers French expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal