Fabrice Pithia (born 7 May 1987) is a Mauritian

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player who currently plays for Curepipe Starlight in the

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and for the Mauritius national football team as a midfielder.

Senior career

Fabrice started his professional career along with his brother

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for

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in the Mauritian League 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

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, 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. Cypriot First Division club AC Omonia showed interest in signing Fabrice, along with his brother

and fellow Mauritian international

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, 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

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in their opening game against Maldives, 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 Seychelles on penalties.

International goals

Personal

Fabrice has a twin brother,

, who also plays in the Mauritian League for Curepipe Starlight as well as for

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