Thomas Phibel (born 31 May 1986) is a Guadeloupean

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who plays as a

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Club career

Phibel spent the 2008–2009 season on loan at

FC Brussels Racing White Daring Molenbeek Brussels F.C., often simply referred to as RWDM Brussels, F.C. Brussels or simply Brussels was a Belgian association football club based in the municipality of Molenbeek in the Brussels Capital-Region. They last ...

from

Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège (; nl, Standard Luik ; german: Standard Lüttich ) or simply Standard in Belgium, is a Belgian professional football club based in the city of Liège. They are one of the most ...

. He made two

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appearances for Standard Liège. After having his contract with

Widzew Łódź RTS Widzew Łódź () is a Polish football club based in Łódź. The club was founded in 1910. Its official colours are red and white, hence their nicknames ''Czerwona Armia'' (Red Army) and ''Czerwono-biało-czerwoni'' (Red-white-reds). Histor ...

terminated, Phibel signed for

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side

Amkar Perm FC Amkar Perm (russian: link=no, Футбо́льный клуб "Амка́р" Пермь ) is a professional association football, football club. Originally founded in 1994, it is based in the city of Perm, Russia, Perm. It was a participant in ...

, before leaving them during the 2014–15 winter break. In early February 2015,

FC Dynamo Moscow FC Dynamo Moscow (''FC Dynamo Moskva'', russian: Дина́мо Москва́ ) is a Russian football club based in Moscow. Dynamo returned to the Russian Premier League for the 2017–18 season after one season in the second-tier Russian Foot ...

was considering signing him, but he failed the medical examination and the signing fell through. On 3 June 2016, he signed a two-year contract with Serbian side

Red Star Belgrade Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club, ), commonly known as Red Star Belgrade in English-language media, is a Serbian professional football club based in Bel ...

. He made his debut in an official match for Red Star on 12 July, in the first leg of the second qualifying round of the

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in a game Red Star was playing against Valletta F.C. away, he was a starter and Red Star won 2–1.Thomas Phibel profile
at Soccerway On 22 January 2017, he returned to Russia, signing with

FC Anzhi Makhachkala Football Club Anzhi Makhachkala (russian: link=no, Футбо́льный клуб «Анжи́» Махачкала́, ), known simply as FC Anji, was a Russian professional football club based in the Dagestani capital of Makhachkala. Founde ...

. In January 2018, his Anzhi contract was dissolved following his arrest in the autumn of 2017 in Belgium. The charges for his arrest were not disclosed at the time. Anzhi's director of sports Aleksandr Tantsyura declined to comment further. In February 2019, he joined

Palanga Palanga (; bat-smg, Palonga; pl, Połąga; german: Polangen) is a seaside resort town in western Lithuania, on the shore of the Baltic Sea. Palanga is the busiest summer resort in Lithuania and has sandy beaches (18 km, 11 miles long ...

. On 29 February 2020,

FC Ararat Yerevan Football Club Ararat Yerevan ( hy, Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Արարատ Երևան), commonly known as Ararat Yerevan, is an Armenian football club based in Yerevan that plays in the Armenian Premier League. Since 1999, the club i ...

announced the signing of Phibel. He left the club again in July 2020. On 31 May 2021, Phibel joined Swiss club

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Personal life

Phibel hails from Les Abymes in Guadeloupe. In November 2008, he caused a deadly accident on the turnpike of Dutch city

Maastricht Maastricht ( , , ; li, Mestreech ; french: Maestricht ; es, Mastrique ) is a city and a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. It is the capital and largest city of the province of Limburg. Maastricht is located on both sides of the ...

.Ex-Standard-Spieler Phibel nach Unfall mit Todesfolge verurteilt
at brf.be, 3-8-2010, retrieved 23-6-2016

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