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

Haiti Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of the Bahamas. It occupies the western three-eighths of the island, which it shares with the Dominican ...

an island in the northwest of the country. At the age of fourteen, his football talents led him to

Port-de-Paix Port-de-Paix (; or ; meaning "Port of Peace") is a List of communes of Haiti, commune and the capital of the Nord-Ouest (department), Nord-Ouest Departments of Haiti, department of Haiti on the Atlantic coast. It has a population of 462,000 (201 ...

, 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 Racing Club Haïtien 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

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and joined FC Saint-Léonard of the new

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in 2012 with notably ex-Serie A player Sandro Grande.

International career

Fénélon made his debut for

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

* Caribbean Nations Cup (1) : ''2007'' * PLSQ League Cup (1) : ''

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fenelon, Gabard 1981 births Living people Futsal goalkeepers Men's association football goalkeepers Haitian men's footballers 21st-century Haitian sportsmen 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 AS St-Léonard players ACP Montréal-Nord players FC Lanaudière players Lakeshore SC players CS Mont-Royal Outremont players