La'Vere Lawrence Corbin-Ong (born 22 April 1991) is a professional

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who plays for

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club

Johor Darul Ta'zim Johor, also spelled Johore,'' is a state of Malaysia in the south of the Malay Peninsula. It borders with Pahang, Malacca and Negeri Sembilan to the north. Johor has maritime borders with Singapore to the south and Indonesia to the east and w ...

and the Malaysia national team. Mainly a

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, he is also capable of playing occasionally as a

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or left-midfielder. He is known for his long throw-ins and defensive attributes. Born in England, he previously represented the Canada national team before switching to represent Malaysia in 2019.

Early life

Corbin-Ong was born in

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, England, where his parents, Lawrence Corbin (Barbadian) and Elizabeth Ong (Malaysian Chinese), were studying psychiatry and nursing, respectively. He was one year old when his family moved to

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, the capital city of

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. When he was four years of age, his family moved to North Vancouver, where he was raised. He played a variety of sports in his youth, including football,

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and

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. Corbin-Ong was six years old when he started playing football for the Lynn Valley SA. He played for

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in Canada for a season after high school, then joined the Vancouver Whitecaps Residency program. In 2012, he was set to attend the

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and join their

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soccer team, but while waiting for the new season in five months went to Europe, where he got a tryout with German fifth tier side FC Pommern Greifswald.

Club career

Vancouver Whitecaps Reserves

Corbin-Ong spent two years playing for the Whitecaps Reserves team, making 29 appearances for the club in 2010 and 2011, when the team competed in

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Pommern Greifswald

On 2 July 2012, Corbin-Ong moved to German fifth tier side

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in the

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spending two seasons at the club. He make his club debut on 12 August 2012 in a league match against

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. On 30 March 2013, Corbin-Ong scored his first goal for the club against Anker Wismar which ended up in a 3–2 win.

Berliner AK 07

In July 2014, Corbin-Ong moved to the fourth tier German club,

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in the

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playing another two seasons with the club. On 3 August 2014, Corbin-Ong make his club debut against

Germania Halberstadt VfB Germania Halberstadt is a German football club from Halberstadt in Saxony-Anhalt. History The club was founded on 26 October 1949 as ''Betriebssportgemeinschaft Reichsbahn Halberstadt'' before being renamed ''BSG Lokomotive Halberstadt'' ...

. He would than scored his first goal for the club on 22 March 2015 scoring the only goal in the match against

Wacker Nordhausen FSV Wacker 90 Nordhausen is a German association football club from Nordhausen, Thuringia. The club's greatest success has been promotion to the Regionalliga Nordost in 1995 and 2013. It has also won the Thuringia Cup on four occasions and, thr ...

which earns his team the three points in the league. In the next match on 29 March, he scored another goal against

VfB Auerbach VfB Auerbach is a football in Germany, German football club from the city of Auerbach (Vogtland), Auerbach, Saxony. The club also has a tennis department. History The association was founded as the ''Auerbacher Fußball Club'' on 17 May 1906 mak ...

in a 3–1 win. On 25 August 2015, Corbin-Ong received the 'Man of the Match' award for putting up a magnificent performances in a 3–0 win against

SV Babelsberg 03 SV Babelsberg 03 is a football in Germany, German association football club based in Potsdam-Potsdam-Babelsberg, Babelsberg, on the outskirts of Berlin. The team was founded as ''Sport-Club Jugendkraft 1903'' and again as ''SG Karl-Marx Babelsbe ...

where he was involved in all the goal scoring once and assisting twice.

FSV Frankfurt

After receiving interest from 2. Bundesliga club

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in 2015, Corbin-Ong signed with

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in the

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in June 2016. He make his club debut on 30 July 2016 against

Holstein Kiel Kieler Sportvereinigung Holstein von 1900 e.V., commonly known as Holstein Kiel () or KSV Holstein, is a German association football and sports club based in the city of Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein. From the 1900s through the 1960s, the club was o ...

Go Ahead Eagles

Corbin-Ong joined

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side

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on 3 July 2017. He make his debut for the club playing the entire 90th minute against

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on 22 August 2017. However, he was plagued by injuries during his time with the club and therefore make a total overall of 10 appearances for the club.

Johor Darul Ta'zim

On 24 November 2017, Corbin-Ong was signed by

Malaysian Super League The Malaysia Super League (), known simply as the Super League (), is the men's top professional football division of the Malaysian football league system. Administered by the Football Malaysia Limited Liability Partnership (FMLLP), now known ...

club

. Due to Corbin-Ong's mother being from Malaysia, he was classified as a local player. He make his club debut in the

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season against

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on 3 February 2018 where he also assisted Marcos António to seal a 2–1 win. In the next match against PKNP on 6 February, he recorded another assist in a 3–0 win. On 14 February, Corbin-Ong played in the club

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match against Indonesian side

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in a fiercely battle that ended in a 2–0 win. On 5 May, he scored his first goal for the club against Negeri Sembilan in a 4–0 away win. On 5 March 2019, Corbin-Ong played in the club

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fixtures against Japanese side,

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. On 14 April 2022, Corbin-Ong assisted twice in the club famous 5–0 victory over Chinese side,

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. On 6 March 2023, Corbin-Ong scored his first brace in his career during a 7–0 thrashing victory against

Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan (, Negeri Sembilan Malay: ''Nogoghi Sombilan'', ''Nismilan''), historically spelled as Negri Sembilan, is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state in Malaysia which lies on the Peninsular Malaysia#Other features, wes ...

International career

Canada

In March 2017, Corbin-Ong received his first call-up to the Canada national team. He made his international debut when he came on a second-half substitute in a 1–1 friendly draw with

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Malaysia

In June 2019, Corbin-Ong made his

Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...

debut after starting in the friendly match against

Nepal Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China Ch ...

. He was allowed to switch allegiance to Malaysia as his previous appearance for Canada was in a friendly match. He scored his first international goal for Malaysia on 7 June 2019 in the FIFA World Cup Qualifier against

Timor-Leste Timor-Leste, also known as East Timor, officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is a country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the coastal exclave of Oecusse in the island's northwest, and ...

which Malaysia won 7–1. On 8 June 2022, Corbin-Ong seal the win scoring the final goal in the

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match in a 3–1 win against

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. On 22 September 2022, he scored the goal against host

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in the 2022 King's Cup. Corbin-Ong represented the nation at the

2023 AFC Asian Cup The 2023 AFC Asian Cup was the 18th edition of the AFC Asian Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It involved 24 national teams after its expansion in 20 ...

held in Qatar where he played in all three matches during the group stage.

Personal life

Corbin-Ong was born in London to a Barbadian father and a

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mother, but moved to Canada at the age of one and is therefore eligible to play for

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and

internationally.

Career statistics

Club

International

International goals :''As of match played 25 March 2025 Malaysia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Corbin-Ong goal.

Honours

Johor Darul Ta'zim *

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2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

, 2024–25 *

Malaysia FA Cup The Malaysia FA Cup () is an annual association football, football competition in Malaysia, established in 1990. It was previously managed by the Football Association of Malaysia, before being transferred to the Football Malaysia LLP, Malaysian ...

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Malaysia Cup The Malaysia Cup (), formerly known as Malaya Cup, is an annual football tournament in Malaysia, held at the end of the calendar year. The cup was first held in 1921. Despite its prestige and popularity as the country's oldest cup tournament, i ...

, 2024–25 *

Piala Sumbangsih The Malaysian Charity Shield (English: Charity Cup), also known as Piala Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah () or Piala Sumbangsih, is a Malaysian football super cup competition. It is the curtain raiser match to the new Malaysian football season, pittin ...

Malaysia *

Pestabola Merdeka Merdeka Tournament () is an international friendly football tournament held in Malaysia to commemorate the Independence Day. It is mainly played at Independence Stadium, in Kuala Lumpur. "Merdeka" is the Malay word for independence. As of 202 ...

King's Cup King's Cup (incl. translations), may refer to: Sports Football * Copa del Rey, Spanish for "King's Cup," the main national knockout tournament in men's football * King's Cup (Bahrain), the premier national knockout football tournament * King's ...

runner-up:

Individual * Malaysia Super League Team of the Season:

References

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