Gabard Fénélon

Gabard Fénélon (born 3 June 1981) is a Haitian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Canadian Ligue1 Québec club CS Mont-Royal Outremont.

Early years Fénelon was born in Tortuga (Île de la Tortue), a small Haitian island in the northwest of the country. At the age of fourteen, his football talents led him to Port-de-Paix, 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 goalkeeper at age sixteen at the regional level.

Club career Fénelon played for Haitian League sides Racing Gonaïves and Racing Club Haïtien before moving to Miami FC at the start of the 2007 season. He returned to Haiti in 2008, Racing Club Haïtien. In 2011, Fenelon played with Panellinios in the Ligue de Soccer Elite Quebec and joined FC Saint-Léonard of the new Première Ligue de soccer du Québec in 2012 with notably ex-Serie A player Sandro Grande.

International career Fénélon made his debut for Haiti in a March 2003 Gold Cup qualifying match against Jamaica. 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.

Honours Caribbean Nations Cup (1) : 2007 PLSQ League Cup (1) : 2015