Fabrice Pithia (born 7 May 1987) is a

Mauritian Mauritians (singular Mauritian; french: Mauricien; Creole: ''Morisien'') are nationals or natives of the Republic of Mauritius and their descendants. Mauritius is a multi-ethnic society, with notable groups of people of South Asian (notably ...

football player who currently plays for Curepipe Starlight in the Mauritian Premier League and for the

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as a

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Senior career

Fabrice started his professional career along with his brother

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for

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in the

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in 2003, at the age of 16. In 2010, he moved on to play for

Curepipe Starlight SC Curepipe Starlight Sports Club is a Mauritian football club based in Curepipe. They play in the Mauritian League, the top division in Mauritian football. They won the league for the first time in 2007 and thus qualified for the CAF Champions L ...

, while his brother stayed behind. After the 2011 Indian Ocean Island Games, 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.

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club

AC Omonia Athletic Club Omonia Nicosia ( el, Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Oμόνοιας Λευκωσίας, ΑΣΟΛ; ''Athlitikos Sillogos Omonias Lefkosias'', ''ASOL''), commonly known as Omonia Nicosia, or simply Omonia ("Harmony"; also trans ...

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 2011 Indian Ocean Island Games. He scored his first goal for

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in their opening game against

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, 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

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on penalties.

International goals

Personal

Fabrice has a twin brother,

, who also plays in the

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