Norman Forde (born 30 April 1977) is a Barbadian

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. He started his career as an apprentice with

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, where his progress was inhibited by a succession of injuries. The midfielder has spent most of his career with Youth Milan in the

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, returning there after one season with

Notre Dame SC Notre Dame SC is a Barbados professional football club based on the southside of Bridgetown in the parish of Saint Michael. Notre Dame is the second most successful club in Barbados football history, winning 9 league titles and 4 domestic cups. ...

. Forde has won the League Championship three times – in 2006 and 2011 with Youth Milan and 2008 with

, when he also was the league's top scorer with 13 goals in 20 matches. He plays for and captains the Barbados national team having started in both of their first round

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qualification matches in 2008 as well as captaining the national side in the second leg against

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International goals

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* * 1977 births Living people Barbadian men's footballers Barbados men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders Youth Milan FC players notre Dame SC players {{Barbados-footy-bio-stub