Sebastien Vorbe (born 4 June 1976) is a Haitian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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. He is the nephew of notable Haitian player

Philippe Vorbe Philippe Vorbe (born September 14, 1947) is a former Haitian footballer who played as a midfielder for the Haiti national football team in the 1974 FIFA World Cup in West Germany. A legendary player in Haiti, he provided Emmanuel Sanon the pas ...

Club career

Vorbe started his career playing for the First Division in the

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for the Violette AC, where he would go on to win the national championship his first year during the 1994–95 season. After the following year, Vorbe played

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in 1997 and 1998, where he registered nine goals and 13 assists in 37 games. Following two seasons at FIU, Vorbe returned to Haiti to play with Violette AC, only to win his second national championship.

LA Galaxy (2000–01)

At age 24, Vorbe signed a one-year contract as a discovery player on 25 April 2000LA Galaxy - Sebastien Vorbe
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, arguably one of the most successful clubs of

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. He was noticed on the international stage for Haiti during the qualifying tournament in Los Angeles and the

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tournament in Miami and had the opportunity to train with the club during preseason. Although players before him played in defunct American leagues, Vorbe became just the second Haitian player ever (to

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), to play for the MLS since its 1993 creation. He scored his first major league goal against the defending MLS champion

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leading Galaxy to a 2–1 victory. In 19 games and 915 minutes with the team, Vorbe scored four goals in ten starts, the most by four rookies on the team. A notable game was when Vorbe scored the winning goal at the 50th minute against a quality Club Atlético Talleres, that was just promoted to

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after an outstanding season. In January 2001 Vorbe played in the

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, where Galaxy would defeat Honduran club, Olimpia in the finals and win its first title in the competition. Vorbe was waived on 5 March 2001.

Violette (2001–present)

After the

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, Vorbe would again return to Violette AC, where he became a mainstay and continues to play.

International career

Vorbe represented the

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, from 1999 to 2000. He scored Haiti's lone goal of the 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup tournament.

Honours

Violette *

: 1995, 1999 Los Angeles Galaxy *

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Haiti U17 * CFU Under-17 Championship:

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vorbe, Sebastien 1976 births Living people People from Port-au-Prince Haitian people of Mulatto descent Haitian footballers Association football midfielders Haiti international footballers 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Ligue Haïtienne players Major League Soccer players Violette AC players LA Galaxy players FIU Panthers men's soccer players Haitian expatriate footballers Haitian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate soccer players in the United States