Lesly Fellinga

Personal information
Full name	Lesly Fellinga
Date of birth	September 29, 1985 (1985-09-29) (age 24)
Place of birth	Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Toronto FC
Number	5
Youth career
	ZVZ
	ZFC Zuidlaren
	Groningen
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2006–2008	Veendam	17	(0)
2008–2009	Heerenveen	2	(0)
2009–	Toronto FC	4	(0)
National team‡
2000-2001	Netherlands U-15	1	(0)
2006-	Haiti	12	(0)
2007-2008	Haiti U-23	5	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 October, 2009. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22 August, 2009

Lesly Fellinga (born September 29, 1985 in Port-au-Prince) is a Haitian soccer player who currently plays for Toronto FC in Major League Soccer and for the Haiti national football team.

[edit] Career

[edit] Club

Fellinga was adopted when he was a baby and grew up in the Netherlands, and played youth soccer for local teams ZVZ and ZFC Zuidlaren. In 1996 he was scouted by FC Groningen and started to play in the youth teams.

In 2006 he joined Eerste Divisie club Veendam, and was a regular feature for the club in the 2007-2008 season. Eredivisie club Heerenveen picked him up in a summer 2008 transfer^[1]. He made his first team debut for Heerenveen on September 18, 2008 in a European match against Vitória in Portugal . He also played the return leg on October 2, 2008 in Heerenveen.

On August 12, 2009, Fellinga signed with Toronto FC following a successful trial^[2]. Fellinga made his debut for Toronto FC as a sub in a home game against Colorado Rapids on September 12, 2009.

[edit] International

Fellinga was selected for the Dutch U15, U17 and U19 national teams while playing with Gronigen, and played for the Dutch national U15 team against Spain during the international Walker tournament in England in 2001, but was never called up by the senior Dutch national team.

Sensing that opportunities with the Dutch national team would be limited, Fellinga accepted a call up to the Haiti national football team for a friendly against Panama in March 2007. He made his debut for the Haiti U21 selection in a game against the United States in Dallas, Texas, a few days later. After that he played four games with the Haitian Olympic team to qualify for the Olympic of Beijing 2008.

His made his senior debut came in a World Cup qualifier against the Netherlands Antilles in June 2008^[3]. He played five games in the qualification for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, and was a member of the Haitian team for the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2009.

[edit] See also

• List of current MLS players

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• MLS player profile
• Fellinga: Let’s put Haiti on the map (fifa.com)

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