Éric Vandenabeele

Éric Vandenabeele
Vandenabeele in 2020
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-12-16) 16 December 1991
Place of birth Calais, France
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position Centre-back[1]
Youth career
1997–2006 Calais
2006–2012 Boulogne
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2016 Boulogne 71 (4)
2016–2020 Grenoble 102 (6)
2020–2022 Valenciennes 27 (2)
2021–2022 Valenciennes B 5 (1)
2022–2025 Rodez 48 (1)
2025–2026 Bordeaux 3 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 4 December 2025

Éric Vandenabeele (born 16 December 1991) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back.

Career

A native of Calais, Vandenabeele began his footballing career in the youth system at his hometown team Calais RUFC in 1997. He spent nine years with the club before transferring to Boulogne in 2006. He made his senior debut on 7 August 2012 in the defeat to Chamois Niortais in the first round of the Coupe de la Ligue, and went on to play more than 70 matches for the club over the next four seasons.

Vandenabeele joined Grenoble Foot 38 in the summer of 2016.

On 30 August 2022, Vandenabeele signed a three-year contract with Rodez.[2]

Career statistics

As of 18 July 2020.[3][4]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Boulogne 2012–13 National 1601010–180
2013–14 1304000–170
2014–15 2217000–291
2015–16 2034000–243
Total 7141601000884
Grenoble 2016–17 CFA Group C 24020––260
2017–18 National 29230–20342
2018–19 Ligue 2 2721010–292
2019–20 Ligue 2 2221020–252
Total 10267030201146
Career total 17310230402020210

References

  1. ↑ Éric Vandenabeele at WorldFootball.net
  2. ↑ "ERIC VANDENABEELE, TREIZIEME RECRUE DE LA SAISON 22/23" (in French). Rodez. 30 August 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  3. ↑ "Eric Vandenabeele joueur de Grenoble Grenoble Foot 38". Foot National (in French). Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  4. ↑ Éric Vandenabeele at Soccerway
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