Éric Vandenabeele
French footballer (born 1991)
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Éric Vandenabeele (born 16 December 1991) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back.
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Date of birth
16 December 1991
Place of birth
Calais, France
Height
1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position
Centre-back[1]
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Vandenabeele in 2020 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 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 | |||
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
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Boulogne | 2012–13 | National | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 18 | 0 | |
| 2013–14 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 17 | 0 | |||
| 2014–15 | 22 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 29 | 1 | |||
| 2015–16 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 24 | 3 | |||
| Total | 71 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 4 | ||
| Grenoble | 2016–17 | CFA Group C | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 26 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | National | 29 | 2 | 3 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | 34 | 2 | ||
| 2018–19 | Ligue 2 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 29 | 2 | ||
| 2019–20 | Ligue 2 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 25 | 2 | ||
| Total | 102 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 114 | 6 | ||
| Career total | 173 | 10 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 202 | 10 | ||
