La'Vere Corbin-Ong

La'Vere Corbin-Ong
Personal information
Full name La'Vere Lawrence Corbin-Ong [1]
Date of birth (1991-04-22) 22 April 1991[2]
Place of birth London, England[3]
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Left-back
Club information
Current team
 Johor Darul Ta'zim
Number 22
Youth career
2009–2010 Capilano University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23
2012–2014 Pommern Greifswald 57 (5)
2014–2016 Berliner AK 07 64 (4)
2016–2017 FSV Frankfurt 37 (0)
2017 Go Ahead Eagles 10 (0)
2018– Johor Darul Ta'zim 21 (1)
National team‡
2017 Canada 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 July 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22 March 2017

La'Vere Lawrence Corbin-Ong (born 22 April 1991) is an English-born Bajan-Malaysian left back who plays for Malaysian club Johor Darul Ta'zim.

He was born in London, England where his parents, Lawrence Corbin and Elizabeth Ong were studying psychiatry and nursing respectively. Corbin-Ong was one year old when his family moved to Edmonton, the capital city of Alberta. When he was four years of age, his family moved to North Vancouver, where he was raised.[4]

He played a variety of sports in his youth, including soccer, lacrosse, gridiron football and tennis. Corbin-Ong was six years old when he started playing soccer for the Diamond Backs in Lynn Valley, a neighbourhood in North Vancouver.[5]

He played for Capilano University in Canada for a season after high school, then joined Major League Soccer side Vancouver Whitecaps at the age of 19.

Club career

Whitecaps Reserves

Corbin-Ong spent two years playing for the Whitecaps Reserves team, making 29 appearances for the club in 2010 and 2011, when the team competed in USL Premier Development League.

FC Pommern Greifswald and Berliner AK 07

Corbin-Ong spent two seasons with FC Pommern Greifswald in the Oberliga Nord, and another two seasons with Berliner AK 07 in the Regionalliga.

After receiving interest from 2. Bundesliga club 1. FC Union Berlin in 2015,[6][7] Corbin-Ong signed with FSV Frankfurt in the 3. Liga in June 2016.[8]

Go Ahead Eagles

Corbin-Ong joined Eerste Divisie side Go Ahead Eagles on 3 July 2017.[9]

Johor Darul Ta'zim

On 24 November 2017, it was announced the signing of Corbin-Ong by Malaysian club Johor Darul Ta'zim. Corbin-Ong mother is from Malaysia, which will enable him to be classified as a local player.[10]

International

Corbin-Ong was born in London to a Bajan father and a Malaysian mother, but moved to Canada at the age of one and is therefore eligible to play for Canada, England, Barbados and Malaysia internationally.[11]

In March 2017, Corbin-Ong received his first call-up to the Canadian national team.[12] He made his international debut when he came on a second-half substitute in a 1–1 friendly draw with Scotland.

In March 2018, Corbin-Ong was selected by Malaysian national team head coach Tan Cheng Hoe for two upcoming matches against Mongolia and Lebanon.[13]

Career statistics

As of 6 October 2018[14]
Club League Season League League Cup Domestic Cup Continental Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
FC Pommern Greifswald Oberliga Nord 2012-13 281000000281
2013-14 294000000294
Total 575000000575
Berliner AK 07 Regionalliga Nordost 2014-15 302000000302
2015-16 342000000342
Total 644000000644
FSV Frankfurt 3. Liga 2016-17 360001[lower-alpha 1]000370
Total 360001000370
Go Ahead Eagles Eerste Divisie 2017-18 90001[lower-alpha 2] 000100
Total 90001000100
Johor Darul Ta'zim FC Malaysia Super League 20182114[lower-alpha 3] 09[lower-alpha 4] 04[lower-alpha 5] 0371
Total 211409040371
Career total 18710401104020610
  1. ↑ Appearances in DFB-Pokal
  2. ↑ Appearances in KNVB Cup
  3. ↑ Appearances in Malaysia FA Cup
  4. ↑ Appearances in Malaysia Cup
  5. ↑ Appearances in AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs and appearances in AFC Cup

Honours

Club

Johor Darul Ta'zim

References

  1. ↑ "La'Vere Corbin-Ong's Profile". WhoScored?com. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  2. ↑ "La'Vere Corbin-Ong statistics". FCTables. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  3. ↑ "La'Vere Corbin-Ong Player Profile". Eurosport. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  4. ↑ "La'Vere Corbin-Ong". Canada Soccer. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  5. ↑ Vijhay Vick (24 November 2017). "La'Vere Corbin-Ong: What do we know of JDT's new naturalised defender?". FourFourTwo. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  6. ↑ Sebastian Karkos (11 October 2015). "Schnappt sich Union diesen BAK-Verteidiger?". bild.de. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  7. ↑ Sebastian Karkos (9 November 2015). "Union hat Berlins Dante auf dem Zettel". bzberlin.de. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  8. ↑ "Adil Chihi Sturmt Zum FSV Frankfurt". dfb.de. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  9. ↑ "Go Ahead Eagles Strikt Canadees International La'Vere Corbin-Ong". 3 July 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  10. ↑ "JDT sign Canadian defender Corbin-Ong from Dutch second tier". ESPN Soccernet. 24 November 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  11. ↑ "La'Vere Corbin-Ong Canada Soccer profile". Canada Soccer. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  12. ↑ "Canada Soccer announces squads to compete in Scotland and Qatar". Canada Soccer. 17 March 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  13. ↑ "Natxo Insa, Corbin Ong in new-look Malaysia side under Tan Cheng Hoe". Fox Sports Asia. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  14. ↑ "La'Vere Corbin-Ong profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
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