La'Vere Corbin-Ong
La'Vere Lawrence Corbin-Ong (born 22 April 1991) is a Malaysian-British professional footballer who plays as a left back for Malaysian club Johor Darul Ta'zim in the Malaysia Super League and the Malaysia national football team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | La'Vere Lawrence Corbin-Ong [1] | ||
| Date of birth | 22 April 1991[2] | ||
| Place of birth | London, England[3] | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position(s) | Left back , Center 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 Reserves | 0 | (0) |
| 2012–2014 | FC Pommern Greifswald[4] | 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 | 43 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2017 | Canada | 1 | (0) |
| 2019– | Malaysia | 10 | (1) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 March 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 November 2019 | |||
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.[5]
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.[6]
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,[7][8] Corbin-Ong signed with FSV Frankfurt in the 3. Liga in June 2016.[9]
Go Ahead Eagles
Corbin-Ong joined Eerste Divisie side Go Ahead Eagles on 3 July 2017.[10]
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.[11]
International
Corbin-Ong was born in London to a Barbados' Bajan father and a Malaysian Chinese mother, but moved to Canada at the age of one and is therefore eligible to play for Canada, England, Barbados and Malaysia internationally.[12]
In March 2017, Corbin-Ong received his first call-up to the Canadian national team.[13] He made his international debut when he came on a second-half substitute in a 1–1 friendly draw with Scotland.
In June 2019, Corbin-Ong made his Malaysia debut after starting in the friendly match against Nepal.[14] He was eligible to play for Malaysia as his previous appearance for Canada was in a friendly match. He scored his first international goal for Malaysia in the FIFA World Cup Qualifier against Timor-Leste which Malaysia won 7-1.[15]
Career statistics
- As of 14 March 2020[16]
| Club | League | Season | League | League Cup | Domestic Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| FC Pommern Greifswald | Oberliga Nord | 2012-13 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 |
| 2013-14 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 4 | ||
| Total | 57 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 5 | ||
| Berliner AK 07 | Regionalliga Nordost | 2014-15 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 2 |
| 2015-16 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 2 | ||
| Total | 64 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 4 | ||
| FSV Frankfurt | 3. Liga | 2016-17 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 |
| Total | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | ||
| Go Ahead Eagles | Eerste Divisie | 2017-18 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Total | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Johor Darul Ta'zim FC | Malaysia Super League | 2018 | 21 | 1 | 4[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 10[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 5] | 0 | 38 | 1 |
| 2019 | 18 | 0 | 0[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 9[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 5[lower-alpha 6] | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | 0[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 0[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 6] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Total | 43 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 76 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 209 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 244 | 10 | ||
- Appearances in DFB-Pokal
- Appearances in KNVB Cup
- Appearances in Malaysia FA Cup
- Appearances in Malaysia Cup
- Appearances in AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs and appearances in AFC Cup
- Appearances in AFC Champions League
International Appearances
- As of 19 November 2019[17]
| Canada national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 |
| Malaysia national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2019 | 10 | 1 |
| Total | 10 | 1 |
International goals
- As of match played 7 June 2019. Malaysia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Corbin-Ong goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 June 2019 | Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Bukit Jalil, Malaysia | 2 |  | 1–0 | 7–1 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Honours
Club
- Johor Darul Ta'zim
- Malaysia Cup: 2019
- Malaysia Super League: 2018, 2019
- Malaysia Charity Shield: 2018, 2019, 2020
Notes
References
- "La'Vere Corbin-Ong's Profile". WhoScored?com. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
- "La'Vere Corbin-Ong statistics". FCTables. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
- "La'Vere Corbin-Ong Player Profile". Eurosport. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
- "FC Pommern Greifswald - Wikipedia". Wikipedia. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
- "La'Vere Corbin-Ong". Canada Soccer. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
- Vijhay Vick (24 November 2017). "La'Vere Corbin-Ong: What do we know of JDT's new naturalised defender?". FourFourTwo. Archived from the original on 6 December 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
- Sebastian Karkos (11 October 2015). "Schnappt sich Union diesen BAK-Verteidiger?". bild.de. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
- Sebastian Karkos (9 November 2015). "Union hat Berlins Dante auf dem Zettel". bzberlin.de. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
- "Adil Chihi Sturmt Zum FSV Frankfurt". dfb.de. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
- "Go Ahead Eagles Strikt Canadees International La'Vere Corbin-Ong". 3 July 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
- "JDT sign Canadian defender Corbin-Ong from Dutch second tier". ESPN Soccernet. 24 November 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
- "La'Vere Corbin-Ong Canada Soccer profile". Canada Soccer. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- "Canada Soccer announces squads to compete in Scotland and Qatar". Canada Soccer. 17 March 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- "Better Corbin to make Malaysia debut". Goal.com. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
- Devinder Singh (22 March 2018). "Search for win continues". nst.com.my. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
- "La'Vere Corbin-Ong profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- "Corbin Ong". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
External links
- La'Vere Corbin-Ong at Soccerway
- La'Vere Corbin-Ong at National-Football-Teams.com
- La'Vere Corbin-Ong at Canada Soccer
- La'Vere Corbin-Ong at WorldFootball.net