Frantzly Zephirin

{{short description|Canadian soccer player (born 1992)}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Frantzly Zephirin

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1992|8|14}}

| birth_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada

| height = 1.72 m

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| position = Right-back, Midfielder

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| collegeyears1 = 2013–2014

| college1 = Essex County Wolverines

| collegecaps1 = 22

| collegegoals1 = 7

| collegeyears2 = 2015–2016

| college2 = MidAmerica Nazarene Pioneers

| collegecaps2 = 38

| collegegoals2 = 1

| years1 = 2014

| clubs1 = ACP Montréal-Nord

| caps1 = 10

| goals1 = 1

| years2 = 2015

| clubs2 = CS Mont-Royal Outremont

| caps2 = 1

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2017

| clubs3 = Ocean City Nor'easters

| caps3 = 8

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2018

| clubs4 = B71

| caps4 = 12

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2019

| clubs5 = Tulsa Roughnecks

| caps5 = 3

| goals5 = 0

| totalcaps = 34

| totalgoals = 1

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| pcupdate = 24 October 2019

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Frantzly Zephirin (born August 14, 1992) is a Canadian former soccer player.

College career

In 2013, Zephirin began attending Essex County College, where he played for the men's soccer team.{{Cite web|url=https://essexwolverines.com/sports/msoc/2013-14/players/frantzlyzephirnlnodd|title=Frantzly Zephirin Essex County 2013 profile|work=Essex County College}}{{Cite web|url=https://essexwolverines.com/sports/msoc/2014-15/players/frantzlyzephirinfmud|title=Frantzly Zephirin Essex County 2014 profile|work=Essex County College}} In 2013, he was named to the NJCAA All-Region XIX First Team{{Cite web|url=https://essexwolverines.com/sports/msoc/2013-14/releases/20131028_SOCCER_TEAMS_READY_FOR_REGION_XIX_SEMI-FINALS|title=Soccer teams ready for Region XIX semi-finals|date=October 28, 2013|work=Essex County College}} In 2014, he was named the All Region XIX Player of the Year.{{Cite web|url=https://essexwolverines.com/sports/msoc/2014-15/releases/20141027_SOCCER_TEAMS_READY_FOR_TOURNAMENT|title=Soccer teams ready for tournment|date=October 27, 2014|work=Essex County College}} and the NJCAA All-American Second Team.{{cite web|url=https://www.njcaa.org/sports/msoc/2014-15/div1/all-americans/index|title=2014 NJCAA Division I Men's Soccer All-America Teams|work=National Junior College Athletic Association}}

In 2015, he began attending MidAmerica Nazarene University, where he played for the men's soccer team.{{Cite web|url=https://mnusports.com/sports/mens-soccer/roster/frantzly--zephirin/3032|title=Frantzly Zephirin MidAmerica Nazarene profile|work=MidAmerica Nazarene Pioneers}} In 2016, he was named to the All-HAAC First Team and the HAAC Defensive MVP,{{Cite web|url=https://mnusports.com/news/2016/11/1/soccer-m-heart-of-america-all-conference-awards-announced.aspx|title=Heart of America All-Conference Awards Announced|date=November 1, 2016|work=MidAmerica Nazarene Pioneers}} the NSCAA All-Midwest Region First Team and the NAIA All-America Second Team.{{cite web|url=https://mnusports.com/news/2016/12/10/soccer-m-naia-all-america-teams-released.aspx|title=Post-Season Honors Released|date=December 10, 2016|work=MidAmerica Nazarene Pioneers}} He helped them finish as national runner-ups in 2015 and HAAC Conference champions in 2016.{{cite web|url=https://mnusports.com/news/2019/2/22/MSOC022219.aspx|title=Franztly Zephirin Signs Pro Soccer Contract|date=February 22, 2019|work=MidAmerica Nazarene Pioneers}}

Club career

In 2014, Zephirin played for Première Ligue de soccer du Québec side ACP Montréal-Nord.{{cite web |title=PLSQ statistics archive |url=http://www.tsisports.ca/soccer/archiveLigue/ |publisher=TSI Sports |accessdate=20 July 2019 |language=French}} In 2015, Zephirin joined CS Mont-Royal Outremont.

In 2017, Zephirin played with Premier Development League side Ocean City Nor'easters.{{Cite web|url=https://www.uslleaguetwo.com/roster_players/18033859?subseason=376352|title=Frantzly Zephirin 2017 PDL Stats|work=USL League Two}}

In June 2018, he signed with Faroese 1. deild side B71.{{cite web|url=https://in.fo/news-detail/b71-styrkir-seg-vi-landsli-ssp-lara|title=B71 strengthens itself with national team players|trans-title=B71 strengthens itself with national team players|language=Icelandic|date=June 15, 2018|work=InFo|first=Jóannes|last=Hansen}}{{Cite web|url=https://bolt.fo/news/details?title=B71%20fingi%C3%B0%20fyrrverandi%20landsli%C3%B0sleikara%20hj%C3%A1%20Haiti&id=628|title=B71 fingið fyrrverandi landsliðsleikara hjá Haiti|date=June 15, 2018|first=Jákup|last=Ósá|work=Bolt|language=Icelandic|trans-title=B71 caught a former national team player for Haiti}}

In February 2019, Zephirin signed with the Tulsa Roughnecks in the USL Championship.{{cite web|url=https://www.fctulsa.com/news/2019/02/21/tulsa-roughnecks-announce-two-signings/|title=Tulsa Roughnecks announce two signings|date=21 February 2019|work=Tulsa Roughnecks}} He had limited playing time that season, making only three appearances.{{cite web|url=https://oceancityfc.com/latest-news/2019-nor-easters-in-the-pros-report|title=2019 Nor'easters in the Pros report|work=Ocean City Nor'easters|date=2019}}

International career

In June 2013, Zephirin received a call-up to the Haitian national team for a preparation camp ahead of the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup.{{Cite web|url=https://en.cfmontreal.com/news/impact-u21-falls-2-0-haitian-national-team-friendly|title=Impact U21 falls 2-0 to Haitian national team in friendly|date=June 22, 2023|work=CF Montreal}}

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