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 went on to make his senior debut on 7 August 2012 in the defeat to Chamois Niortais in the first round of the Coupe de la Ligue.