Shawn Bishop
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Shawn Bishop is an association footballer from Guyana
Guyana
Guyana , officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, previously the colony of British Guiana, is a sovereign state on the northern coast of South America that is culturally part of the Anglophone Caribbean. Guyana was a former colony of the Dutch and of the British...

. Bishop plays in midfield and currently plays for Alpha United FC
Alpha United FC
Alpha United FC is a Guyanese football club based in Providence. The club competes in the GFF National Super League, the top league of football in Guyana...

 in the GFF National Super League. He has also played, and scored, for the Guyana national football team
Guyana national football team
The Guyana national football team, nicknamed the Golden Jaguars, is the national team of Guyana and is controlled by the Guyana Football Federation. Although the former British colony is located in South America, it competes in CONCACAF, together with Suriname and French Guiana. Until the...

.

Early career

Bishop began his career in 2005, with Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...

's Caledonia AIA
Caledonia AIA
Caledonia AIA is a Trinidad and Tobagon football team playing at the top level in the TT Pro League. It is based in Malabar. Their home stadium is Larry Gomes Stadium.-History:...

, as they finished third in the 2005 TT Pro League. He left the club in the same year to join Guyana Defence Force
Guyana Defence Force
The Guyana Defence Force is the military service of Guyana.-History:The GDF was formed on November 1, 1965. Members of the new Defence Force were drawn from the British Guiana Volunteer Force , Special Service Unit , British Guiana Police Force BGPF and civilians...

 in his home country. Bishop went on to play for the club in 2006, before rejoining Caledonia AIA
Caledonia AIA
Caledonia AIA is a Trinidad and Tobagon football team playing at the top level in the TT Pro League. It is based in Malabar. Their home stadium is Larry Gomes Stadium.-History:...

 the following year. However, after less than a year in his second spell at Caledonia, Shawn moved on again to play for Alpha United FC
Alpha United FC
Alpha United FC is a Guyanese football club based in Providence. The club competes in the GFF National Super League, the top league of football in Guyana...

, where he has remained ever since.

Alpha United FC

Since joining Alpha in 2007, Bishop has won two GFF National Super League titles, in 2009 and 2010. These successes saw Alpha United FC
Alpha United FC
Alpha United FC is a Guyanese football club based in Providence. The club competes in the GFF National Super League, the top league of football in Guyana...

 qualify for the 2010 CFU Club Championship
2010 CFU Club Championship
--------- Group B :All matches hosted in Puerto Rico. Officially, Bayamón played as visitor in the first leg.----- Group C :All matches hosted in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.--------- Group D :All matches hosted in Guyana....

, where he played four times, and the 2011 CFU Club Championship
2011 CFU Club Championship
The 2011 CFU Club Champions’ Cup was the 2011 edition of the CFU Club Championship, which is the annual international football club competition held amongst clubs whose football associations are affiliated with the Caribbean Football Union...

, where he made three appearances. He has scored for the club in every season since 2008. His first goal for Alpha came against Camptown FC
Camptown FC
Camptown Football Club is a Guyanese football club based in Georgetown, Guyana that competes in the GFF National Super League, the top tier of Guyanese football. During the 2010 season, Camptown finished in fifth place.- References :...

 in the 2008 Mayor's Cup semi-final match on 2 April, which Alpha won 2-0. He scored his first league goal for Alpha on April 25, in a 2nd round 3-3 draw with Camptown FC
Camptown FC
Camptown Football Club is a Guyanese football club based in Georgetown, Guyana that competes in the GFF National Super League, the top tier of Guyanese football. During the 2010 season, Camptown finished in fifth place.- References :...

. Bishop continued his goalscoring feats into the 2009 season, netting against Western Tigers in a 5-0 first-round victory in the league, and also scoring against Fruta Conquerors in the East Coast Reunion Football Competition final, which Alpha won 6-1. Shawn scored three times in the 2010 season, his highest season total since joining Alpha. Two of his goals came against Milerock FC and the other strike came against Victoria Kings in a 3-2 league victory.

Street Football

Bishop played for and captained Holmes Street, Tiger Bay in the Guinness
Guinness
Guinness is a popular Irish dry stout that originated in the brewery of Arthur Guinness at St. James's Gate, Dublin. Guinness is directly descended from the porter style that originated in London in the early 18th century and is one of the most successful beer brands worldwide, brewed in almost...

 Greatest of de Street four-a-side tournament in 2008. Tiger Bay eventually won the competition, beating Albouystown 1-0 in the final. He scored against Charles Street in a 1-0 win on 21 November 2008, in a first round match.

International career

Bishop first played for Guyana
Guyana national football team
The Guyana national football team, nicknamed the Golden Jaguars, is the national team of Guyana and is controlled by the Guyana Football Federation. Although the former British colony is located in South America, it competes in CONCACAF, together with Suriname and French Guiana. Until the...

 in 2006, being included in the country's 2007 Caribbean Cup squad. At the tournament, Shawn scored his only two international goals to date, netting against the Netherlands Antilles
Netherlands Antilles national football team
The Netherlands Antilles national football team was the national team of the former Netherlands Antilles and was controlled by the Nederlands Antilliaanse Voetbal Unie. The NAVU consisted of Curaçao and Bonaire. Aruba split in 1986 and has its own team....

 in a 5-0 win, and scoring the only goal against Grenada
Grenada national football team
The Grenada national football team is the national team of Grenada and is controlled by the Grenada Football Association. It is affiliated to the Caribbean Football Union of CONCACAF. The team is nicknamed The Spice Boys, a reference to the export of nutmeg from the country...

 on 10 September.

Bishop played twelve times for Guyana
Guyana national football team
The Guyana national football team, nicknamed the Golden Jaguars, is the national team of Guyana and is controlled by the Guyana Football Federation. Although the former British colony is located in South America, it competes in CONCACAF, together with Suriname and French Guiana. Until the...

 in 2008, including six appearances at the 2008 Caribbean Championships. His most recent appearance for the national team was against Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago national football team
The Trinidad and Tobago national football team, nicknamed The Soca Warriors, is the national team of Trinidad and Tobago and is run by the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation. It reached the first round of the 2006 FIFA World Cup Finals...

 on 9 November 2008, in a 1-1 draw. Bishop has a total of 23 caps for Guyana.

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