Silvio Spann
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Silvio Spann is a Trinidad and Tobagan
footballer who is currently playing for W Connection
.
Spann is a midfielder
, known for his hard work and stamina
as well as his ability to shoot from long distance. He is the son of Leroy Spann, former Trinidad and Tobago national team player who currently coaches a youth football team, Roma, in the MAPLE league in Massachusetts
.
, for Perugia and Sambenedettese
. His move to Japan
occurred after he failed to get a work permit in England
, where Derby County
and Crystal Palace
were both interested in him.
Spann's contract with Japanese club Yokohama finished just before the 2006 World Cup, forcing him to return home where he re-signed for W Connection
.
It was announced in July 2007 that Spann would be attending a two-week trial with Sunderland
. He also spent time on trial at Sheffield United
.
Silvio Spann later went on to sign a 3 year contract with Wrexham who play their football in the Football League Two
after international teammates, and former Wrexham players, Carlos Edwards
and Dennis Lawrence
gave the club a glowing report. Silvio has been granted the number 16 shirt at Wrexham. He scored his first goal for the club in a 2-1 league defeat to Notts County
, a game in which he later got sent off. He was transfer listed by Wrexham in May 2008 following the club's relegation to the Football Conference
. Despite being transfer listed, he remained with the club until he was released at the end of the 2009–10 season.
in July 2002. Spann had been named in the Trinidad and Tobago national team
for the 2006 FIFA World Cup
in Germany
, but had to drop out after sustaining a hamstring injury in the run-up to the tournament.
On 7 June 2007, in the Gold Cup
Tournament at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Silvio Spann scored a spectacular free kick more than 40 meters out against El Salvador
, but Trinidad & Tobago were defeated 2-1.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChSTu7wuCiM
|2000||Doc's Khelwalaas||Pro League||||||||||||
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|2001||W Connection
||Pro League||||||||||||
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|2001/02||Perugia
||Serie A
||0||0||||||0||0
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|2002/03||Sambenedettese
||Serie C1||3||0||||||3||0
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|2003||rowspan="2"|W Connection
||rowspan="2"|Pro League||||||||||||
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|2004||||||||||||
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|2004/05||Dinamo Zagreb||Prva HNL||0||0||||||0||0
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|2005||Yokohama||J. League 2
||20||3||0||0||20||3
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|2006||rowspan="2"|W Connection
||rowspan="2"|Pro League||||||||||||
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|2007||||||||||||
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|2007/08||rowspan="3"|Wrexham||League Two
||9||1||1||0||10||1
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|2008/09||rowspan="2"|Conference
||13||0||2||0||15||0
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|2009/10||||||||||||
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3||0||||||3||0
0||0||||||0||0
20||3||0||0||20||3
22||1||3||0||25||1
45||4||3||0||48||4
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|2002||3||0
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|2003||7||0
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|2004||8||1
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|2005||9||0
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|2006||2||0
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|2007||5||1
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|2008||1||0
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|2009||6||0
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!Total||41||2
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is currently member of the Trinidad and Tobago national football team
.
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...
footballer who is currently playing for W Connection
W Connection
Vibe CT 105 Williams Connection is a football club from Trinidad and Tobago, which currently plays in the Pro League. The club plays its home games in Manny Ramjohn Stadium...
.
Spann is a midfielder
Midfielder
A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...
, known for his hard work and stamina
Endurance
Endurance is the ability for a human or animal to exert itself and remain active for a long period of time, as well as its ability to resist, withstand, recover from, and have immunity to trauma, wounds, or fatigue. In humans, it is usually used in aerobic or anaerobic exercise...
as well as his ability to shoot from long distance. He is the son of Leroy Spann, former Trinidad and Tobago national team player who currently coaches a youth football team, Roma, in the MAPLE league in Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
.
Club career
Spann has played in ItalyItaly
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, for Perugia and Sambenedettese
S.S. Sambenedettese Calcio
Unione Sportiva Sambenedettese is an Italian association football club, based in San Benedetto del Tronto, Marche. The club was founded in 1923. Sambenedettese currently plays in Serie D, having last been in Serie B in 1989. The team's colors are red and blue....
. His move to Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
occurred after he failed to get a work permit in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, where Derby County
Derby County F.C.
Derby County Football Club is an English football based in Derby. the club play in the Football League Championship and is notable as being one of the twelve founder members of the Football League in 1888 and is, therefore, one of only ten clubs to have competed in every season of the English...
and Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace F.C.
Crystal Palace Football Club are an English Football league club based in South Norwood, London. The team plays its home matches at Selhurst Park, where they have been based since 1924. The club currently competes in the second tier of English Football, The Championship.Crystal Palace was formed in...
were both interested in him.
Spann's contract with Japanese club Yokohama finished just before the 2006 World Cup, forcing him to return home where he re-signed for W Connection
W Connection
Vibe CT 105 Williams Connection is a football club from Trinidad and Tobago, which currently plays in the Pro League. The club plays its home games in Manny Ramjohn Stadium...
.
It was announced in July 2007 that Spann would be attending a two-week trial with Sunderland
Sunderland A.F.C.
Sunderland Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear who currently play in the Premier League...
. He also spent time on trial at Sheffield United
Sheffield United F.C.
Sheffield United Football Club is a professional English football club based in the city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire.They were the first sporting team to use the name 'United' and are nicknamed 'The Blades', thanks to Sheffield's worldwide reputation for steel production...
.
Silvio Spann later went on to sign a 3 year contract with Wrexham who play their football in the Football League Two
Football League Two
Football League Two is the third-highest division of The Football League and fourth-highest division overall in the English football league system....
after international teammates, and former Wrexham players, Carlos Edwards
Carlos Edwards
Akenhaton Carlos Edwards , more commonly known as Carlos Edwards, is a Trinidadian footballer who plays for Ipswich Town as a midfielder.-Club career:...
and Dennis Lawrence
Dennis Lawrence
Dennis Lawrence is a former Trinidad and Tobago football player who is currently part of the coaching staff for Wigan Athletic in the Premier League.- Club career :...
gave the club a glowing report. Silvio has been granted the number 16 shirt at Wrexham. He scored his first goal for the club in a 2-1 league defeat to Notts County
Notts County F.C.
Notts County Football Club are an English professional football club based in Nottingham. They are the oldest of all the clubs in the world that are now professional, having been formed in 1862. They currently play in League One of The Football League, the third tier of the English football system...
, a game in which he later got sent off. He was transfer listed by Wrexham in May 2008 following the club's relegation to the Football Conference
Football Conference
The Football Conference is a football league in England which consists of three divisions called Conference National, Conference North, and Conference South. Some Football Conference clubs are fully professional, such as Luton Town, but most of them are semi-professional...
. Despite being transfer listed, he remained with the club until he was released at the end of the 2009–10 season.
International career
His international debut came against BarbadosBarbados national football team
The Barbados national football team, nicknamed Bajan Pride, is the national association football team of Barbados and is controlled by the Barbados Football Association. It has never qualified for a major international tournament...
in July 2002. Spann had been named in the Trinidad and Tobago national team
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...
for the 2006 FIFA World Cup
2006 FIFA World Cup
The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which won the right to host the event in July 2000. Teams representing 198 national football associations from all six...
in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, but had to drop out after sustaining a hamstring injury in the run-up to the tournament.
On 7 June 2007, in the Gold Cup
Gold Cup
Gold Cup may refer to:In art and archaeology:* Royal Gold Cup, 14th century French cup in the British Museum* Rillaton Gold Cup, late Neolithic, from Rillaton Barrow in England* Ringlemere Cup, Bronze Age from EnglandIn horse racing:...
Tournament at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Silvio Spann scored a spectacular free kick more than 40 meters out against El Salvador
El Salvador national football team
El Salvador's national football team represents El Salvador in international football and is sanctioned by the Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol . In 1899, Santa Ana and San Salvador met for the first hosted football game in El Salvador...
, but Trinidad & Tobago were defeated 2-1.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChSTu7wuCiM
Club career statistics
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|2001||W Connection
W Connection
Vibe CT 105 Williams Connection is a football club from Trinidad and Tobago, which currently plays in the Pro League. The club plays its home games in Manny Ramjohn Stadium...
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|2001/02||Perugia
Perugia Calcio
Associazione Calcistica Perugia Calcio is an Italian association football club based in Perugia, Umbria, direct heir of the old Perugia Calcio and A.C. Perugia, excluded from Italian football because of financial troubles....
||Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
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|2002/03||Sambenedettese
S.S. Sambenedettese Calcio
Unione Sportiva Sambenedettese is an Italian association football club, based in San Benedetto del Tronto, Marche. The club was founded in 1923. Sambenedettese currently plays in Serie D, having last been in Serie B in 1989. The team's colors are red and blue....
||Serie C1||3||0||||||3||0
|-
|2003||rowspan="2"|W Connection
W Connection
Vibe CT 105 Williams Connection is a football club from Trinidad and Tobago, which currently plays in the Pro League. The club plays its home games in Manny Ramjohn Stadium...
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|2004||||||||||||
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|2004/05||Dinamo Zagreb||Prva HNL||0||0||||||0||0
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|2005||Yokohama||J. League 2
J. League Division 2
The or is the second division of and is the second-tier professional association football league in Japan. Currently, J. League Division 2 is the second level of the Japanese association football league system. The first tier is represented by J...
||20||3||0||0||20||3
|-
|2006||rowspan="2"|W Connection
W Connection
Vibe CT 105 Williams Connection is a football club from Trinidad and Tobago, which currently plays in the Pro League. The club plays its home games in Manny Ramjohn Stadium...
||rowspan="2"|Pro League||||||||||||
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|2007||||||||||||
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|2007/08||rowspan="3"|Wrexham||League Two
Football League Two
Football League Two is the third-highest division of The Football League and fourth-highest division overall in the English football league system....
||9||1||1||0||10||1
|-
|2008/09||rowspan="2"|Conference
Football Conference
The Football Conference is a football league in England which consists of three divisions called Conference National, Conference North, and Conference South. Some Football Conference clubs are fully professional, such as Luton Town, but most of them are semi-professional...
||13||0||2||0||15||0
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|2009/10||||||||||||
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3||0||||||3||0
0||0||||||0||0
20||3||0||0||20||3
22||1||3||0||25||1
45||4||3||0||48||4
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International career statistics
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|2003||7||0
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|2004||8||1
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|2005||9||0
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|2006||2||0
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|2007||5||1
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|2008||1||0
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|2009||6||0
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!Total||41||2
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International Goals
- Scores and results list T&T's goal tally first.
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2004-12-12 |  TortolaTortola Tortola is the largest and most populated of the British Virgin Islands, a group of islands that form part of the archipelago of the Virgin Islands. Local tradition recounts that Christopher Columbus named it Tortola, meaning "land of the Turtle Dove". Columbus named the island Santa Ana... |
4–0 | 4–0 | Digicel Caribbean Cup 2005 Digicel Caribbean Cup 2005 The Digicel Caribbean Cup 2005 was won by Jamaica. In all 30 countries participated .-Group A:Group A Qualifier: w/o Played in Kingston, JamaicaThe Digicel Caribbean Cup 2005 was won by Jamaica... |
|
| 2 | 2007-06-07 |  CaliforniaCalifornia California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area... |
1–0 | 1–2 | 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup The 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the ninth edition of the Gold Cup, the football championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean , and was won by the United States over Mexico. It was contested in the United States from June 6 to June 24, 2007.This competition was the third... |
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Personal life
His younger brother Silas Spann of Joe Public F.C.Joe Public F.C.
Joe Public Football Club is a football club from Trinidad and Tobago currently playing in the Pro League. Nicknamed the Eastern Lions, they are owned by former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner...
is currently member of the Trinidad and Tobago national football team
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...
.