Ayrton Cicilia is a

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who currently plays for

Real Rincon SV Real Rincon is a association football, football club from the town of Rincon, Bonaire, Rincon in Bonaire in the Caribbean Netherlands. The team has won the Bonaire League on 11 occasions, most recently in 2018–19, as well as twice finishing to ...

. Born in Curaçao, he represents the

Bonaire national football team The Bonaire national football team ( nl, Bonairiaans voetbalelftal; pap, Selekshon Bonerianu di futbòl) is the national football team of the Caribbean island of Bonaire, a public body of the Netherlands. It is under the control of the Bona ...

Club career

Cicilia has played for

of the Bonaire League since at least 2015. In 2016 Cicilia was named Bonaire's male football MVP because of his performances in the Bonaire League and the ABC Inter-insular tournament. With Real Rincon, Cicilia was the joint top scorer of the 2017/18 Bonaire League along with Rai-Cesar Cicilia with 14 goals. Cicilia was selected as one of Bonaire's top twelve footballers and given the opportunity to compete in a tournament in Germany in May 2018.

qualified for the 2018 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield by winning the 2017–18 Bonaire League. In the tournament, Real became the first club from Bonaire to advance to the semi-finals of a CONCACAF tournament. Real Rincon went on to win bronze in the tournament with Cicilia scoring a brace in the 3rd place match against SV Deportivo Nacional of

Aruba Aruba ( , , ), officially the Country of Aruba ( nl, Land Aruba; pap, Pais Aruba) is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands physically located in the mid-south of the Caribbean Sea, about north of the Venezuela peninsula of ...

. In August 2018, Cicilia went on a 2-day trial with

Almere City FC Almere City Football Club is a Dutch professional football club based in Almere, Flevoland. Founded in 2001, plays in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, and hosts home matches at the Yanmar Stadion. The club builds on former c ...

of the

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. Cicilia competed with Real Rincon in the 2018 Kopa ABC. The new tournament pitted the league champions and runners-up of

Bonaire Bonaire (; , ; pap, Boneiru, , almost pronounced ) is a Dutch island in the Leeward Antilles in the Caribbean Sea. Its capital is the port of Kralendijk, on the west ( leeward) coast of the island. Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao form the ABC i ...

, and

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against each other. Cicilia was good for two assist in the first game against SV Deportivo Nacional Cicilia has scored in the second game of the tournament against S.V. Vesta and he scored a brace in the tournament final victory over

CRKSV Jong Holland CRKSV Jong Holland is a Curaçao football team based in Willemstad and playing in the First Division of Curaçao liga MCB. Achievements *Netherlands Antilles Championship: 1 :: 1977 * Curaçao League: 9 :: 1926, 1928, 1932, 1935, 1937, 1940, 1 ...

to win the title. From January to March 2019, Cicilia went on a trial with

Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club based in Rotterdam. Established on 1 April 1888, Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands. Sparta currently compete in the Eredivisie, the top flight ...

of the

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; ''"Honour Division"'' or ''"Premier Division"'') is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is c ...

. Cicilia went one more time on 2-day trial with

, one in December and the other one in January.

International career

Cicilia was named to

's squad for 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualifying. He made his senior international debut on 9 September 2018 in the team's opening match against the

Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares wit ...

. He was named a starter and played the full match in the eventual 0–5 defeat. In the

2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League The 2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League is the second season of the CONCACAF Nations League, an international association football competition involving the men's national teams of the 41 member associations of CONCACAF. The group phase of the tourna ...

, Bonaire played in League C. Cicilia was again called up for the June match window. Cicilia scored in 3 out of Bonaire's 4 matches, including a hat trick in a 4-1 victory over

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. He was also instrumental in two 2-0 victories against U.S. Virgin Islands, scoring the opening goal in both games. With 5 goals, Cicilia led the entire Nations League in scoring halfway through the competition.

International goals

:''Last updated 14 June 2022.''

International career statistics

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cicilia, Ayrton Living people Men's association football midfielders Bonaire men's international footballers 2001 births Bonaire men's footballers