Fabian Dawkins (born 7 February 1981) is a Jamaican former

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Club career

Dawkins grew up in August Town,

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and attended

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. Nicknamed 'Renaldo', the attacking

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started his career at

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in the Jamaica National Premier League, where he became their leading goalscorer for three seasons running. He then moved abroad with former Village teammate

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to play two seasons for the

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. He later joined the Montreal Impact in the

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, where he was later traded in January 2007 with Jason McLaughlin for forward

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and

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. In 2007, he was loaned to the Impact's farm team the

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of the

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. He made his debut for the club on 3 June 2007 in a match against Portuguese Supra, which resulted in the club's first home victory by a score 4–2. In between the USL 1st division season, he went back to Jamaica to form a prolific strike partnerships with Newton Sterling and Teafore Bennett at Village United.

International career

He appeared in the

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, where he captained the squad and scored their only goal of the tournament. He made his debut for the "Reggae Boyz" in 2001 against

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and has collected a total of 17 caps (scoring one goal) until October 2006.

References

External links

Profile at Golocaljamaica

Profile at Montreal Impact
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dawkins, Fabian 1981 births Living people Atlanta Silverbacks FC players Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Men's association football midfielders Men's association football forwards Canadian Soccer League (1998–present) players Jamaica men's international footballers Jamaican expatriate men's footballers Jamaican expatriate sportspeople in Canada Jamaican expatriate sportspeople in the United States Jamaican men's footballers Montreal Impact (1992–2011) players Sportspeople from Trelawny Parish Richmond Kickers players Trois-Rivières Attak players USL First Division players USL Second Division players Village United F.C. players August Town F.C. players National Premier League players People educated at Jamaica College