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Kithson Anthony Bain (born 26 May 1982) is a Grenadian
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 ...
currently playing for
Caledonia AIA Morvant Caledonia United (formerly known as Caledonia AIA) is a professional football team in Trinidad and Tobago's top-level TT Pro League. It is based in Morvant; its home stadium is Hasely Crawford Stadium. History The Caledonia AIA Football ...
in the Trinidad and Tobago Premier League. He has been capped at full international level by the
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.


Club career

Bain began his footballing career for Grenadian side
Queens Park Rangers Queens Park Rangers Football Club, commonly abbreviated to QPR, is a professional football club based in Shepherd's Bush, West London, England, which compete in the . After a nomadic early existence, they have played home matches at Loftus Ro ...
before moving to fellow Grenadian side Ball Dogs.


Tranmere Rovers

In 2008 Bain had finished top scorer in the
2008 Caribbean Cup The 2008 Caribbean Cup (known as the Digicel Caribbean Cup for sponsorship reasons) is the 2008 edition of the Caribbean Championship, an international football championship for national teams affiliated with the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) of ...
tournament with 5 goals. The then Tranmere Rovers manager John Barnes had also been involved in the tournament and his Jamaica national team won the tournament. Barnes was impressed enough with Bain to bring him to England, he signed for the Birkenhead-based club in August 2009. Bain made his first appearance for Tranmere in their 3–2 home defeat by
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on 12 September 2009. On 26 November, Bain went out on loan to
Conference National The National League, known as the Vanarama National League for sponsorship reasons, is the highest level of the National League System and fifth-highest of the overall English football league system. It is the highest league that is semi-profes ...
side
Kettering Town Kettering Town Football Club is a football club based in Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire, England. They are currently members of and play at Latimer Park in Burton Latimer. Kettering were the first club to wear sponsorship on their shirts in ...
until January 2010. Despite scoring seven goals for the Tranmere reserves, Bain was only given handful of substitute appearances by Rovers manager
Les Parry Leslie Parry, Ph.D. (born 27 November 1957) is an English physiotherapist and former manager of Tranmere Rovers Football Club from 9 October 2009 until his dismissal on 4 March 2012. Parry worked with Tranmere Rovers as physiotherapist since ...
, ending the season on 10 games, all from the bench. Bain failed to score in his time at Tranmere, although there was dispute over whether he got the last touch on
Alan Mahon Alan Joseph Mahon (born 4 April 1978) is an Irish former professional footballer who played a midfielder and was capped by the Republic of Ireland. Playing career Club career Early career Dublin-born Mahon, who was educated at St. James Str ...
's goal in Rovers 3–2 win against Walsall. He was released by Tranmere at the end of the 2009/10 season. He then returned home to Grenada in the summer of 2010 and rejoined his former club Queens Park Rangers. Near the end of 2010 he played in Guyana's Kashif and Shanghai cup competition for Alpha United as a guest player alongside Dominica international Kurlson Benjamin.


Carolina RailHawks

After impressive performances for Grenada in The Caribbean Cup, Bain caught the eye of reigning American second division NASL Conference champions
Carolina RailHawks North Carolina FC is an American professional soccer team in Cary, North Carolina, a suburb of Raleigh. Founded in 2006, the team plays in USL League One, the third tier of the American league system. The team has played its home games a ...
who signed Bain for the 2011 season. The RailHawks joined the
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in 2011. He only played 11 minutes for them in the whole season. He signed for Trinidadian club Caledonia AIA in September 2013.


International career

Bain has represented Grenada at both Under 23 and full international level. In the
2010 Caribbean Championship The 2010 Caribbean Cup (also known as Digicel Caribbean Cup 2010 for sponsorship reasons) was the 2010 edition of the Caribbean Championship, an international football championship for national teams affiliated with the Caribbean Football Unio ...
he was declared joint winners of the Digicel Golden Boot award. :''Scores and results list Grenada's goal tally first.''


Under-23 international goals


Full international goals


References


External links

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Tranmere Rovers club profile

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– NASL {{DEFAULTSORT:Bain, Kithson 1982 births Living people Grenadian footballers Association football forwards Tranmere Rovers F.C. players Kettering Town F.C. players Alpha United FC players North Carolina FC players Morvant Caledonia United players English Football League players North American Soccer League players TT Pro League players Grenada international footballers 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Grenadian expatriate footballers Grenadian expatriate sportspeople in England Grenadian expatriate sportspeople in Guyana Grenadian expatriate sportspeople in Antigua and Barbuda Grenadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Grenadian expatriate sportspeople in Trinidad and Tobago Expatriate footballers in England Expatriate footballers in Guyana Expatriate footballers in Antigua and Barbuda Expatriate soccer players in the United States Expatriate footballers in Trinidad and Tobago