Peter Raymond Cargill (2 March 1964 – 15 April 2005) was a
Jamaica
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n international
football
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player. His position was
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
or defender.
Club career
Nicknamed "Jair", he started his footballing career at high school, winning the Triple Crown as a captain with Camperdown High School.
[http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20150513/camperdown-alumni-honour-%E2%80%9982-triple-crown-football-team] Cargill also played for local sides Swallowfield FC, CC Lions, Hazard United and
Harbour View and also spent 8 years in
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
with
Maccabi Netanya
Maccabi Netanya F.C. ( he, מועדון כדורגל מכבי נתניה, ''Football Club Maccabi Netanya'') is an Israeli football club based in Netanya. Established in 1934, the club was a founding member of the Israeli League in 1949. Afte ...
and
Hapoel Petah Tikva
Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C. ( he, הפועל פתח תקווה) is an Israeli football club based in the city of Petah Tikva, currently playing in the Liga Leumit.
Its most successful period was throughout the 1950s and 1960s, in which the club won ...
. The versatile player returned to Jamaica in 1996 and was called up to the
Jamaica
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team.
International career
He captained the
Reggae Boyz
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and was a participant at the
1998 FIFA World Cup
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in
France
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. He collected a total of 84 caps and scored 3 times.
Personal life
After retiring as a player, he became Reggae Boyz' assistant head coach until 2004. Then he coached
Jamaica National Premier League side
Waterhouse F.C.
Like his World Cup team-mate
Stephen Malcolm and Jamaican legend
Winston Anglin
Winston Anglin (27 August 1962 – 5 September 2004) was a Jamaican international football player.
Club career
Nicknamed ''Twinny Bug'' he played for local sides Wadadah F.C., Waterhouse F.C. and Village United F.C. He was one of the islan ...
, Cargill was killed in a road accident. He died of severe injuries in
Saint Ann Parish
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while on his way to a football match against
Wadadah in
Montego Bay
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when the minivan he was travelling in overturned and struck a boulder head-on.
International goals
Honours
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Israeli Premier League
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**Runner-up (1): 1987–88
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Toto Cup
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Fro ...
:
**Runner-up (1): 1988–89
*
Caribbean Cup
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:
**Winner (2):
1991
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,
1998
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Events January
* January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...
*
JFF Champions Cup
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:
**Winner (1): 1998
References
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1964 births
2005 deaths
People from Saint Ann Parish
Association football midfielders
Jamaican footballers
Jamaica international footballers
1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
1998 FIFA World Cup players
Harbour View F.C. players
Portmore United F.C. players
Maccabi Netanya F.C. players
Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C. players
Jamaican expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Israel
Jamaican expatriate sportspeople in Israel
Road incident deaths in Jamaica
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