Richard Edwards (born April 15, 1983) is a Jamaican former

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 ...

and serves on the technical staff for Brampton Soccer Club.

Playing career

Edwards began his career in 2004 with

Waterhouse F.C. The Waterhouse Football Club is a football team based in Kingston, that competes in the Jamaica National Premier League. Their home stadium is Waterhouse Stadium. History The club was founded in 1968 as ''Harlem Kickers FC'', changed to ''Th ...

in the

National Premier League The National Premier League, also known for sponsorship purposes as the Red Stripe Premier League, is sanctioned by the Jamaican Football Federation as the top division for men's association football in Jamaica. Contested between 12 clubs, it op ...

. In 2006, he signed with

Harbour View F.C. Harbour View Football Club is a Jamaican football club based in Kingston that currently plays in the top flight Jamaica National Premier League. Harbour View is nicknamed the ''Stars of the East'' or ''Easters'' and play their home games at ...

, and won the league title in 2007, 2010, and the

2007 CFU Club Championship The 2007 CFU Club Championship was the annual international football club competition held in the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) region. Nineteen teams were to compete in the tournament, from November 4 to November 16 in six venues in Trinidad an ...

. In 2012, he went overseas to Finland to sign with

Mikkelin Palloilijat Mikkelin Palloilijat (or MP) is a Finnish professional football club, based in Mikkeli, that competes in the Ykkönen. The club was founded in 1929 and also included volleyball, bandy and ice hockey sections. History In 1998, MP merged with Mi ...

in the

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. At the conclusion of the season he returned home to sign with Harbour View. In 2013, he went abroad to Canada to sign with the

York Region Shooters York Region Shooters is a Canadian soccer team, that plays in the Canadian Soccer League. The Shooters played their home games at the St. Joan of Arc Turf Field in the City of Vaughan, Ontario. The team's colours were blue and white, mirroring ...

of the

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. During his tenure with York Region he won the

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in 2014, 2017, along with the league title in 2014, and 2016. In 2018, he played in

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for

Unionville Milliken SC Unionville Milliken Soccer Club is a Canadian semi-professional soccer club based in Unionville, Ontario. The club was founded in 1976 as a youth soccer club and added its men's semi-professional club in League1 Ontario in 2018. The club also f ...

, and with

Master's Futbol Master's Futbol Academy, commonly known as Master's FA, is a Canadian semi-professional soccer club based in Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario. The club was founded in 2009 as a soccer academy and added its team in the semi-professional League1 Ontari ...

in 2019.

International career

Edwards played with the

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, where he featured in 36 matches.

Managerial career

In 2018, he formed his own training school for soccer known as Touch of Class Soccer. On May 26, 2020, Brampton Soccer Club named him to the technical staff for the under-12, 13, and 15 women's soccer program.

Honours

Jamaica

Caribbean Cup The Caribbean Cup was the championship tournament for national association football teams that are members of the Caribbean Football Union. The first competition, established by Shell and run by former England Cricket fast bowler Fred Rumsey, wa ...

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Harbour View F.C.

* Jamaica National Premier League: 2007, 2010, 2013 *

CFU Club Championship The Caribbean Club Championship, also known as the CFU Club Championship or CFU Club Champions' Cup, was an annual international football competition held amongst association football clubs that are members of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU). ...

: 2007

York Region Shooters

First Division:

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References

1983 births Living people Jamaican men's footballers 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Waterhouse F.C. players Harbour View F.C. players Mikkelin Palloilijat players York Region Shooters players Canadian Soccer League (1998–present) players National Premier League players Men's association football midfielders Jamaica men's international footballers Master's FA players Unionville Milliken SC players {{Jamaica-footy-bio-stub