Ricky Charles (born 16 June 1975) is a Grenadian retired

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 ...

who played as a

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. He played for the

Grenada national football team The Grenada national football team represents Grenada in international football and is controlled by the Grenada Football Association, a member of the Caribbean Football Union of CONCACAF. The team is nicknamed ''The Spice Boys'', a reference ...

and is his nation's top scorer with 37 goals.

Club career

Charles played university soccer at Bryant & Stratton College and the University of South Carolina - Spartanburg, and was inducted into the

National Junior College Athletic Association The National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA), founded in 1938, is the governing association of community college, state college and junior college athletics throughout the United States. Currently the NJCAA holds 24 separate regions ...

Hall of Fame. He then played for the

New Hampshire Phantoms The Seacoast United Phantoms (formerly the New Hampshire Phantoms) are an American soccer team based in the coastal region of southeastern New Hampshire and northeastern Massachusetts. The team is based in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, where it p ...

and

Brooklyn Knights Brooklyn Knights were an American soccer club based in New York City. Founded in 1999, the Knights currently field youth teams in the United Soccer Leagues Super-20 League and Super Y-League. The team also previously field a team in the USL Pr ...

, before playing for St. Ann's Rangers in the

TT Pro League The TT Pro League (formerly known as the Professional Football League) is the Trinidad and Tobago professional league for association football clubs. It is the country's primary football competition and serves as the top division in the Trinidad ...

. He had a trial with Football League First Division side

West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion Football Club () is an English professional football club based in West Bromwich, West Midlands, England. They compete in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football. The club was formed in 1878 and has pl ...

in 1996 but was not offered a contract.

International career

Charles scored one goal at the

1995 Caribbean Cup The 1995 Caribbean Cup (known as the Shell Caribbean Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the seventh edition of the Caribbean Cup, the football championship of the Caribbean, one of the CONCACAF zones. The final stage was hosted by Jamaica and Caym ...

, four goals at the

2001 Caribbean Nations Cup The Caribbean Cup was the championship tournament for national association football teams that are members of the Caribbean Football Union. Qualifying tournament Preliminary round Group 1 ---- ---- Group 2 ---- Group 3 ---- * Bahamas ...

and two goals at the

2005 Caribbean Cup The 2005 Caribbean Cup (known as the Digicel Caribbean Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the thirteenth edition of the Caribbean Cup hosted by Barbados and won by Jamaica. In all, 30 countries were invited, of which, 22 participated and 8 withdrew ...

, He has also scored eight goals in twelve qualifying matches for various

FIFA World Cup The FIFA World Cup, often simply called the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the ' ( FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The tournament ha ...

International goals

References

External links

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Ricky Charles - International Goals
1975 births Living people Grenadian footballers Grenadian expatriate footballers Grenada international footballers Seacoast United Phantoms players Grenadian expatriate sportspeople in Trinidad and Tobago Brooklyn Knights players Expatriate footballers in Trinidad and Tobago Expatriate soccer players in the United States USL League Two players 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup players TT Pro League players Association football midfielders USC Upstate Spartans men's soccer players Bryant and Stratton College alumni {{Grenada-footy-bio-stub