Densill Theobald CM (born 27 June 1982) is a

Trinidadian Trinidadians and Tobagonians, colloquially known as Trinis or Trinbagonians, are the people who are identified with the country of Trinidad and Tobago. The country is home to people of many different national, ethnic and religious origins. As a ...

former professional

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who played as a

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and represented Trinidad and Tobago national team 99 times, scoring twice.

Club career

Early career and moves to Europe

Theobald joined Scottish club Falkirk in the summer

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of 2005, after the recommendation of international team-mate

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. Although he played regularly at international level, he never played a first team game for Falkirk and so he left the club and returned to

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, in the summer of 2007 he returned to Europe, and joined Hungarian team

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. Theobald joined the Seattle Sounders for a trial in February 2009, but did not make the club's roster.

Dempo

On 16 January 2012, it was officially announced that after terms were agreed with Újpest and Caledonia AIA that Theobald has signed for

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in the

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in India.

Royal Wahingdoh

In December 2014, Theobald signed for newly promoted

club Royal Wahingdoh form

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for one season. He appeared in all games for Wahingdoh, and the team ended their debut season in third position with 30 points after 20 league matches.

Sporting De Goa

In December 2015, Theobald signed for Sporting de Goa.

Mumbai FC

In January 2017, he signed with another

club

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International career

Theobald was a regular member of the

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and played in all three of the country's World Cup games at the

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. Following the retirements of

Dwight Yorke Dwight Eversley Yorke CM (born 3 November 1971) is a Trinidadian and Tobagonian former professional footballer and current manager of Australian A-League club Macarthur FC. Throughout his club career, he played for Aston Villa, Manchester Uni ...

and

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from international football, Theobald has since been named captain of the 'Soca Warriors'. He appeared in several editions of

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and he was in the squad of Trinidad's silver medal winning team at the

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, where they lost in the final to

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Personal life

As a member of the squad that competed at the

in Germany, Theobald was awarded the Chaconia Medal (Gold Class), the second highest

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of Trinidad and Tobago.

Honours

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: 2017, runner-up 2012–13 Central *TT League Cup: 2018 *TT Pro League: runner-up 2018 *Charity Shield: runner-up 2018 W Connection * CFU Club Championship:

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Royal Wahingdoh *

: third place 2014–15 Trinidad & Tobago *

: runner-up

Individual * TTO_Chaconia_Medal

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Gold Class, 2006

References

External links

Densill Theobald
at www.infogol.net {{DEFAULTSORT:Theobald, Densill 1982 births Living people Trinidad and Tobago footballers Trinidad and Tobago international footballers Trinidad and Tobago expatriate footballers Trinidad and Tobago expatriate sportspeople in Canada Trinidad and Tobago expatriate sportspeople in India Falkirk F.C. players Újpest FC players Canadian Soccer League (1998–present) players TT Pro League players Morvant Caledonia United players Toronto (Mississauga) Olympians players Joe Public F.C. players Expatriate footballers in Hungary 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2006 FIFA World Cup players 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Dempo SC players I-League players Expatriate soccer players in Canada Expatriate footballers in India Recipients of the Chaconia Medal Association football midfielders