Chevaughn Walsh

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Chevaughn Walsh
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Walsh with Pittsburgh Riverhounds in 2016
Personal information
Full name Chevaughn Junior Hugh Walsh
Date of birth (1995-05-14) 14 May 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Spanish Town, Jamaica
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) [1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Portmore United
Number 30
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2015 Jefferson College 40 (39)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016 Ocean City Nor'easters 14 (14)
2016–2017 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 27 (6)
2018 Club Atletico Saint Louis 6 (5)
2019–2020 Hoang Anh Gia Lai 33 (19)
2020–2021 Dong A Thanh Hoa 2 (0)
2021–2022 Hong Linh Ha Tinh 9 (4)
2022 PSIS Semarang 10 (1)
2022 Al-Ansar 0 (0)
2023– Portmore United 30 (17)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 April 2024

Chevaughn Junior Hugh Walsh (born 14 May 1995) is a Jamaican footballer who plays as a forward for National Premier League club Portmore United. [2]

Contents

Career

Youth

In Jamaica Walsh played for local team Willodwale before transferring to Spanish Town Police in July 2012. [3] [4]

College and semi-professional

Walsh played two seasons of college soccer for the Vikings of Jefferson College in 2015 & 2016. During the two seasons, he tallied 39 goals and 20 assists in 40 matches and was named a NJCAA All-American. [5]

For the 2016 PDL season, Walsh signed for the Ocean City Nor'easters of the Premier Development League. During the season, he scored 14 goals in 14 matches and won the league golden boot (top scorer) award. Following the season, he was named to the 2016 All-PDL team. His 14 goals set a new team record in that category as he tied the existing team record of 31 points for the season. He was then named #2 on PDL's list of top prospects behind only Christian Chaney [6] and the winner of the PDL MVP award. [7]

For the 2018 NPSL season, Walsh returned to his former college coach, Ricardo Garza, to play for Club Atletico Saint Louis of the National Premier Soccer League. During the season, he scored 5 goals in 6 matches and lead his team to the Heartland Conference Semi-Final. Following the season, Chevy was signed with HAGL in Vietnam. [8]

Professional

On 19 August 2016 it was announced that Walsh had signed a 3-year deal for the Pittsburgh Riverhounds of the United Soccer League. [9] [10] He made his professional debut on 27 August 2016 as a substitute in a 1–1 draw with the Harrisburg City Islanders. [11] On 3 September 2016 he made his first start for the club and scored his first professional goal as Pittsburgh defeated Orlando City B 2–0 in only his second appearance for the Riverhounds. [12] [13]

Honours

Portmore United

Individual

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