Densill Theobald

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Densill Theobald
CM
Personal information
Date of birth (1982-06-27) 27 June 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Central midfielder
Youth career
1999 Jean Lillywhite CC
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2000 Toronto Olympians 4 (0)
2002 Caledonia AIA 11 (4)
2003 Joe Public 17 (8)
2004–2005 Caledonia AIA 10 (6)
2005–2006 Falkirk 0 (0)
2006–2007 Caledonia AIA 13 (2)
2007 Újpest 7 (0)
2008–2011 Caledonia AIA 16 (3)
2011–2012 Dempo 15 (0)
2012–2014 Caledonia AIA (9)
2014–2015 Royal Wahingdoh 20 (3)
2015−2016 Sporting Goa 7 (0)
2016−2017 Morvant Caledonia United 10 (2)
2017 Mumbai FC 14 (0)
2017 North East Stars (2)
International career
2002–2013 Trinidad and Tobago 99 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Densill Theobald CM (born 27 June 1982) is a Trinidadian former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder and represented Trinidad and Tobago national team 99 times, scoring twice. [1]

Contents

Club career

Early career and moves to Europe

Theobald joined Scottish club Falkirk in the summer transfer window of 2005, after the recommendation of international team-mate Russell Latapy. Although he played regularly at the international level, he never played a first-team game for Falkirk and so he left the club and returned to Caledonia AIA, in the summer of 2007 he returned to Europe, and joined the Hungarian team Újpest FC. [2]

Theobald joined the Seattle Sounders for a trial in February 2009, but did not make the club's roster. [3]

Dempo

On 16 January 2012, it was officially announced that after terms were agreed with Újpest and Caledonia AIA that Theobald has signed for Dempo SC [4] [5] in the I-League in India. [6] [7]

Royal Wahingdoh

In December 2014, Theobald signed for newly promoted I-League club Royal Wahingdoh form Shillong for one season. [8] [9] He appeared in all games for Wahingdoh, [10] and the team ended their debut season in third position with 30 points after 20 league matches. [11] [12]

Sporting De Goa

In December 2015, Theobald signed for Sporting de Goa. [13]

Mumbai FC

In January 2017, he signed with another I-League club Mumbai FC. [14]

International career

Theobald was a regular member of the Trinidad and Tobago national team [15] and played in all three of the country's World Cup games at the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Following the retirements of Dwight Yorke and Dennis Lawrence from international football, Theobald has since been named captain of the 'Soca Warriors'.

He appeared in several editions of Caribbean Cup and he was in the squad of Trinidad's silver medal-winning team at the 2012 Caribbean Cup, where they lost in the final to Cuba. [16]

Scores and results list Trinidad and Tobago's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Theobald goal. [17]

List of international goals scored by Densill Theobald
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
120 June 2004 Manny Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella, Trinidad and TobagoFlag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 3-04-0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
220 January 2007 Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain, Trinidad and TobagoFlag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 3-03-1 2007 Caribbean Cup

Personal life

As a member of the squad that competed at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, Theobald was awarded the Chaconia Medal (Gold Class), the second highest state decoration of Trinidad and Tobago. [18]

Honours

Morvant Caledonia United [19]

Central

W Connection

Royal Wahingdoh

Trinidad & Tobago

Individual

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References

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  15. ↑ Densill Theobald – FIFA competition record (archived)
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