Frankie Beckles

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Frankie Beckles
Personal information
Date of birth (2007-03-11) 11 March 2007 (age 17)
Place of birth Watford, England
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Shrewsbury Town
Youth career
0000–2021 Everett Rovers
2021–2022 Luton Town
2022– Shrewsbury Town
International career‡
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2024– British Virgin Islands 5 (0)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:20, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

Frankie Beckles (born 11 March 2007) is a British Virgin Islands footballer who currently plays for Shrewsbury Town and the British Virgin Islands national team.

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Club career

Beckles began playing youth football with Everett Rovers. At age fourteen, he was spotted by a Luton Town scout and joined the club's academy. After two years with the club, he was not offered a further scholarship and found himself back in local amateur football. While with the Onside Academy, a London-based team for unsigned youth players, he was noticed by scouts of League One side Shrewsbury Town and signed to a deal. As a youth, he regularly warms up alongside first-team keepers Marko Marosi and Harry Burgoyne. [1]

International career

Born in Watford, Beckles qualifies to represent the British Virgin Islands through his paternal grandfather. [1] He earned his first senior call-up to the British Virgin Islands national team in March 2024 for a pair of 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against the U.S. Virgin Islands. [2] He went on to debut on 22 March 2024, earning a 1–1 draw in the first match. He kept a clean sheet after regulation and forced a penalty shoot-out in the second leg, saving two penalty kicks for the eventual victory. Beckles played every minute of both matches. [1] The victory marked the first-ever win for the British Virgin Islands in FIFA World Cup qualification and the first time advancing to the Group Stage. [3] [4]

International statistics

As of match played 4 September 2024 [5]
British Virgin Islands
YearAppsGoals
202450
Total50

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Stacey, Dan (27 March 2024). "Shrewsbury Town academy represented on international stage as goalkeeper shines". The Shropshire Star. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
  2. ↑ Drury, Jonny (15 March 2024). "Young Shrewsbury Town goalkeeper handed first international call-up". The Shropshire Star. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
  3. ↑ Haynes, Kamal (27 March 2024). "BVI Advances to Group to Group E in World Cup Qualifiers". 284 Media. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
  4. ↑ "British Virgin Islands and Anguilla Progress for the First Time". FIFA. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
  5. ↑ "NFT profile". National Football Teams. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
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