Nile Walwyn

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Nile Walwyn
Personal information
Full name Nile Alexander Walwyn
Date of birth (1994-07-11) 11 July 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Dixie SC
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012–2015 Vermont Catamounts 57 (3)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2016 Burlingame Dragons 7 (0)
2016–2017 Hawke's Bay United 10 (0)
2018 ÍR 7 (0)
2018 Tindastóll 8 (0)
Total32(0)
International career‡
2012 Saint Kitts and Nevis U20 3 (0)
2011 Saint Kitts and Nevis U23 3 (0)
2015 Saint Kitts and Nevis 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 July 2020
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 July 2020

Nile Alexander Walwyn (born 11 July 1994) is a former professional footballer. Born in Canada, he represented Saint Kitts and Nevis at international level.

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Early life

Walwyn is a native of Mississauga, Canada where he played youth soccer with Dixie SC. [1]

College career

In 2012, Walwyn began attending the University of Vermont, where he played for the men's soccer team. [2] He scored his first collegiate goal on 31 August 2014 in a 3-1 victory over the Appalachian State Mountaineers, to help Vermont win the James Madison University Invitational. [3] [4] Ahead of his senior season, he was named team captain. [5] He scored the game-winning goal in a 1-0 over the Sacred Heart Pioneers, also being sent off after receiving a red card in the same match, in the first game of the 2015 season. [6] [7] In his senior season, he won the America East Conference title with Vermont and was named to the All-Tournament Team. [8] During his time at Vermont, he was named to the America East Academic Honor Roll in 2013, 2014, and 2015, and the Commissioner's Honor Roll in 2012. [9]

Club career

In 2015, he joined the Burlingame Dragons in the Premier Development League. [10] In his two seasons, he made seven appearances for the club. [11] [12]

In October 2016, he joined Hawke's Bay United FC of the New Zealand Football Championship. [9] He joined after being introduced to the league by a teammate from California and reaching out to the coach. [13] [14] In January 2017, he departed the club. [15]

In March 2017, he went on trial with Icelandic club Þróttur Vogum. [16] In March 2018, he joined Icelandic club Íþróttafélag Reykjavíkur (ÍR) in the 1. deild karla. [17] [18] In July 2018, he departed the club. [19] In July 2018, he joined another Icelandic club, Tindastóll in the 2. deild karla. [20]

In October 2018, he attended the Canadian Premier League Open Trials, hoping to earn a contract in the new league, where he advanced to the third stage of the trial process with the final 31 participants. [21] [22] In 2021, he confirmed he had retired from professional football. [23]

International career

Born in Canada, Walwyn was also eligible to represent Saint Kitts and Nevis, through descent.

He represented St. Kitts at youth level. [24] In 2011, he was called up to the Saint Kitts and Nevis U23 team for the 2012 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship qualification tournament. [25] In 2012, he was named to the Saint Kitts and Nevis U20 roster for the 2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying tournament. [26]

In 2015, he was called up to the Saint Kitts and Nevis senior team for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification. [27] He made his debut against the Turks and Caicos Islands. In 2018, he was called up for a match against his native Canada, but did not enter the match, remaining an unused substitute. [28] [29]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Summer changes for UVM athletics". The Vermont Cynic . 29 August 2012.
  3. ↑ Champagne, Lisa (31 August 2014). "Catamounts Win JMU Men's Soccer Invitational". Vermont Catamounts .
  4. ↑ "Quick strikes lift Catamounts to second win". Burlington Free Press . 31 August 2014.
  5. ↑ Champagne, Lisa (23 June 2015). "Walwyn and Davis Named Captains of UVM Men's Soccer for 2015". Vermont Catamounts .
  6. ↑ Champagne, Lisa (28 August 2015). "Men's Soccer Earns 1-0 Victory at Sacred Heart to Open 2015 Season". Vermont Catamounts .
  7. ↑ "UVM kicks off new season". The Vermont Cynic . 10 September 2015.
  8. ↑ Champagne, Lisa (15 November 2015). "Catamounts Capture 2015 America East Men's Soccer Title". Vermont Catamounts .
  9. 1 2 Parker, Dustin (4 October 2016). "Hawke's Bay United Signs Former Catamount Nile Walwyn to Pro Contract". Vermont Catamounts .
  10. ↑ Jonas, Robert (16 May 2015). "San Jose Earthquakes U23 affiliate Burlingame Dragons FC roster takes shape for the 2015 PDL season". Center Line Soccer.
  11. ↑ "2015 PDL Stats". USL League Two .
  12. ↑ "Nile Walwyn 2016 PDL Stats". USL League Two .
  13. ↑ "No Luggage, No Problem for Walwyn". Hawke's Bay United FC .
  14. ↑ Hurndell, Shane (4 November 2016). "Football: Canadian thriving on Bay watch". Hawke's Bay Today .
  15. ↑ Singh, Anendra (20 January 2017). "Football: Window shopping Bay United style". Hawke's Bay Today .
  16. ↑ Einarsson, Magnús Már (21 March 2017). "Þróttur vann Marbella - Með landsliðsmann á reynslu" [Þróttur won Marbella - With a national team player on experience]. Fótbolti (in Icelandic).
  17. ↑ Einarsson, Magnús Már (20 March 2018). "ÍR fær landsliðsmann St. Kitts og Nevis (Staðfest)" [ÍR gets national team member St. Kitts and Nevis (Confirmed)]. Fótbolti (in Icelandic).
  18. ↑ "Landsliðsmaður St. Kitts og Nevis til ÍR" [National team member St. Kitts and Nevis to IR]. Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 20 March 2018.
  19. ↑ Ásgeirsson, Guðmundur Aðalsteinn (6 July 2018). "Nile Walwyn búinn að spila sinn síðasta leik fyrir ÍR" [Nile Walwyn has played his last game for IR]. Fótbolti (in Icelandic).
  20. ↑ Arnarsson, Arnar Daði (21 July 2018). "Nile Walwyn í Tindastól (Staðfest)" [Nile Walwyn in Tindastól (Confirmed)]. Fótbolti (in Icelandic).
  21. ↑ "Making the cut: List of trialists in Winnipeg to advance to Day 2 of the Open Trials". Canadian Premier League . 18 October 2018.
  22. ↑ "Who's in, who's out? List of Winnipeg trialists to advance to final scrimmage". Canadian Premier League . 19 October 2018.
  23. ↑ @SKNAbroad (28 April 2021). "Nile Walwyn has confirmed that he is no longer playing football" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  24. ↑ Danforth, Austin (4 February 2015). "UVM midfielder Giron called to Guatemala U23 camp". Burlington Free Press .
  25. ↑ "St. Kitts & Nevis Selects Final Team for CFU U23 Finals this week". St. Kitts and Nevis Football Association . 22 November 2011.
  26. ↑ "St. Kitts-Nevis U-20 team look to add a new chapter to our history". St. Kitts and Nevis Football Association . 24 July 2012.
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