Real Gill

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Real Gill
Personal information
Full name Real Nijn Gill
Date of birth (2003-01-23) 23 January 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth Trinidad and Tobago
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Northern Colorado Hailstorm
Number 7
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022–2023 La Horquetta Rangers F.C.
2023 Club Sando
2024– Northern Colorado Hailstorm 0 (0)
International career‡
2022 Trinidad and Tobago U20 4 (1)
2023– Trinidad and Tobago 6 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 January 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 January 2024

Real Nijn Gill (born 23 January 2003) is a Trinidadian footballer who plays for USL League One club Northern Colorado Hailstorm and the Trinidad and Tobago national team. [1]

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Early life

Gill was quoted as saying that in his early life he “didn't have any time to go football or study in school. Where I lived was like a ghetto. It was a very hard place” but that he “ used to try to keep out of it and stay on the straight road” and that “ Football has helped me a lot to come out of this. To be honest, there are gang wars going on, and it (football) has saved my life”. [2]

Career

Gill began playing regularly for La Horquetta Rangers F.C. in the Ascension League whilst still a teenager. [3] In May, 2023 he signed for Club Sando. [4]

Gill signed with USL League One club Northern Colorado Hailstorm on 16 January 2024. [5]

International career

Gill had his debut call-up for the Trinidad and Tobago national football team in May 2022. [6] He scored his first senior international goal in a friendly match against Saint Martin on 29 January 2023. [7] [8] He was named in the Trinidad and Tobago squad for the 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup, one of only six domestic-based players called up. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "Real Gill". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  2. ↑ Ramphal, Vidia (May 26, 2022). "Gill eyes place in T&T team for Concacaf U20". tt.loopnews.com. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  3. ↑ "Rising Star Gill says…thank you!". Ascensiontournament.com. May 27, 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  4. ↑ Prescott, Ian (May 18, 2023). "Real Gill leaves Rangers for Sando". Trinidad Express. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  5. ↑ Freemyer, J. "Hailstorm Sign Trinidad and Tobago International Real Gill". HailstormFC.com. Northern Colorado Hailstorm . Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  6. ↑ "Rangers Trio selected in national senior squad". theascensiontournament. May 25, 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  7. ↑ "Corbin and Gill strike as T&T manage stuttering 2-0 win over Saint Martin". Wired868. 30 January 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  8. ↑ "T+T VS. SAINT MARTIN 2-0". Soccerway. 29 January 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  9. ↑ "Molino, Malcolm and Molik are there but no Moore, in Eve's 23-man Gold Cup squad". wired868.com. 15 June 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
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