Ricky Charles

Ricky Charles

Charles with Grenada in 2009
Personal information
Date of birth	(1975-06-19) 19 June 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth	St. George's, Grenada
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Bryant & Stratton Bobcats
2003–2004	USC Spartanburg Rifles
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2005–2006	New Hampshire Phantoms	24	(4)
2007	Brooklyn Knights	12	(7)
2008	St. Ann's Rangers		(3)
2009–2013	QPR St. George's
2013–2014	Old Road
2016–2019	QPR St. George's
International career
1995–2011	Grenada	71	(37)
Medal record Men's football Representing   Grenada Caribbean Cup Runner-up 2008 Jamaica
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ricky Charles (born 16 June 1975) is a Grenadian retired footballer who played as a midfielder. He played for the Grenada national team and is his nation's top scorer with 37 goals. ^[1]

Club career

Charles played university soccer at Bryant & Stratton College and the University of South Carolina Spartanburg, and was inducted into the National Junior College Athletic Association Hall of Fame. ^[2] He then played for the New Hampshire Phantoms and Brooklyn Knights, ^[3] before playing for St. Ann's Rangers in the TT Pro League. ^[4]

He had a trial with Football League First Division side West Bromwich Albion in summer 1997 ^[5] but was not offered a contract.

International career

Charles scored one goal at the 1995 Caribbean Cup, ^[6] four goals at the 2001 Caribbean Nations Cup ^[7] and two goals at the 2005 Caribbean Cup, ^[8] He has also scored eight goals in twelve qualifying matches for various FIFA World Cups. ^[1]

Career statistics

Scores and results list Grenada's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Charles goal.

List of international goals scored by Ricky Charles

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	21 March 1995	Grenada National Stadium, St. George's, Grenada	Saint Lucia	2–0	2–0	1995 Caribbean Cup
2	29 March 1996	Bourda Cricket Ground, Georgetown, Guyana	Guyana	1–1	2–1	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
3	7 April 1996	Grenada National Stadium, St. George's, Grenada	Guyana	1–0	6–0	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
4	4 April 1997	Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	Guyana	1–1	5–1	1997 Caribbean Cup qualification
5	4 July 1997	Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda	Jamaica	1–0	1–1	1997 Caribbean Cup
6	15 April 1998	Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda	Anguilla	4–0	14–1	1998 Caribbean Cup qualification
7				5–0
8				7–0
9				13–0
10	12 March 2001	Grenada National Stadium, St. George's, Grenada	Dominica	8–3	8–3	2001 Windward Islands Tournament
11				8–3
12	14 March 2001	Grenada National Stadium, St. George's, Grenada	Saint Lucia	4–3	4–3	2001 Windward Islands Tournament
13	4 April 2001	André Kamperveen Stadion, Paramaribo, Suriname	Barbados	1–1	1–2	2001 Caribbean Cup qualification
14	6 April 2001	André Kamperveen Stadion, Paramaribo, Suriname	Aruba	2–0	4–2	2001 Caribbean Cup qualification
15				3–0
16				4–0
17	6 July 2002	Grenada National Stadium, St. George's, Grenada	Saint Martin	5–2	8–3	2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification
18	30 July 2002	Grenada National Stadium, St. George's, Grenada	Taiwan	5–2	5–2	Friendly
19	4 August 2002	Stade Alberic Richards, Sandy Ground, Saint Martin	Saint Martin	5–0	7–1	2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification
20				6–0
21				7–0
22	14 March 2004	Blairmont Community Centre, Blairmont, Guyana	Guyana	1–0	3–1	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
23	20 June 2004	Grenada National Stadium, St. George's, Grenada	United States	1–1	2–3	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
24	20 November 2004	Grenada National Stadium, St. George's, Grenada	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2–0	3–2	Friendly
25				3–2
26	24 November 2004	Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya, Trinidad and Tobago	Suriname	1–1	2–2	2005 Caribbean Cup
27	28 November 2004	Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya, Trinidad and Tobago	Puerto Rico	2–0	5–2	2005 Caribbean Cup
28	26 March 2008	Grenada National Stadium, St. George's, Grenada	U.S. Virgin Islands	3–0	10–0	2010 World Cup qualification
29				5–0
30				7–0
31				9–0
32	13 October 2008	Stade René Serge Nabajoth, Les Abymes, Guadeloupe	Guadeloupe	1–0	1–2	2008 Caribbean Cup qualification
33	15 October 2008	Stade René Serge Nabajoth, Les Abymes, Guadeloupe	Cayman Islands	3–1	4–2	2008 Caribbean Cup qualification
34	3 December 2008	Independence Park, Kingston, Jamaica	Trinidad and Tobago	2–1	2–1	2008 Caribbean Cup
35	11 December 2008	Independence Park, Kingston, Jamaica	Cuba	1–0	2–2	2008 Caribbean Cup
36	28 June 2009	Grenada National Stadium, St. George's, Grenada	Antigua and Barbuda	1–0	2–2	Friendly
37	22 October 2010	Grenada National Stadium, St. George's, Grenada	Puerto Rico	3–0	3–1	2010 Caribbean Cup qualification

Honours

Grenada

• Caribbean Cup: runner-up 2008 ^{[9] [10]}

References

1. Ricky Charles – FIFA competition record (archived)
2. "USC Upstate Takes On Lipscomb, Belmont at Home". USC Upstate Athletics. 1 October 2007.
3. Player profile on BK Soccer website
4. "Goalscorers". TT Pro League. Archived from the original on 22 December 2008. Retrieved 30 October 2008.
5. Ellis, Vince (22 July 1997). "Albion seeking cup loss revenge". Black Country Evening Mail. p. 51.
6. "International Matches 1995 - North and Central America and Caribbean". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 October 2008.
7. "Copa Caribe 2001". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 October 2008.
8. "Copa Caribe 2005". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 October 2008.
9. "Caribbean Cup 2008-Grenada squad" . Retrieved 25 April 2025.
10. "Caribbean Championship 2008" . Retrieved 25 April 2025.

External links

• Ricky Charles at National-Football-Teams.com
• Ricky Charles - International Goals