Wilfred Garden

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Wilfred Garden
Personal information
Full name Wilfred Frederik Garden
Place of birth Paramaribo, Surinam
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1966–1969 Robinhood
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1969–1981 Robinhood ? (?)
International career‡
1972–1978 Suriname 12 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of December 18, 2015
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of December 18, 2015

Wilfred 'Omoe' Frederik Garden is a retired Surinamese footballer who played as a defender for SV Robinhood in the Hoofdklasse, and for the Suriname national team. Together with Remie Olmberg, he formed the heart of the defense for both Robinhood and for the national team. He played for over a decade during one of the club's most successful periods, having won six national titles and finishing as runners-up in the CONCACAF Champions Cup on three occasions as well. He also won the Surinamese Footballer of the Year award on two occasions. [1] [2]

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Career

Garden began his career at the top flight in Suriname in 1969 playing for S.V. Robinhood in the Surinamese Hoofdklasse, playing with the likes of Theo Blaaker, Ewout Leefland and Remie Olmberg. Together with Olmberg, Garden would go on to form the heart of the defense for S.V. Robinhood, both defenders would go on to become the first choice center backs for the Suriname national team as well. In 1971, he helped Robinhood to win the national title, qualifying for the CONCACAF Champions' Cup, making it to the finals the following year, bowing out to Olimpia from Honduras 1–0 on aggregate score in the final. [3]

Garden won his second national title with Robinhood in 1975, qualifying for the CONCACAF Champions' Cup once more. In 1976 Robinhood would go on to win consecutive national titles and Garden's third overall, while also making it to the 1976 CONCACAF Champions' Cup final once more. Robinhood finished second to Águila from El Salvador, losing 8–2 on aggregate score in the final. [4] In 1977, he helped Robinhood to the 1977 CONCACAF Champions' Cup final for the second time in a row where they faced Club América from Mexico, losing 1–0 on aggregate score. It was Garden's third time in the finals of the competition, with his performance earning him the National Footballer of the Year award in both 1976 and 1979. His period with Robinhood is considered one of the best in the club's history. [5]

International career

Garden played for the Suriname national team making his debut on 29 August 1976 in a 1978 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Guyana. The match ended in a 3–0 win for Suriname. That year the national team managed to secure the CFU Championship, as well as an eighth-place finish in the finals of the 1977 CONCACAF Championship qualification. Garden has also played in the qualifying campaign for the 1980 Summer Olympics. [6]

Honours

Club

S.V. Robinhood [7]

International

Suriname

Individual

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References

  1. ↑ "Wilfred Garden profile". Soccer-db.info. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
  2. ↑ "SVB organiseert reünie-duel Robinhood-Transvaal". Nieuws Suriname. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  3. ↑ "'Robinhood mi boi!'". Nickerie.net. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  4. ↑ "Central American Club Competitions 1976". RSSSF . Retrieved 19 December 2015.
  5. ↑ "Central American Club Competitions 1977". RSSSF . Retrieved 19 December 2015.
  6. ↑ "Surinaams voetbal mist voorbeeldfiguur". Star Nieuws. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  7. ↑ "Wilfred Garden- Career Honours". Soccer-db.info.
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