Arnold Dwarika

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Arnold Dwarika
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Full name Arnold Dwarika
Date of birth (1973-08-23) August 23, 1973 (age 50)
Place of birth Santa Cruz, Trinidad and Tobago
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1992–1993 Defence Force ? (?)
1994 Trinity Pros ? (?)
1994–1995 Superstar Rangers ? (?)
1995 Joe Public ? (?)
1995–1997 East Fife 46 (9)
1997 Al-Ansar ? (?)
1997–2002 Joe Public ? (?)
2002–2003 W Connection ? (?)
2003 Qingdao Hailifeng 11 (2)
2004 Guangzhou Rizhiquan 15 (0)
2005 W Connection ? (?)
2005 North East Stars ? (?)
2006–2008 Joe Public ? (?)
2009 United Petrotrin ? (?)
2010–2012 North East Stars ? (?)
International career
1993–2008 Trinidad and Tobago 73 (28)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Arnold Dwarika (born 23 August 1973 in Upper Santa Cruz, Trinidad) is a retired Trinidadian football player, who played as a midfielder for the Trinidad and Tobago national team. He went to school at Malick Senior Comprehensive in Trinidad.

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Career

Most of his career has been spent in his homeland in the TT Pro League but Dwarika has also had stints in Europe with Scottish side East Fife and Asia with Chinese clubs Qingdao Hailifeng and Guangzhou Pharmaceutical. [1]

Dwarika scored two goals in Trinidad and Tobago's 3–2 loss to the United States during the 1996 Gold Cup. He was a regular member of the Trinidad and Tobago senior squad from 1993, and also played in the under-23 Olympic squad of 1996. He was not considered for the national side for some time after 2004, ruling him out of contention for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, but later returned to the team.

Honours

Defence Force

Al-Ansar

Joe Public

W Connection

North East Starts

Individual

International Goals

Scores and results list Trinidad and Tobago's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Dwarika goal. [2]

List of international goals scored by Arnold Dwarika
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
130 May 1993 National Stadium, Kingston, JamaicaFlag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg  Saint Kitts and Nevis 3-23-2 1993 Caribbean Cup
214 April 1994 Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad and TobagoFlag of Suriname.svg  Suriname 3-23-2 1994 Caribbean Cup
321 July 1995Montego Bay, JamaicaFlag of Saint Lucia.svg  Saint Lucia 1-05-0 1995 Caribbean Cup
42-0
528 July 1995Grand Cayman, Cayman IslandsFlag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Cayman Islands 9-2
6
730 July 1995Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 5-05-0
813 January 1996 Anaheim Stadium, Anaheim, United States of AmericaFlag of the United States.svg  United States 1-02-3 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup
92-2
1028 May 1996 Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain, Trinidad and TobagoFlag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg  Saint Kitts and Nevis 5-15-1 1996 Caribbean Cup
117 June 1996Port of Spain, Trinidad and TobagoFlag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 1-02-0
125 June 1999 Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain, Trinidad and TobagoFlag of Grenada.svg  Grenada 4-07-0 1999 Caribbean Cup
1311 June 1999Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti 1-06-1
148 September 1999 Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, United States of AmericaFlag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 2-14-3 Friendly
1515 February 2000 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States of AmericaFlag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 2-14-2 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup
1620 February 2000 Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, United States of AmericaFlag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 1-02-1
174 March 2000 Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain, Trinidad and TobagoFlag of the Netherlands Antilles (1986-2010).svg  Netherlands Antilles 4-05-0 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
185-0
192 April 2000Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 1-03-0
203-0
217 May 2000Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti 2-03-1
224 July 2000Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 4-14-1Friendly
2310 May 2001Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada 5-3Friendly
2415 May 2001 Larry Gomes Stadium, Malabar, Trinidad and TobagoFlag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 2-05-0 2001 Caribbean Cup
2522 May 2001 Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain, Trinidad and TobagoFlag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 1-02-0
2625 May 2001Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti 3-03-0
2723 April 2003 Stade Pierre-Aliker, Fort-de-France, MartiniqueFlag-of-Martinique.svg  Martinique 1-02-3 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification
285 November 2008 Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya, Trinidad and TobagoFlag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda 2-13-2 2008 Caribbean Cup qualification


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References

  1. "Dwarika, Arnold". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 2008-08-18.
  2. https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/dwarika-intlg.html

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