Diel Spring

Diel Reon Spring (born December 26, 2000) is a Vincentian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Polish side Wisła Sandomierz and the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines national team.

Diel Spring
Personal information
Full name Diel Reon Spring
Date of birth (2000-12-26) 26 December 2000
Place of birth Chateaubelair, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines[1][2]
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Wisła Sandomierz
Number 15
Youth career
North Leeward Predators
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2020 North Leeward Predators
2020– Wisła Sandomierz 4 (0)
National team‡
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines U17[3]
2018 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines U20 5 (0)
2018– Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 14 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 December 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7:49, 7 August 2020 (UTC)

Early years

He led St Martin’s Secondary School to a junior division title in the 2015 Secondary Schools’ Football Competition, scoring a brace in the final.[4] The following year he was named best midfielder of the Barrouallie Football League under-17 division as a member of the North Leeward Predators youth set-up.[5]

Club career

During the 2017 season in the second-tier SVGFF First Division, Spring helped the Predators finish the regular season undefeated and reach the championship final,[6] where he scored the opening goal of the match as they defeated Largo Height via penalty shoot-out.[7] He was nominated for Youth Male Player of the Year at the 2017 National Football Awards.[8] That same year, he and future international teammate Joel Quashie were chosen as the winners of a Caribbean Football Union- and Manchester United-backed skills-based competition for young talents, earning invitations to a talent development camp in Trinidad and Tobago.[2][9]

The next season, Spring captained the Predators to a runner-up league finish in the SVGFF Premier Division and a Knock Out Cup title.[10] He recorded a brace against Bequia United in week 10,[11] and repeated the feat against System 3 in week 17. He finished the season with a hat-trick in a 4–1 win against Largo Height on the final match-day. At the end of the year he was named Best Midfielder at the National Football Awards.[10][12]

In the summer of 2020, he signed a deal with Wisła Sandomierz in the Polish III liga.[13][14][15]

International career

Youth team

In November 2018, he represented the national under-20 team at the 2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship, playing in all five matches.[1][16]

Senior team

On 8 September 2018, Spring made his debut for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in the qualifying rounds of the 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League against Nicaragua.[10] He came on as a halftime substitution for Wendell Cuffy in the 2–0 defeat at home. He was called up again later that month, earning his second international cap three weeks later during a friendly against a Barbados XI made up mostly of under-20 players preparing for the 2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship. He came on after halftime yet again, this time for Brad Richards, in the 1–1 draw.[17] He made two further appearances in CONCACAF Nations League qualifying to finish the year.

In February 2019, Spring was named to the 20-man squad selected to play at the 2019 Windward Islands Tournament on home soil.[18] He played in all four matches as Saint Vincent and the Grenadines won their fifth title.[10][19]

Career statistics

International
As of matches played 2 August 2019.[20]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 201840
201950
Total90

Honours

Club
Fitz Hughes Predators
  • Knock Out Cup: 2019[10]
  • SVGFF First Division: 2017[7][21]

Individual
  • SVGFF Best Midfielder: 2019[10]
  • SVGFF Youth Male Player of the Year: 2017

International
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

References
  1. Diel Spring at Global Sports Archive
  2. "FLOW puts Vincy youth footballers in play for ManU trip". iWitness News. April 24, 2017. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  3. "SVG confident ahead of U17 play-offs". iWitness News. 18 July 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  4. "St Martin's Secondary break football title drought". The Searchlight. newsmemory.com. December 22, 2015. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  5. "Barrouallie Football League Concludes". The Vincentian. November 25, 2016. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  6. "Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2017". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  7. "North Leeward Predators: National First Division Football Champs". The Vincentian. June 30, 2017. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  8. "2017 National Football Awards set for Wednesday". Sport Caraibe. May 8, 2018. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  9. "Leeward youths win FLOW skills-based competition". The Searchlight. April 25, 2017. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  10. "Diel Spring signs with new club". The Vincentian. Issuu. August 7, 2020. p. 20. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  11. "Premier Division Football Heating Up". The Vincentian. January 25, 2019. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  12. "Top Footballers/Officials Rewarded". The Vincentian. November 15, 2019. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  13. "Diel Spring in Poland's football setup". The Searchlight. August 7, 2020. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  14. "3 liga. Ciekawy transfer Wisły Sandomierz. Zagra w niej Diel Spring, reprezentant Saint Vincent i Grenadyny". gol24.pl (in Polish). July 31, 2020. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  15. http://www.90minut.pl/kariera.php?id=41782
  16. "Things Looking Up For U-20 Footballers". The Vincentian. November 16, 2018. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  17. "SVG draw with Barbados XI". Caribbean Football Database. September 30, 2018. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  18. "Vincy Heat ready for WIFA challenges". The Searchlight. February 26, 2019. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  19. "Vincy Heat Takes Windwards Title". The Vincentian. March 15, 2019. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  20. Diel Spring at National-Football-Teams.com
  21. "North Leeward Predators take national First Division football title". The Searchlight. June 30, 2017. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
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