Silvio Spann

Silvio Spann (born 21 August 1981) is a Trinidad and Tobagonian footballer.

Silvio Spann
Personal information
Full name Silvio Reinaldo Spann
Date of birth (1981-08-21) 21 August 1981
Place of birth Couva, Trinidad and Tobago
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000 Doc's Khelwalaas ? (?)
2001 W Connection ? (?)
2001–2002 Perugia 0 (0)
2002 Sambenedettese 3 (0)
2002–2004 W Connection ? (?)
2004–2005 Dinamo Zagreb 0 (0)
2005 Yokohama FC 20 (3)
2006–2007 W Connection ? (?)
2007–2010 Wrexham 50 (1)
2010–2015 W Connection[1] ? (?)
National team‡
2002–2009 Trinidad and Tobago 41 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:33, 21 February 2010 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 27 January 2010

Spann is a midfielder, known for his hard work and stamina as well as his ability to shoot from long distance. He is the son of Leroy Spann, former Trinidad and Tobago national team player who currently coaches a youth football team, the Middlesex Phantoms, in the MAPLE league in Massachusetts.

Club career

Spann has played in Italy, for Perugia and Sambenedettese. His move to Japan occurred after he failed to get a work permit in England, where Derby County and Crystal Palace were both interested in him.

Spann's contract with Japanese club Yokohama FC finished just before the 2006 World Cup, forcing him to return home where he re-signed for W Connection.

It was announced in July 2007 that Spann would be attending a two-week trial with Sunderland. He also spent time on trial at Sheffield United.[2]

Silvio Spann later went on to sign a 3-year contract with Wrexham who play their football in the Football League Two after international teammates, and former Wrexham players, Carlos Edwards and Dennis Lawrence gave the club a glowing report.[3] Silvio has been granted the number 16 shirt at Wrexham. He scored his first goal for the club in a 2–1 league defeat to Notts County, a game in which he later got sent off.[4] He was transfer listed by Wrexham in May 2008 following the club's relegation to the Football Conference.[5] Despite being transfer listed, he remained with the club until he was released at the end of the 2009–10 season.

Spann is currently playin on W Connection TT League 1.

International career

His international debut came against Barbados in July 2002.[6] Spann had been named in the Trinidad and Tobago national team for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, but had to drop out after sustaining a hamstring injury in the run-up to the tournament.[7]

On 7 June 2007, in the Gold Cup Tournament at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Silvio Spann scored a spectacular free kick more than 40 meters out against El Salvador, but Trinidad & Tobago were defeated 2–1.

Club statistics

[8] [9]

Club performance League Cup Total
Season Club League AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Trinidad and Tobago League Trinidad and Tobago Cup Total
2000Doc's KhelwalaasPro League
2001W ConnectionPro League
Italy League Coppa Italia Total
2001/02PerugiaSerie A0000
2002/03SambenedetteseSerie C13030
Trinidad and Tobago League Trinidad and Tobago Cup Total
2003W ConnectionPro League
2004
Croatia League Croatian Cup Total
2004/05Dinamo ZagrebPrva HNL0000
Japan League Emperor's Cup Total
2005Yokohama FCJ2 League20300203
Trinidad and Tobago League Trinidad and Tobago Cup Total
2006W ConnectionPro League
2007
England League FA Cup Total
2007/08WrexhamLeague Two9110101
2008/09Conference13020150
2009/10
CountryTrinidad and Tobago
Italy 3030
Croatia 0000
Japan 20300203
England 22130251
Total 45430484

National team statistics
Trinidad and Tobago national team
YearAppsGoals
200230
200370
200481
200590
200620
200751
200810
200960
Total412

International goals
Scores and results list T&T's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
12004-12-12Tortola, British Virgin Islands British Virgin Islands4–04–0Digicel Caribbean Cup 2005
22007-06-07California, United States El Salvador1–01–22007 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Source

Personal life

His younger brother Silas Spann of Joe Public F.C. is currently member of the Trinidad and Tobago national football team.[10]

References
  1. 2010/11 – Pro League Squad W Connection FC
  2. "Sheff Utd trialists to miss tour" BBC Sport Retrieved on 16 November 2007
  3. "T&T's Spann clear to join Wrexham" BBC Sport Retrieved on 16 November 2007
  4. "Notts County 2–1 Wrexham". BBC. 27 October 2007. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
  5. "Roberts and Llewellyn leave Reds". BBC Sport. 6 May 2008. Retrieved 11 May 2008.
  6. T&T Squad Lineups – Socawarriors.net
  7. "Trinidad's Spann out of World Cup" BBC Sport Retrieved on 16 November 2007,
  8. "Silvio Spann". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.
  9. http://www.wrexhamafc.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10311~41687,00.html
  10. Silas Spann – Trinidad and Tobago – Caribbean Football
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