Steve Green (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Steve Green | ||
| Date of birth | 2 July 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Kingston, Jamaica | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Tivoli High School | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–present | Tivoli Gardens | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 1998–2000 | Jamaica | 14 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 January 2012 | |||
Steve Green (born 2 July 1976) is a Jamaican football player, who currently plays for Tivoli Gardens in the National Premier League.
Club career
[edit]He started playing football at Tivoli High School and made his debut for Tivoli Gardens in the 1992/1993 season. A one-club man, the speedy Green became one of the longest serving Premier League players on the eve of the 2010/2011 season, his 19th season at the top level.[1] He is the only player to have won four league titles with Tivoli.[2]
International career
[edit]Nicknamed Askel 45, Green made his senior debut for Jamaica in a February 1998 friendly match against Nigeria, coming on as a substitute for Dean Sewell. He was included in the Jamaican squad in the build-up to the 1998 FIFA World Cup but did not make the final squad. He has not represented his country in any FIFA World Cup qualification match but did play at the 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[3] He also made the squad for the 1999 Copa Caribe[4] and played at the 1999 Panamerican Games.[5]
His final international game was a May 2000 friendly match against Colombia.
Personal life
[edit]Green, as well as among others Tivoli Gardens teammate Owen Powell, was given a huge scare when detained by security forces during the Summer 2010 search for Christopher Coke in Tivoli Gardens community.[6]
Honours
[edit]- 1999, 2004, 2009, 2011
References
[edit]- ^ Steve Green: 19-year veteran at Tivoli- Jamaica Observer Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The more, the merrier - Title No. 4 is even sweeter for Green - Jamaica Gleaner
- ^ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2000 - Full Details - RSSSF
- ^ JAMAICA NAMES SQUAD FOR COPA CARIBE - The Reggaeboyz
- ^ Goleadas y sorpresas en un torneo de segunda - El Salvador.com (in Spanish)
- ^ Tivoli ballers recount horror - Jamaica Gleaner
External links
[edit]- Steve Green at National-Football-Teams.com
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