Michael Bethel

Michael Bethel
Personal information
Date of birth	21 April 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth	Nassau, Bahamas
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Lyford Cay
Youth career
	Bears
College career
Years	Team
2008–2010	Tampa Spartans
Senior career*
Years	Team
2012–	Renegades
International career‡
	Bahamas U17
	Bahamas U20
2008–2011	Bahamas
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 December 2008; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 March 2021

Mike Bethel (born 21 April 1990) is a Bahamian footballer who plays for local side Renegades.

Club career

Bethel attended St. Andrews School and joined the University of Tampa in 2008, for whom he scored 4 goals in 36 matches.^[3] He later returned to the Bahamas to join Lyford Cay.^[4]

International career

He made his debut for the Bahamas national football team in a March 2008 World Cup qualification match against the British Virgin Islands. Bethel also played in the return match, scoring his first international goal. He had earned four caps by November 2008, all of them World Cup qualification games.^[5]

International goals

Scores and results list Bahamas' goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Refs
1	30 March 2008	BFA National Development Center, Nassau, Bahamas	British Virgin Islands	1–0	2–2	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification	^[6]

Personal life

Born in Nassau, he is a son of Michael and Denise Bethel and has two sisters.^[3]

References

^ "CONCACAF 2007 Under-17 Tournament Recap". Issuu. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
^ "CONCACAF 2007 Under-20 Tournament Recap". Issuu. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
^ ^a ^b Bio^{[permanent dead link]} - Tampa Spartans
^ National Call Up Archived 2015-02-05 at the Wayback Machine - Bahamas FA
^ Michael Bethel – FIFA competition record (archived)
^ Match report - FIFA

External links

Michael Bethel at National-Football-Teams.com

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[1] "CONCACAF 2007 Under-17 Tournament Recap". Issuu. Retrieved 23 March 2021.

[2] "CONCACAF 2007 Under-20 Tournament Recap". Issuu. Retrieved 23 March 2021.

[bio-3] Bio^{[permanent dead link]} - Tampa Spartans

[4] National Call Up Archived 2015-02-05 at the Wayback Machine - Bahamas FA

[5] Michael Bethel – FIFA competition record (archived)

[6] Match report - FIFA

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