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Diel Spring
Personal information
Full name Diel Reon Spring
Date of birth (2000-12-26) 26 December 2000 (age 23)
Place of birth Chateaubelair, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines[1][2]
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Wisła Sandomierz
Number 15
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2020 Fitz Hughes Predators
2020– Wisła Sandomierz
International career‡
2018 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines U20 5 (0)
2018– Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 14 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7:49, 7 August 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7:49, 7 August 2020 (UTC)

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.

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.[3] 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.[4]

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,[5] where he scored the opening goal of the match as they defeated Largo Height via penalty shoot-out.[6] He was nominated for Youth Male Player of the Year at the 2017 National Football Awards.[7] 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][8]

The next season, Spring captained the Predators to a runner-up league finish in the SVGFF Premier Division and a Knock Out Cup title.[9] He recorded a brace against Bequia United in week 10,[10] 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.[9][11]

In the summer of 2020, he signed a deal with Wisła Sandomierz in the Polish III liga.[12][13]

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][14]

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.[9] 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.[15] 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.[16] He played in all four matches as Saint Vincent and the Grenadines won their fifth title.[9][17]

Career statistics

International

As of matches played 2 August 2019.[18]
National team Year Apps Goals
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2018 4 0
2019 5 0
Total 9 0

Honours

Club

Fitz Hughes Predators
  • Knock Out Cup: 2019[9]
  • SVGFF First Division: 2017[6][19]

Individual

  • SVGFF Best Midfielder: 2019[9]
  • SVGFF Youth Male Player of the Year: 2017

International

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

References

  1. ^ a b Diel Spring at Global Sports Archive
  2. ^ a b "FLOW puts Vincy youth footballers in play for ManU trip". iWitness News. April 24, 2017. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  3. ^ "St Martin's Secondary break football title drought". The Searchlight. newsmemory.com. December 22, 2015. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  4. ^ "Barrouallie Football League Concludes". The Vincentian. November 25, 2016. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  5. ^ "Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2017". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  6. ^ a b "North Leeward Predators: National First Division Football Champs". The Vincentian. June 30, 2017. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  7. ^ "2017 National Football Awards set for Wednesday". Sport Caraibe. May 8, 2018. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  8. ^ "Leeward youths win FLOW skills-based competition". The Searchlight. April 25, 2017. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  9. ^ a b c d e f "Diel Spring signs with new club". The Vincentian. Issuu. August 7, 2020. p. 20. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  10. ^ "Premier Division Football Heating Up". The Vincentian. January 25, 2019. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  11. ^ "Top Footballers/Officials Rewarded". The Vincentian. November 15, 2019. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  12. ^ "Diel Spring in Poland's football setup". The Searchlight. August 7, 2020. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  13. ^ "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.
  14. ^ "Things Looking Up For U-20 Footballers". The Vincentian. November 16, 2018. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  15. ^ "SVG draw with Barbados XI". Caribbean Football Database. September 30, 2018. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  16. ^ "Vincy Heat ready for WIFA challenges". The Searchlight. February 26, 2019. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  17. ^ a b "Vincy Heat Takes Windwards Title". The Vincentian. March 15, 2019. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  18. ^ Diel Spring at National-Football-Teams.com
  19. ^ "North Leeward Predators take national First Division football title". The Searchlight. June 30, 2017. Retrieved August 2, 2019.

External links

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