Fabian Dawkins (born 7 February 1981) is a Jamaican former footballer.

Fabian Dawkins
Dawkins (right) playing against United States in 2006
Personal information
Full name Fabian Dawkins
Date of birth (1981-02-07) 7 February 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth Duncans, Trelawny, Jamaica
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2005 Village United (–)
2005 Atlanta Silverbacks 26 (15)
2005–2006 Village United 15 (13)
2006 Atlanta Silverbacks 15 (1)
2007 Montreal Impact 9 (0)
2007Trois-Rivières Attak (loan) 1 (0)
2007 Village United 0 (0)
2008 Richmond Kickers 4 (3)
2009 Village United F.C. 5 (0)
2010 August Town F.C. 12 (0)
2010–2011 Arnett Gardens F.C. 3 (0)
International career
2001–2006 Jamaica 17 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

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Dawkins grew up in August Town, St. Andrew and attended Jamaica College. Nicknamed 'Renaldo', the attacking midfielder started his career at Village United F.C. in the Jamaica National Premier League, where he became their leading goalscorer for three seasons running. He then moved abroad with former Village teammate Shane Crawford to play two seasons for the Atlanta Silverbacks.[1][2] He later joined the Montreal Impact in the USL First Division, where he was later traded in January 2007 with Jason McLaughlin for forward Mauricio Salles and Daniel Antoniuk.[3] In 2007, he was loaned to the Impact's farm team the Trois-Rivières Attak of the Canadian Soccer League. He made his debut for the club on 3 June 2007 in a match against Portuguese Supra, which resulted in the club's first home victory by a score 4–2.[4] In between the USL 1st division season, he went back to Jamaica to form a prolific strike partnerships with Newton Sterling and Teafore Bennett at Village United.

International career

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He appeared in the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship in Argentina, where he captained the squad and scored their only goal of the tournament.[5] He made his debut for the "Reggae Boyz" in 2001 against Grenada and has collected a total of 17 caps (scoring one goal) until October 2006.

References

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  1. ^ "Fabian Dawkins | SoccerStats.us". soccerstats.us. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Atlanta Silverbacks". 5 April 2005. Archived from the original on 5 April 2005. Retrieved 25 May 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ "L'Impact échange son meilleur buteur". RDS.ca (in French). Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  4. ^ "Attak FC". 6 November 2007. Archived from the original on 6 November 2007. Retrieved 25 May 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ^ "Fabian Dawkins". 11v11.com. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
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