Arnold Dwarika

Arnold Dwarika
Personal information
Full name	Arnold Dwarika
Date of birth	August 23, 1973 (age 48)
Place of birth	Santa Cruz, Trinidad and Tobago
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1992–1993	Defence Force
1994	Trinity Pros
1994–1995	Superstar Rangers
1995	Joe Public
1995–1997	East Fife
1997	Al-Ansar
1997–2002	Joe Public
2002–2003	W Connection
2003	Qingdao Hailifeng
2004	Guangzhou Rizhiquan
2005	W Connection
2005	North East Stars
2006–2008	Joe Public
2009	United Petrotrin
2010–2012	North East Stars
National team
1993–2008	Trinidad and Tobago
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Arnold Dwarika (born 23 August 1973 in Upper Santa Cruz, Trinidad) is a retired Trinidadian football player, who played as a midfielder for the Trinidad and Tobago national team. He went to school at Malick Senior Comprehensive in Trinidad.

Career[]

Most of his career has been spent in his homeland in the TT Pro League but Dwarika has also had stints in Europe with Scottish side East Fife and Asia with Chinese clubs Qingdao Hailifeng and Guangzhou Pharmaceutical.^[1]

Dwarika scored two goals in Trinidad and Tobago's 3–2 loss to the United States during the 1996 Gold Cup. He was a regular member of the Trinidad and Tobago senior squad from 1993, and also played in the under-23 Olympic squad of 1996. He was not considered for the national side for some time after 2004, ruling him out of contention for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, but later returned to the team.