Diel Spring

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Diel Spring
Personal information
Full name Diel Reon Spring
Date of birth (2000-12-26) 26 December 2000 (age 21)
Place of birth Chateaubelair, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines[1][2]
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Number 15
Youth career
North Leeward Predators
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2020 North Leeward Predators
2020– 4 (0)
National team‡
[3]
2018 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines U20 5 (0)
2018– Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 14 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 December 2020
‡ 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 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.[4] 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.[5]

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,[6] where he scored the opening goal of the match as they defeated Largo Height via penalty shoot-out.[7] He was nominated for Youth Male Player of the Year at the 2017 National Football Awards.[8] 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][9]

The next season, Spring captained the Predators to a runner-up league finish in the SVGFF Premier Division and a Knock Out Cup title.[10] He recorded a brace against Bequia United in week 10,[11] 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.[10][12]

In the summer of 2020, he signed a deal with in the Polish III liga.[13][14][15]

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][16]

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.[10] He came on as a halftime substitution for 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 , in the 1–1 draw.[17] 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.[18] He played in all four matches as Saint Vincent and the Grenadines won their fifth title.[10][19]

Career statistics[]

International[]

As of matches played 2 August 2019.[20]
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[10]
  • SVGFF First Division: 2017[7][21]

Individual[]

  • SVGFF Best Midfielder: 2019[10]
  • 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. ^ "SVG confident ahead of U17 play-offs". iWitness News. 18 July 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  4. ^ "St Martin's Secondary break football title drought". The Searchlight. newsmemory.com. December 22, 2015. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  5. ^ "Barrouallie Football League Concludes". The Vincentian. November 25, 2016. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  6. ^ "Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2017". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  7. ^ a b "North Leeward Predators: National First Division Football Champs". The Vincentian. June 30, 2017. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  8. ^ "2017 National Football Awards set for Wednesday". Sport Caraibe. May 8, 2018. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  9. ^ "Leeward youths win FLOW skills-based competition". The Searchlight. April 25, 2017. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  10. ^ a b c d e f "Diel Spring signs with new club". The Vincentian. Issuu. August 7, 2020. p. 20. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  11. ^ "Premier Division Football Heating Up". The Vincentian. January 25, 2019. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  12. ^ "Top Footballers/Officials Rewarded". The Vincentian. November 15, 2019. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  13. ^ "Diel Spring in Poland's football setup". The Searchlight. August 7, 2020. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  14. ^ "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.
  15. ^ "Diel Spring".
  16. ^ "Things Looking Up For U-20 Footballers". The Vincentian. November 16, 2018. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  17. ^ "SVG draw with Barbados XI". Caribbean Football Database. September 30, 2018. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  18. ^ "Vincy Heat ready for WIFA challenges". The Searchlight. February 26, 2019. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  19. ^ a b "Vincy Heat Takes Windwards Title". The Vincentian. March 15, 2019. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  20. ^ Diel Spring at National-Football-Teams.com
  21. ^ "North Leeward Predators take national First Division football title". The Searchlight. June 30, 2017. Retrieved August 2, 2019.

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