Avery John
Avery John ( born June 18, 1975 in Point Fortin ) is a soccer player from Trinidad and Tobago. The defender is currently in D.C. United in the U.S. Major League Soccer contract. John is usually used as a central defender, but can also play in the outer positions of the defense; He is known in the MLS because of its speed and acceleration capability. He is the cousin of his team-mate Stern John.
Career
Youth
John began his career as a football player in U.S. college area. It was not until he played for the Yavapai College in Arizona, then for the American University in Washington, DC. Moreover, he played in various national and regional college teams selection.
Professional
After graduating from college in 1999 he first played with two clubs in the A- League, the second highest after the U.S. MLS league. First, at the Boston Bulldogs and then at the New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers.
In autumn 2000, he joined the League of Ireland and played in succession at Shelbourne FC, Longford Town and the Bohemians, during which time he was repeatedly in contract negotiations with French and English professional clubs such as Paris Saint- Germain and Colchester United, this failed but to its status as a non-UEFA foreigners. After a brief interlude in South Africa Orlando Pirates 2004, he was close to a contract either in the Wycombe Wanderers or Birmingham City in England, but he was denied a work permit, so he joined the Revolution in MLS to New England.
The Revs he spent most of the time so far in his career. He belonged to the tribe squad the team. Despite injuries and internationals, he played through almost all the games.
On 1 May 2008, he moved to Miami FC. He remained there only about a year before it to DC in late April United moved.
National
For national of Trinidad and Tobago, he has been playing the qualifiers for World Cup 1998.
In April 2006 he was appointed to the selection of his country for the soccer World Cup 2006 in Germany.
The first group match of Trinidad and Tobago against Sweden John got after two hard fouls against the Christian Wilhelmsson Sweden the first yellow card of the World Cup 2006.
- Man
- National football team (Trinidad and Tobago)
- Born in 1975