Ricky Charles is a footballer (midfielder

Midfielder

A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...

) from Grenada

Grenada

Grenada is an island country and Commonwealth Realm consisting of the island of Grenada and six smaller islands at the southern end of the Grenadines in the southeastern Caribbean Sea...

 playing currently for St. Ann's Rangers in the TT Pro League. He is also a member of Grenada national football team

Grenada national football team

The Grenada national football team is the national team of Grenada and is controlled by the Grenada Football Association. It is affiliated to the Caribbean Football Union of CONCACAF. The team is nicknamed The Spice Boys, a reference to the export of nutmeg from the country...

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Club career

Charles played university soccer at Bryant & Stratton College and the University of South Carolina - Spartanburg, and was inducted into the National Junior College Athletic Association

National Junior College Athletic Association

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 Hall of Fame. He then played for the New Hampshire Phantoms

New Hampshire Phantoms

New Hampshire Phantoms is an American soccer team based in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States. Founded in 1996, the team plays in the USL Premier Development League , the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference.The team plays its home...

 and Brooklyn Knights

Brooklyn Knights

Brooklyn Knights is an American soccer team based in New York, New York, United States. Founded in 1999, the team plays in the USL Premier Development League , the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Mid Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference.The team plays its home games at the...

, before moving to the TT Pro League with St. Ann's Rangers.

He also had a trial in 1996 with West Bromwich Albion, but that did not amount to anything.

International career

Charles scored one goal at the 1995 Caribbean Cup, four goals at the 2001 Caribbean Nations Cup and two goals at the 2005 Caribbean Cup, He has also scored eight goals in twelve qualifying matches for various FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup

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External links

• Profile at National Football Teams

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
?	October 13, 2010	St´Georges		3-1	Win	2010 Caribbean Championship 2010 Caribbean Championship -Group B:Played in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines from October 6–10.*Saint Kitts and Nevis ranked ahead of Saint Vincent and Barbados based on head-to-head tiebreaker...