Stephen Cruickshank is a Trinidadian

Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...

 soccer player, currently without a club.

Professional

Cruickshank began his professional career in Trinidad with Caledonia AIA

Caledonia AIA

Caledonia AIA is a Trinidad and Tobagon football team playing at the top level in the TT Pro League. It is based in Malabar. Their home stadium is Larry Gomes Stadium.-History:...

 in 2006. He first moved to the Cleveland City Stars

Cleveland City Stars

Cleveland City Stars was an American professional soccer team based in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Founded in 2006, the team played in the USL First Division , the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid until 2009...

 in 2007, playing in two matches and recording 18 minutes of USL Second Division

USL Second Division

The United Soccer Leagues Second Division was a professional men's soccer league in the United States, part of the United Soccer Leagues league pyramid...

 play, but missed much of the season with a high ankle sprain.

He returned to Trinidad in 2008, playing for St. Ann's Rangers and Ma Pau

Ma Pau SC

Ma Pau SC is a football club from Trinidad and Tobago currently playing in the Pro League.- Squad :...

, before re-joining the Cleveland City Stars

Cleveland City Stars

Cleveland City Stars was an American professional soccer team based in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Founded in 2006, the team played in the USL First Division , the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid until 2009...

 in the USL First Division

USL First Division

The United Soccer Leagues First Division was a professional men's soccer league in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico....

 in 2009.

International

Cruickshank has been capped four times by the Trinidad and Tobago national football team

Trinidad and Tobago national football team

The Trinidad and Tobago national football team, nicknamed The Soca Warriors, is the national team of Trinidad and Tobago and is run by the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation. It reached the first round of the 2006 FIFA World Cup Finals...

.

Personal

Cruikshank is greatly involved with Athletes in Action

Athletes in Action

Athletes in Action is an evangelical Christian sports ministry in the tradition of Muscular Christianity. Athletes in Action, a ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ, works with athletes and coaches to use the unique platform of sport to help people around the world with questions of faith...

, a Christian

Christian

A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...

 sports ministry

Sports ministry

A Sports Ministry is any competitive or non-competitive "activity that takes place during leisure time with the stated purpose or intention of helping people become aware of their need for a relationship with God, his daily role in their lives and their place in his kingdom work." Sport is an...

 organization assosiated with the Campus Crusade for Christ

Campus Crusade for Christ

Campus Crusade for Christ is an interdenominational Christian organization that promotes evangelism and discipleship in more than 190 countries...

, and acts as a director of the organization's Rising Stars program.

External links

• Cleveland City Stars bio