Avery John

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Avery John
Personal information
Full name Avery John
Date of birth June 18, 1975 (1975-06-18) (age 32)
Place of birth    Point Fortin, Trinidad and Tobago
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Playing position defender
Club information
Current club Miami FC
Youth clubs
1994-95
1996-99
Yavapai JC
American University
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004-2007
2008-
Boston Bulldogs
New Orleans Storm
Shelbourne
Bohemian F.C.
Longford Town
New England Revolution
Miami FC
11 (0)
0 (0)
10 (0)
19 (1)
16 (0)
75 (0)
0 (0)   
National team2
1996- Trinidad and Tobago 61 (0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 12 January 2008.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 20 June 2006.
* Appearances (Goals)

Avery John (born June 18, 1975 in Point Fortin, Trinidad and Tobago) is a Trinidadian football player who plays as a defender for Miami FC of the USL First Division.

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[edit] Youth

After football for his high school, Presentation College, John played for Yavapai Junior College in Arizona and American University in Washington, DC. In his four seasons with American, John was named First Team All-Colonial Athletic Association and Second Team All-South Atlantic Region in his second year. In that same year, he helped win the CAA Championship and bring the team into the NCAA Quarterfinals.[1]

[edit] Club career

Upon graduating, John played briefly in the American A-League, with the Steve Nicol-coached Boston Bulldogs, and subsequently followed his namesake Stern John on the New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers.

Before joining the Revolution, John has spent much of his professional career playing in the Irish Eircom League. John is perhaps best known in Ireland for playing for Bohemian F.C., with whom he spent two spells and worked under three different managers. John was a fan favourite with Bohemians, where he became a cult figure who had several songs in his honour. John also had a brief spell with Shelbourne F.C., and most recently Longford Town, who he was with before joining the Revolution. With the Revolution has been in and out of the starting lineup all four years with injuries, international duty, and occasional loss of form, but has never appeared in fewer than 10 games in a season.

On May 1, 2008, He signed with Miami FC.

[edit] International

John has appeared in over 50 matches with the Trinidad and Tobago national team. In his first match at the 2006 FIFA World Cup, he was dismissed with his second yellow card for a rash tackle on Sweden's Christian Wilhelmsson, making John the first player to be sent off in the tournament and causing him to miss Trinidad and Tobago's high profile game with England.

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