Kelvin Jack

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Kelvin Jack
Full name	Kelvin Kyron Jack
Date of birth	April 29, 1976 (1976-04-29) (age 32)
Place of birth	Trincity, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Youth clubs
1997–98	Holy Cross College Yavapai College
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1999 2000 2001–2004 2004 2004–2006 2006–2008	Doc's Khelwalaas W Connection San Juan Jabloteh Reading Dundee Gillingham	16 (0) 09 (0)
National team²
1997–	Trinidad and Tobago	33 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 April 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 20 June 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Kelvin Kyron Jack (born 29 April 1976) is a Trinidadian football goalkeeper, currently at Gillingham, although the club has made clear that his contract will not be renewed beyond 2008-06-30.

Jack started his career in English football with Reading in 2004, but did not make any appearances for the club. Jack was later sold to Scottish Premier League team Dundee, where he stayed despite their relegation to the Scottish First Division.

In 2006, Jack was called up to the Trinidad and Tobago national football team for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. He was expected to play in their first game against Sweden, but was injured in the warm up, enabling Shaka Hislop to step in. He did, however, play in the Soca Warriors' final world cup game against Paraguay which ended 2-0 with Gillingham player Brent Sancho scoring an own goal. Following the World Cup, Jack himself signed for Gillingham and made his debut in the 2-1 home win over Huddersfield Town on 5 August. Due to injury, however, he has thus far been restricted to just nine appearances for the Gills.

In February 2008 Jack joined Barnsley on trial but broke his leg in what was described as a "freak training ground accident".^[1] It was announced on 7 May 2008 that he had been released by Gillingham.

[edit] References

^ Shock as trialist breaks leg at Oakwell. Barnsley F.C. (2008-02-09). Retrieved on 2008-02-11.

[edit] External links

Kelvin Jack career stats at Soccerbase

v • d • e Trinidad and Tobago squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup

1 Hislop • 2 Cox • 3 A. John • 4 Andrews • 5 Sancho • 6 Lawrence • 7 Birchall • 8 Gray • 9 Whitley • 10 Latapy • 11 Edwards • 12 Samuel • 13 Glen • 14 S. John • 15 Jones • 16 Wise • 17 Charles • 18 Theobald • 19 Yorke • 20 Scotland • 21 Jack • 22 Ince • 23 Wolfe • Coach: Beenhakker