Darryl Roberts
| Darryl Roberts | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Darryl Roberts | |
| Date of birth | September 26 1983 | |
| Place of birth | Saint Joseph, Trinidad and Tobago | |
| Height | ft in ( m) | |
| Playing position | Forward | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Sparta Rotterdam | |
| Number | 19 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1998-2001 2002–05 |
Fatima College Liberty University |
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| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2005-06 2007— |
Carolina Dynamo Sparta Rotterdam |
27 (17) 5 (2) |
| National team | ||
| 2003— | Trinidad and Tobago | |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Darryl Roberts (born September 26, 1983 in Saint Joseph) is a football (soccer) player who signed with Sparta Rotterdam on January 31, 2007 until the summer of 2008.
Roberts attended Liberty University. He also attended Fatima College at the secondary school level. In his freshman year he was named Soccer America and College Soccer News Freshman All-American, was on the NSCAA South Atlantic All-Region second team honors, and was also named Big South Freshman of the Year and to the Big South All-Conference first team.
In his sophomore year he earned Big South all-conference second team honors and was a VaSID All-State second team selection, was named to the Trinidad and Tobago national football team in spring of 2003, becoming the first Liberty student-athlete to ever be named to a full national team.
In his junior year he was a NSCAA South Atlantic All-Region second team selection, he was named to VaSID All-State second team and he also earned Big South all-conference second team honors.
He is second on the Liberty all-time points list, and third in all time goals. While at Liberty, Roberts also played for Carolina Dynamo in the USL Premier Development League.
Roberts was drafted by Toronto as the 14th overall pick of the 2007 MLS Supplemental Draft, but chose to move to Europe with Sparta Rotterdam instead. He was previously at Liberty University from 2002 until 2005 and played four years for the Flames.
Career at Sparta
Roberts debuted for Sparta on 1 April 2007 in a home match against SC Heerenveen. Within two minutes he scored his first goal.He has since then scored 2 more goals for sparta.
External links
| Sparta Rotterdam – current squad |
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1 Wapenaar • 2 De Roover • 3 Adeleye • 4 Schenkel • 5 Polak • 6 Van Bueren • 7 Rose • 8 Boukhari • 10 Slot • 14 Gudde • 15 Jaggy • 16 Kaita • 17 Vlug • 18 Emnes • 19 Roberts • 20 Dissels • 21 Varkevisser • 22 Promes • 23 Moreno Freire • 24 John • 26 Zaalman • 27 Rutjes • 31 Kerklaan • Manager: Aandewiel |
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