Atiba Harris

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Atiba Harris
Personal information
Full name	Atiba Harris
Date of birth	January 9, 1985 (1985-01-09) (age 23)
Place of birth	St. Peters, Saint Kitts and Nevis
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Chivas USA
Number	24
Youth clubs
	St. Peters FC
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2004-05 2006-2007 2008-	Cádiz Real Salt Lake Chivas USA	0 (0) 43 (4) 4 (1)
National team2
2000-	Saint Kitts and Nevis	23 (7)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 April 2008. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 31 July 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Atiba Harris (born January 9, 1985 in Saint Kitts and Nevis) is a soccer forward, who currently plays for Chivas USA of Major League Soccer, but played for St. Peters FC as a youngster and captained them to the SKNFA Premier League Finals but failed to win against the Village Superstars FC.

Harris is the first player from St. Kitts to sign with a European club, which he did with Spanish club Cádiz in 2004-05. In 2006, he became the first St. Kitts player to sign with MLS. He has also played for the Saint Kitts and Nevis national team.

During the 2006 preseason, Harris was involved in an incident with D.C. United head coach Peter Nowak, who made "some inappropriate remarks" about Harris[1]. Nowak was later fined by MLS [2].

In December 2007, Harris was traded to Chivas USA for a 3rd round pick in the upcoming 2008 SuperDraft.

[edit] See also

• List of current MLS players

v • d • e C.D. Chivas USA – current squad 1 Kennedy • 2 Suarez • 3 Curtin • 4 Thomas • 5 Nagamura • 6 Mendoza • 7 Eskandarian • 8 Wicky • 9 Razov • 11 Galindo • 12 Talley • 13 Bornstein • 14 Burling • 15 Marsch • 16 Kljestan • 17 Braun • 18 Guzan • 19 Flores • 21 Parker • 22 Savage • 23 Zotinca • 24 Harris • 25 Vaughn • 31 Paladini • 32 Hamilton • 34 Mayen • 37 Chiles • 39 Ebert •  Gargan • Coach: Preki