Brent Sancho

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Brent Sancho
Personal information
Full name Brent Sancho
Date of birth March 13, 1977 (1977-03-13) (age 31)
Place of birth    Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Height 1.85m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club Ross County
Youth clubs
1994-95
1996-97		 Essex CC
St. John's
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1999
1999
2000
2001-02
2003
2003
2003-05
2005-07
2007-2008
2008-		 MyPa
Tervarit
Charleston Battery
Portland Timbers
San Juan Jabloteh
Joe Public
Dundee
Gillingham
Millwall
Ross County
22 (0)
20 (1)
58 (1)

48 (2)
45 (2)
00 (0)   
National team2
1999-2006 Trinidad and Tobago 43 (0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 14/ 4/ 2007.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 10 October 2006.
* Appearances (Goals)

Brent Sancho (born 13 March 1977 in Port of Spain) is a Trinidad and Tobago international footballer.

He spent his college years playing for St. John's University in New York, where he was part of the school's only National Championship, in 1996. He then spent most of his early career playing in the United States, before joining Dundee in the 2003/04 season. A successful spell in the SPL was followed by a transfer to League One side Gillingham. Predominantly a central defender, Sancho can also operate well at right back.

Sancho played in all three matches in which Trinidad and Tobago took part in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, thus becoming the first former St. John's player and first current Gillingham player ever to play in a World Cup. In the third match, against Paraguay, he scored an own goal and defeat in this game confirmed Trinidad and Tobago's elimination from the tournament.

During the World Cup Sancho proposed to his girlfriend Jana Herbert-Fiu live on TV during the England-Trinidad and Tobago match, via a text message sent to BBC South East Today's Geoff Clark. [1]

On 9th October Sancho announced his retirement from international football along with 12 others. Speaking at a press conference, Sancho said: "It's not just monetary. They have made certain contractual arrangements which they have now reneged on." [2]

On 8 May 2007, Gillingham announced they had released Sancho.[3]

In December 2007 he joined Millwall on a month's contract.[4] This was not renewed and he found himself once again without a club until signing for Scottish Division Two champions Ross County, in March 2008.

[edit] References

  1. ^ BBC News
  2. ^ Teamtalk.com
  3. ^ Sport
  4. ^ Official Millwall F.C. website

[edit] Sources

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Trinidad and Tobago squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup
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