Gavin Glinton

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Gavin Glinton
Personal information
Date of birth March 1, 1979 (1979-03-01) (age 29)
Place of birth    Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current club San Jose Earthquakes
Number 9
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2001
2002-03
2003
2005
2006-2007
2008-		 Chicago Fire Reserves
Los Angeles Galaxy
FC Dallas
Charleston Battery
Los Angeles Galaxy
San Jose Earthquakes
31 (2)
10 (0)
26 (13)
20 (4)
4 (0)   
National team2
2004 - Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands Turks and Caicos Islands 5 (4)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 3 April 2008.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 7 February 2008.
* Appearances (Goals)

Gavin Glinton (born March 1, 1979 in Grand Turk, Turks & Caicos Islands) is a Turks & Caicos Islands soccer striker who currently plays for the San Jose Earthquakes of Major League Soccer.

Glinton was drafted by Major League Soccer's Los Angeles Galaxy in 2002 before transferring to the Dallas Burn in 2003. His two-year totals include 44 games played with one goal and 4 assists. In 2004 he took a two year break from professional football to become assistant coach at his alma mater, Bradley University.

In 2006, he joined USL First Division team Charleston Battery for the 2006 season. After a successful season with the Battery where he led the team with 13 goals and was elected "Offensive MVP" by the fans, Glinton was called up by the Galaxy. He proved to be a great clutch player after the 2007 season. In the 2007 season, he was mostly used as a substitute by Galaxy coach Frank Yallop, where he scored 4 goals. Gavin followed Yallop to the San Jose Earthquakes when the coach selected him in the 2007 MLS Expansion Draft

Gavin Glinton plays for the Turks and Caicos national team and is their highest ever goalscorer with four goals. He scored one of the goals in their first ever win in a FIFA international over the Cayman Islands in a Digicel Caribbean Cup game in Cuba.

His younger brother, Duane Glinton, of the Ogden Outlaws in the USL Premier Development League, also plays for the national team.

He scored the second goal on TCI home soil, to give them a 2-1 aggregate lead over Saint Lucia, in the first round CONCACAF qualifying, for World Cup 2010, South Africa

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