Marvin Andrews
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| Marvin Andrews | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marvin Andrews | |
| Date of birth | December 22, 1975 | |
| Place of birth | San Juan, Trinidad | |
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 11⁄2 in) | |
| Playing position | Defender | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Unattached | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1995-1996 1996-1997 1997-2000 2000-2004 2004-2006 2006-2008 |
San Juan Jabloteh Carib FC Raith Rovers Livingston Rangers Raith Rovers |
63 (5) 117 (7) 53 (7) 41 (7) |
| National team | ||
| 1996-2006 | Trinidad and Tobago | 99 (10) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Marvin Andrews (born December 22, 1975 in San Juan, Trinidad and Tobago) is a professional football defender who is currently unattached and without a club.
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[edit] Career
[edit] Domestic
Before moving to Scotland, Andrews played for San Juan Jabloteh and Carib F.C. of Trinidad. Tall, strong and very good in the air, Raith Rovers sold Andrews for around £50,000 in a multi-player deal. Andrews signed for Livingston on the 28th, Sept, 2000. Andrews was voted Raith Rovers' "Player of the Day" in the 1999/2000 season and, also Livingston "Player of the Year" for the 2003/2004 season.
On the March 14, 2004, Marvin Andrews picked up his first major medal when his club team Livingston won the Scottish League Cup by beating Hibernian 2-0. Andrews signed a two-year deal with Rangers in May 2004 and at the end of his first season with Rangers he scooped the Rangers Player of the Year award, the club also won the Scottish Premiership title at the end of the 2004/2005 season and he started the now famous Rangers catchphrase Keep Believing. He was released by Rangers at the end of the 2005/2006 season and was a free agent for a short while, before being re-signed by his former club Raith Rovers on October 4, 2006. In May 2008, Andrews left Raith Rovers by mutual consent.[1]
[edit] International
Andrews is also a key player for the Trinidad and Tobago national team. Having made his international debut in 1996 Andrews has played in over 100 matches for his country in all competitions.
[edit] Honours
With Rangers
[edit] Religion
A devout Christian, Andrews also practices faith healing at the "Zion Praise Centre International", a church based in Kirkcaldy which is described as being Pentecostal.[2] Andrews claims his faith was largely inspired by former Livingston teammate Francisco Javier Sánchez Broto.
In the 2004-05 season (his first season with Rangers) he injured the cruciate ligament in his knee while playing. The injury was supposed to keep him off the field for months but Marvin Andrews was only off for one Scottish League Cup match and was back the next week as he believed God would keep him fit, a move which worried medical staff and supporters alike. Andrews' leg and form held up for the rest of the season, which saw his first SPL medal but the same injury eventually caught up with him, ruling him out of Trinidad And Tobago's World Cup 2006 campaign. When Andrews scored for Rangers, or won the Man of the Match at Ibrox, the song "I'm a Believer" by The Monkees was played.
In February 2006 he controversially labelled homosexuals as "an abomination" and said, "There is a demon in their spirits, their spirits are ill. But God can help them through his church and anyone who doubts this can check the Bible."[3]
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