Densill Theobald

Densill Theobald CM (born 27 June 1982) is a Trinidadian former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder and represented Trinidad and Tobago national team 99 times, scoring twice.[1][2]

Densill Theobald
CM
Personal information
Full name Densill Theobald
Date of birth (1982-06-27) 27 June 1982
Place of birth Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Central midfielder
Youth career
1999 Jean Lillywhite CC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000 Toronto Olympians 4 (0)
2002 Caledonia AIA 11 (4)
2003 Joe Public 17 (8)
2004–2005 Caledonia AIA 10 (6)
2005–2006 Falkirk 0 (0)
2006–2007 Caledonia AIA 13 (2)
2007 Újpest 7 (0)
2008–2011 Caledonia AIA 16 (3)
2011–2012 Dempo 15 (0)
2012–2014 Caledonia AIA (9)
2014–2015 Royal Wahingdoh 20 (3)
2015−2016 Sporting Goa 7 (0)
2016−2017 Morvant Caledonia United 10 (2)
2017 Mumbai FC 14 (0)
2017 North East Stars (2)
International career
2002–2013 Trinidad and Tobago 99 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Early career and moves to Europe

Theobald joined Scottish club Falkirk in the summer transfer window of 2005, after the recommendation of international team-mate Russell Latapy. Although he played regularly at international level, he never played a first team game for Falkirk and so he left the club and returned to Caledonia AIA, in the summer of 2007 he returned to Europe, and joined Hungarian team Újpest FC.[3]

Theobald joined the Seattle Sounders for a trial in February 2009, but did not make the club's roster.[4]

Dempo

On 16 January 2012, it was officially announced that after terms were agreed with Újpest and Caledonia AIA that Theobald has signed for Dempo SC[5][6] in the I-League in India.[7][8]

Royal Wahingdoh

In December 2014, Theobald signed for newly promoted I-League club Royal Wahingdoh form Shillong for one season.[9][10] He appeared in all games for Wahingdoh,[11] and the team ended their debut season in third position with 30 points after 20 league matches.[12][13]

Sporting De Goa

In December 2015, Theobald signed for Sporting de Goa.[14]

Mumbai FC

In January 2017, he signed with another I-League club Mumbai FC.[15]

International career

Theobald was a regular member of the Trinidad and Tobago national football team[16] and played in all three of the country's World Cup games at the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Following the retirements of Dwight Yorke and Dennis Lawrence from international football, Theobald has since been named captain of the 'Soca Warriors'.

He appeared in several editions of Caribbean Cup and he was in the squad of Trinidad's silver medal winning team at the 2012 Caribbean Cup, where they lost in the final to Cuba.[17]

Personal life

As a member of the squad that competed at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, Theobald was awarded the Chaconia Medal (Gold Class), the second highest state decoration of Trinidad and Tobago.[18]

Honours

Morvant Caledonia United[19]

Central

  • TT League Cup: 2018
  • TT Pro League: runner-up 2018
  • Charity Shield: runner-up 2018

W Connection

Royal Wahingdoh

Trinidad & Tobago

Individual

References
  1. Densill Theobald at WorldFootball.net
  2. Densill Theobald at FootballDatabase.eu
  3. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "NFT player — National team & Club appearances: Theobald, Densill". national-football-teams.com. National Football Teams. Archived from the original on 6 February 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  4. "SSFC adds T&T; national team player". The Seattle Times. 17 February 2009. Archived from the original on 26 February 2009. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
  5. "List of Dempo SC foreign football players (A to Z)". Worldfootball.net. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  6. Chaudhuri, Arunava (3 December 2012). "Indian Football: Transfer Season 2012/13 Updated". sportskeeda.com. Sportskeeda. Archived from the original on 21 March 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  7. Anselm Noronha (16 January 2011). "I-League: Densill Thoebald To Debut For Dempo SC Against Air India On Wednesday". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 10 February 2019. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  8. "Densill Theobald move to Dempo: What happened?". Indian Football Network. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  9. Mitra, Atanu. "Royal Wahingdoh rope in Densill Theobald and Kim Song-Yong". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 2 March 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  10. "Injury plagued Salgaocar take on upbeat Royal Wahingdoh". the-aiff.com. Archived from the original on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  11. Royal Wahingdoh beat Mohun Bagan 3-2 in I-League Archived 12 May 2021 at the Wayback Machine News18.com. Retrieved 12 May 2021
  12. "The fall of I-League". www.livemint.com. Archived from the original on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  13. "I-League: How newly-promoted teams have performed". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 26 September 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  14. "Sporting Goa - Squad 2015/2016". worldfootball.net. Archived from the original on 2 July 2021. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  15. Jitendran, Nikhil (18 January 2017). "I-League 2016/17 EXCLUSIVE - Mumbai FC welcome Densill Theobald". goal.com. Goal. Archived from the original on 8 October 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  16. Densill Theobald – FIFA competition record (archived)
  17. "Cuba 1 Trinidad & Tobago 0". Soccerway. 16 December 2012. Archived from the original on 16 February 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
  18. "Birchall and Bell up for award". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 6 September 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  19. Densill Theobald: Trinidad and Tobago player profile Archived 15 September 2021 at the Wayback Machine soccerway.com. Retrieved 30 June 2021

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