Stephen Malcolm

Stephen Malcolm (2 May 1970 – 28 January 2001) was a Jamaican international football player. His position was defender.

Stephen Malcolm
Personal information
Date of birth (1970-05-02)2 May 1970
Place of birth Montego Bay, Jamaica
Date of death 28 January 2001(2001-01-28) (aged 30)
Place of death Duncans, Trelawny Parish, Jamaica
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Rusea's High School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–2001 Seba United
International career
1991–2001 Jamaica 68 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

During his club career he played for Seba United.

International career

Nicknamed Shorty, he represented his country at the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France, which was the first and so far only time Jamaica has qualified for the finals of the tournament. He made his debut for the 'Reggae Boyz' in 1995 and collected a total of 68 caps, scoring 3 goals.

Death

Malcolm died in a car accident, only hours after playing Bulgaria in a friendly international in Kingston.[1] He was on his way back to Montego Bay with team-mate Theodore Whitmore, when his car blew a tire, hit an embankment and overturned near Falmouth. Whitmore was injured in the accident,[2] but fully recovered. Three years earlier Malcolm and Whitmore were involved in a car crash too, in which national team defender Durrant Brown was severely injured.

In 2011, Seba United was renamed Montego Bay United and withdrew the number 2 shirt in honour of Malcolm.[3]

International goals
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
114 January 1996Independence Park, Kingston Cuba1–01–1Friendly
210 November 1996Independence Park, Kingston Saint Vincent and the Grenadines5–05–01998 FIFA World Cup qualifying
327 February 1997Independence Park, Kingston Bermuda2–13–21997 Caribbean Cup qualifying
Correct as of 8 March 2012[4]

References
  1. Reggae Boy killed in crash - Jamaica Gleaner
  2. Who was driving? - Whitmore disputes police report he was at the wheel - Jamaica Gleaner
  3. Montego Bay United Football Club launched - Jamaica Gleaner
  4. Stephen Malcolm - International Appearances


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