{{short description|Saint Vincentian footballer (born 1995)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2025}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Chavel Cunningham | image = | image_size = | caption = | fullname = Chavel Cunningham | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1995|07|20}} | birth_place = [[Barrouallie]], Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | position = [[Forward (association football)|Centre forward]] | currentclub = [[Pastures FC]] | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 2011–2014 | clubs1 = FC Topsidaz | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 2014–2015 | clubs2 = [[System 3 FC]] | caps2 = | goals2 = | years3 = 2016–2017 | clubs3 = [[Grenades F.C.]] | caps3 = | goals3 = | years4 = 2017–2019 | clubs4 = [[Pastures FC]] | caps4 = | goals4 = | years5 = 2019 | clubs5 = [[San Juan Jabloteh F.C.]] | caps5 = | goals5 = | years6 = 2019–2022 | clubs6 = [[Pastures FC]] | caps6 = | goals6 = | years7 = 2022–2023 | clubs7 = [[Tryum F.C.]] | caps7 = | goals7 = | years8 = 2024 | clubs8 = [[Attackers FC]] | caps8 = | goals8 = | years9 = 2024– | clubs9 = [[Pastures FC]] | caps9 = | goals9 = | nationalyears2 = 2015– | nationalteam2 = [[Saint Vincent and the Grenadines national football team|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]] | nationalcaps2 = 29 | nationalgoals2 = 12 | pcupdate = | ntupdate = 24 October 2025 }}
'''Chavel Cunningham''' (born 20 July 1995) is a Saint Vincentian professional [[association football|footballer]]. He has been playing for the [[Saint Vincent and the Grenadines national football team|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines national team]] since 2015. He plays as a [[Forward (association football)|centre forward]] for [[Pastures FC]].
==Early life== Chavel Cunningham was born on 20 July 1995 in St Vincent.<ref name=soccerway>{{cite web | title=Chavel Cunningham Stats | website=Soccerway | date=1 November 2022 | url=https://www.soccerway.com/player/cunningham-chavel/hAlu9S66/ | access-date=24 February 2026}}</ref>
==Career== ===Club career=== Cunningham played for FC Topsidaz from 2011 to 2014, and then for [[System 3 FC]] from 2014 to 2015, when he transferred to [[Grenades F.C.]] in 2016, staying with the club until 2017.<ref name="NFT">{{NFT|58491}}</ref>
Transferring to [[Pastures FC]] in 2017,<ref name="NFT" /> Cunningham finished as the top scorer in the 2018-19 [[SVGFF Premier Division]], scoring 25 goals.<ref name="Vincentian">{{cite web|author=|date=10 May 2019|title=Cunningham Is Top Goal Scorer|url=https://thevincentian.com/cunningham-is-top-goal-scorer-p17105-139.htm|website=The Vincentian|location=|publisher=|access-date=24 October 2025}}</ref> He played for [[San Juan Jabloteh F.C.]] for some time in 2019 before returning to Pastures until 2022.<ref name="NFT" />
He has also played for [[Tryum F.C.]] (2022–2023) and [[Attackers FC]] (2024), before returning to Pastures in that year.<ref name="NFT" />
===International career=== [[Saint Vincent and the Grenadines national football team|International player]] since 2015, {{as of|lc=y|October 2025}} he had 29 caps and 12 goals scored for the national team. He is among the top 10 scorers in the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines national team.<ref>{{cite web|author=Roberto Mamrud|date=26 August 2025|title=Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Record International Players|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/stvin-recintlp.html|website=[[RSSSF]]|location=|publisher=|access-date=24 October 2025}}</ref>
September 2019 he scored the winning goal in a game against [[Dominica national football team|Dominica]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Cunningham's strike wins it for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines over Dominica | website=Concacaf | date=8 September 2019 | url=https://www.concacaf.com/nations-league/news/cunningham-s-strike-wins-it-for-saint-vincent-and-the-grenadines-over-dominica/ | access-date=22 February 2026}}</ref>
==== International goals ==== :''As of matches played 24 October 2025. St. Vincent and the Grenadines score listed first, score column indicates score after each Cunningham goal.''<ref>{{cite web|author=|date=|title=Cunningham, Chavel |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/app.php/player/58491/Chavel_Cunningham.html|website=National Football Teams|location=|publisher=|access-date=24 October 2025}}</ref > {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |+ International goals by date, venue, opponent, score, result and competition !scope=col|No. !scope=col data-sort-type=date|Date !scope=col|Venue !scope=col|Opponent !scope=col|Score !scope=col|Result !scope=col|Competition |- !scope=row|1 |6 March 2015||[[Barbados National Stadium]], [[Saint Michael, Barbados|St. Michael]], Barbados||{{fb|BAR}}||align=center|'''1'''–3||align=center|1–3||rowspan=8|[[Exhibition game#Association football|Friendly]] |- !scope=row|2 |28 June 2016||rowspan=3|[[Kirani James Athletic Stadium]], [[St. George's, Grenada|St. George's]], Grenada||{{fb|LCA}}||align=center|'''1'''–2||align=center|1–2 |- !scope=row|3 |3 July 2017||{{fb|GRN}}||align=center|'''1'''–2||align=center|3–4 |- !scope=row|4 |4 July 2017||rowspan=2|{{fb|BRB}}||align=center|'''1'''–0||align=center|4–2 |- !scope=row|5 | 28 February 2019||rowspan=4|[[Victoria Park (Kingstown)|Victoria Park]], [[Kingstown]], St. Vincent and the Grenadines||align=center|'''2'''–0||align=center|2–0 |- !scope=row|6 |rowspan=2|6 March 2019||rowspan=2|{{fb|DMA}}||align=center|'''1'''–0||rowspan=2|{{center|2–1}} |- !scope=row|7 |align=center|'''2'''–1 |- !scope=row|8 |8 March 2019||{{fb|GRN}}||align=center|'''1'''–0||align=center|1–1 |- !scope=row|9 |21 March 2019||[[Arnos Vale Stadium]], [[Arnos Vale, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines|Arnos Vale]], St. Vincent and the Grenadines||{{fb|BOE}}||align=center|'''2'''–1||align=center|2–1||[[2019-20 CONCACAF Nations League]] |- !scope=row|10 |11 August 2019||Chili Playing Field, [[Georgetown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines|Georgetown]], St. Vincent and the Grenadines||{{fb|TRI}}||align=center|'''1'''–0||align=center|1–0||[[Exhibition game#Association football|Friendly]] |- !scope=row|11 |8 September 2019||[[ Arnos Vale Stadium]], [[Arnos Vale, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines|Arnos Vale]], St. Vincent and the Grenadines||{{fb|DMA}}||align=center|'''1'''–0||align=center|1–0||[[2019-20 CONCACAF Nations League]] |- !scope=row|12 |24 September 2022||Lauriston Mini Stadium, [[Carriacou]], Grenada||{{fb|GRN}} ||align=center|'''3'''–1||align=center|3–1||[[Exhibition game#Association football|Friendly]] |- |}
==Honours== In March 2019, Cunningham was the leading goal scorer in the [[Windward Islands Football Association]] (WIFA) senior men's tournament, with four goals, and earned MVP awards as [[most valuable player]] of both the St Vincent and the Grenadines team and the WIFA Tournament overall.<ref>{{cite web | title=Chavel Cunningham pouches WIFA MVP award | website=Widget Area Template - home-20211011132950 | date=15 March 2019 | url=https://www.searchlight.vc/sports/2019/03/15/chavel-cunningham-pouches-wifa-mvp-award/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251206125335/https://www.searchlight.vc/sports/2019/03/15/chavel-cunningham-pouches-wifa-mvp-award/ | archive-date=6 December 2025 | url-status=live | access-date=22 February 2026}}</ref>
*Pastures FC ** [[SVGFF Premier Division]] (1): 2018-2019<ref name="Vincentian" /> Cunningham was leading goal-scorer in the premier division, and also won the awards for the senior male footballer of the year and the male footballer of the year at the SVGFF awards in November 2019.<ref>{{cite web | title=Chavel Cunningham takes triple titles at SVGFF awards | website=Widget Area Template - home-20211011132950 | date=8 November 2019 | url=https://www.searchlight.vc/sports/2019/11/08/chavel-cunningham-takes-triple-titles-at-svgff-awards/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241211081957/https://www.searchlight.vc/sports/2019/11/08/chavel-cunningham-takes-triple-titles-at-svgff-awards/ | archive-date=11 December 2024 | url-status=live | access-date=22 February 2026}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{Sports links}}
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