David Atiba Charles

{{short description|Trinidad and Tobago footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}} {{Infobox football biography | name = David Atiba Charles <br><small>[[Chaconia Medal|CM]]</small> | fullname = David Atiba Charles<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifadata.com/document/fwc/2006/PDF/FWC_2006_SquadLists.pdf |title=2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players |publisher=FIFA |page=29 |date=21 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190610174527/https://www.fifadata.com/document/fwc/2006/PDF/FWC_2006_SquadLists.pdf |archive-date=10 June 2019}}</ref> | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1977|9|29|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Point Fortin]], [[Trinidad and Tobago]] | height = 1.88 m | currentclub = | position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]] | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1995–1999 | clubs1 = [[Point Fortin Civic F.C.|Point Fortin Civic]] | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 1999–2006 | clubs2 = [[W Connection]] | caps2 = | goals2 = 13 | years3 = 2006–2007 | clubs3 = [[Glenavon F.C.|Glenavon]] | caps3 = 14 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2007–2008 | clubs4 = W Connection | caps4 = 18 | goals4 = 3 | years5 = 2008 | clubs5 = [[Rochester Rhinos]] | caps5 = 5 | goals5 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2003–2006 | nationalteam1 = [[Trinidad and Tobago national football team|Trinidad and Tobago]] | nationalcaps1 = 23 | nationalgoals1 = 0 }}

'''David Atiba Charles''' [[Chaconia Medal|CM]] (born 29 September 1977) is a [[Trinidad and Tobago|Trinidadian]] former professional [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[defender (association football)|defender]] for several clubs as well as the [[Trinidad and Tobago national football team|Trinidad and Tobago national team]].

In 2006 he left [[W Connection]] to join Northern Irish club [[Glenavon F.C.|Glenavon]].

He was a regular for the [[Trinidad and Tobago national football team|Trinidad and Tobago national team]] during his career and was included in their squad for the [[2006 FIFA World Cup]] in Germany.<ref>{{FIFA player|229887|Atiba Charles}}</ref> Along with the other players on the 2006 World Cup squad, Charles was awarded the [[Chaconia Medal]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Liburd|first=Lasana|date=7 July 2014|title=PM pays 2006 World Cup players; independent of the TTFA|url=https://wired868.com/2014/07/07/pm-resolves-world-cup-bonus-dispute-independent-of-the-ttfa/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140711080717/http://wired868.com:80/2014/07/07/pm-resolves-world-cup-bonus-dispute-independent-of-the-ttfa/ |archive-date=11 July 2014 |access-date=4 September 2020|website=Wired868|language=en-US}}</ref>

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