Errion Charles

{{Short description|Turks and Caicos Islands footballer and cricketer (born 1965)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Errion Charles | image = | caption = | fullname = Errion Donaldson Charles | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|12|7|df=y}} | birth_place = St Vincent & Grenadines | height = | position = Striker | years1 = 2002–2003 | clubs1 = Police FC | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = | clubs2 = Grand Turk FC | nationalyears1 = 1999–2004 | nationalteam1 = Turks & Caicos Islands | nationalcaps1 = 7 | nationalgoals1 = 0 }} '''Errion Donaldson Charles''' (born 7 December 1965) is a sportsman from the Turks and Caicos Islands who has represented his nation at international level at both association football<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/turkscaicos-recintlp.html|title=Appearances and Goals for Turks and Caicos Islands|website=RSSSF|accessdate=6 May 2010}}</ref> and cricket, despite being born on the neighbouring island of Saint Vincent.

==Cricket career== In cricket, Charles first played for the Turks and Caicos Islands in the 2003/04 Americas Affiliates Championship against the Bahamas.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/157/157719/Miscellaneous_Matches.html|title=Miscellaneous matches played by Errion Charles|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=4 March 2024}}</ref> He later played a single Twenty20 match for the Turks and Caicos Islands against Montserrat in the 2008 Stanford 20/20 at the Stanford Cricket Ground, a match in which he captained the team.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/157/157719/Twenty20_Matches.html|title=Twenty20 Matches played by Errion Charles|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=8 March 2012}}</ref> He was dismissed for 4 runs in this match by Trevor Semper, with the Turks and Caicos Islands making just 67 runs in their twenty overs. Montserrat went on to win the match by 9 wickets.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/124/124443.html|title=Montserrat v Turks and Caicos Islands, 2008 Stanford 20/20|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=8 March 2012}}</ref>

==Football career== Charles made his debut for Turks and Caicos in the country's first official international game, a February 1999 Copa Caribe match against the Bahamas and earned a total of 7 caps, scoring no goals. He represented his country in 4 World Cup qualification games.<ref>{{FIFA player|345465}}</ref>

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==External links== *{{NFT player|pid=6759}} *[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/332968.html Errion Charles] at ESPNcricinfo *[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/157/157719/157719.html Errion Charles] at CricketArchive

{{DEFAULTSORT:Charles, Errion}} Category:1965 births Category:Living people Category:People from Saint Vincent (Antilles) Category:Men's association football forwards Category:Turks and Caicos Islands men's footballers Category:Turks and Caicos Islands men's international footballers Category:Cheshire Hall FC players Category:Turks and Caicos Islands cricketers Category:Turks and Caicos Islands cricket captains Category:Saint Vincent and the Grenadines emigrants to the Turks and Caicos Islands Category:Sportspeople of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines descent