Kevon Carter

{{Short description|Trinidadian footballer (1983–2014)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Kevon Carter | image = Kevon_Carter.png | caption = Carter with the [[Trinidad and Tobago national football team]] | full_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1983|11|14|df=y}}<ref>{{soccerway|kevon-carter/129439}}</ref> | birth_place = Trinidad and Tobago | death_date = {{Death date and age|2014|2|28|1983|11|14|df=y}} | death_place = [[Port of Spain]], Trinidad and Tobago | height = | position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]] | currentclub = | years1 = 2004–2014 | clubs1 = [[Defence Force F.C.|Defence Force]] | caps1 = ? | goals1 = 41 | nationalyears1 = 2004–2013 | nationalteam1 = [[Trinidad and Tobago national football team|Trinidad and Tobago]] | nationalcaps1 = 31 | nationalgoals1 = 5 }} '''Kevon Carter''' (14 November 1983 – 28 February 2014) was a Trinidadian professional [[association football|soccer]] player who played as a [[forward (association football)|forward]] for [[Defence Force F.C.|Defence Force]] and the [[Trinidad and Tobago national football team|Trinidad and Tobago national team]].

==International career== Carter made his [[Trinidad and Tobago national football team|Trinidad and Tobago national team]] début in March 2004 against [[Guyana national football team|Guyana]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Matches played by Kevon Carter |url=http://www.socawarriors.net/mens-senior-team/senior-team-news/player-pool.html?view=matchfixtures&pid=483&start=20 |publisher=socawarriors.net |accessdate=1 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305074146/http://www.socawarriors.net/mens-senior-team/senior-team-news/player-pool.html?view=matchfixtures&pid=483&start=20 |archivedate= 5 March 2014 }}</ref> and in April 2008 he scored his first international goal versus [[Grenada national football team|Grenada]].

==Death== Carter died of a [[Myocardial infarction|heart attack]] after feeling chest pains during a training session in the morning of 28 February 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/feb/28/trinidad-and-tobago-kevon-carter-dies-heart-attack|title=Trinidad and Tobago striker Kevon Carter dies of suspected heart attack|newspaper=The Guardian|date=28 February 2014}}</ref>

==Career statistics== {|class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%;" |- !Goal!!Date!!Opponent!!Competition!!Score!!Final score |- |1||{{Start date|2008|04|27|df=y}}||{{fb|Grenada}}||Friendly||2–0||2–0 |- |2||rowspan=2|{{Start date|2010|07|21|df=y}}||rowspan=2|{{fb|Antigua and Barbuda}}||rowspan=2|Friendly||1–0||rowspan=2|4–1 |- |3||3–1 |- |4||{{Start date|2012|10|12|df=y}}||{{fb|Saint Kitts and Nevis}}||[[2012 Caribbean Cup]]||1–0||1–0 |- |5||{{Start date|2012|12|11|df=y}}||{{fb|Dominican Republic}}||2012 Caribbean Cup||1–0||2–1 |}

Source:<ref>{{cite web|title=Kevon Carter|url=http://caribbeanfootballdatabase.com/trinidadandtobago/players/kevoncarter.html|publisher=caribbeanfootballdatabase.com|accessdate=1 March 2014}}</ref>

== See also ==

* [[List of association footballers who died while playing]]

== References == {{Reflist}}

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