{{Short description|Trinidadian footballer (born 1970)}} {{More footnotes|date=August 2015|blp=yes}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Reynold Carrington |image = Reynold Carrington.jpg |upright = |caption = Carrington in 2017 |full_name = |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970|1|27|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Point Fortin]], Trinidad and Tobago |height = 1.75 m<ref>{{Worldfootball.net|reynold-carrington|new_id=pe92383}}</ref> |position = [[Midfielder]], [[sweeper (association football)|Sweeper]] |currentclub = [[Point Fortin Civic F.C.|Point Fortin Civic]] (Head coach) |youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = |years1 = 1989–1995 |clubs1 = [[Defence Force F.C.|Defence Force]] |caps1 = |goals1 = |years2 = 1996 |clubs2 = [[New York Fever]] |caps2 = 19<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IEtLjtqaCTgC&q=reynold+carrington+1992&pg=PA1173|title=The American Soccer Guide|isbn=9781930852099|access-date=23 August 2015|last1=Lodes|first1=Kirk J.|year=2008}}</ref> |goals2 = 3 |years3 = 1997–1998 |clubs3 = [[Mitra Surabaya]] |caps3 = |goals3 = |years4 = 1999 |clubs4 = [[Point Fortin Civic F.C.|Point Fortin Civic]] |caps4 = |goals4 = |years5 = 1999–2005 |clubs5 = [[Williams Connection|W Connection]] |caps5 = |goals5 = |totalcaps = |totalgoals = |nationalyears1 = 1992–2003 |nationalteam1 = [[Trinidad and Tobago national football team|Trinidad and Tobago]] |nationalcaps1 = 41<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/trin-recintlp.html |title=Trinidad and Tobago - Record International Players |publisher=Rsssf.com |access-date=2015-08-24}}</ref> |nationalgoals1 = 2 |medaltemplates = |manageryears1 = 2003 |managerclubs1 = [[Williams Connection|W Connection]] |manageryears2 = 2007–2008 |managerclubs2 = [[Trinidad and Tobago national under-15 football team|Trinidad and Tobago U15]] |manageryears3 = 2012 |managerclubs3 = [[Trinidad and Tobago national under-17 football team|Trinidad and Tobago U17]] |manageryears4 = 2012–2015 |managerclubs4 = [[Point Fortin Civic F.C.|Point Fortin Civic]] |manageryears5 = 2017–2018 |managerclubs5 = [[Point Fortin Civic F.C.|Point Fortin Civic]] }}
'''Reynold Carrington''' (born 27 January 1970) is a former [[Trinbagonian]] international footballer and the current football manager for [[Point Fortin Civic F.C.|Point Fortin Civic]].<ref>[http://www.trinidadexpress.com/20170505/sports/carrington-back-as-civic-coach Carrington back as Civic coach], trinidadexpress.com, 5 May 2017</ref> He played as deep-lying midfield playmaker or as a sweeper.
==Playing career== Carrington enjoyed most of his career at Trinidad and Tobago, with brief spells at the United States and Indonesia. He returned to Trinidad & Tobago in 1999 to play for his hometown club [[Point Fortin Civic F.C.|Point Fortin Civic]] and was sold in the same year to newcomers [[Williams Connection|W Connection]] with Wesley Webb and [[David Atiba Charles]] for [[Trinidad and Tobago dollar|TT]]$75,000. In 2000, he won the Player of the Year award for W Connection, [[TT Pro League]] and [[Trinidad and Tobago Football Association|TTFA]].
He was named in the team for the [[2001 Caribbean Cup]], winning the title and scoring in the first match against [[Barbados national football team|Barbados]] and the [[2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup]]. He made his international debut for [[Trinidad and Tobago national football team|Trinidad and Tobago]] in 1992, playing his last match for the Soca Warrions in 2003.
==Coaching career== Carrington's first coaching experience was in 2003 as a player-manager for W Connection after team manager [[Stuart Charles-Fevrier]] was in charge of the national team. He was named assistant manager after retirement.
He was put in charge of the Trinidad and Tobago national under-15 football team in 2007, also coaching the under-17 team later.<ref name=career>{{cite news|url=https://nypost.com/2012/07/30/loughlins-carrington-piling-up-offers-attention-with-lightning/|title=Loughlin's Carrington piling up offers, attention with Lightning|newspaper=[[New York Post]]|last=Braziller|first=Zach|date=July 30, 2012|access-date=August 20, 2015}}</ref> In 2012, he took charge of his native city club Point Fortin Civic, leaving the club in early 2015 claiming lack of motivation of his players.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wired868.com/2015/01/31/carrington-quits-civic-point-coach-cites-demotivated-players/|title=Carrington quits Civic; Point coach cites demotivated players|work=Wired868|access-date=23 August 2015}}</ref>
==Personal life== He is the father of [[Khadeen Carrington]],<ref name=career/> who played college basketball for the [[Seton Hall Pirates]] and now professionally in Israel. He is also the stepfather of footballer Kariym Balthazar, whom he coached and Point Fortin Civic.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ttproleague.com/index.php/tt-pro-league-news/domestics-news-2014/point-fortin-civic-fc/1816-carrington-s-stepson-kariym-balthazar-joins-title-chasing-point-fortin|title=Carrington's stepson Kariym Balthazar joins title-chasing Point Fortin|access-date=23 August 2015}}</ref>
==Career statistics== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;" |- ! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition |- | 1 || 3 September 2000 || [[Queen's Park Oval]], [[Port of Spain]] || {{fb|CAN}} || '''2'''–0 || 4–0 || [[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF semi-finals]] |- | 2 || 15 May 2001 || [[Larry Gomes Stadium]], [[Malabar, Trinidad and Tobago|Malabar]] || {{fb|BAR}} || '''4'''–0 || 5–0 || [[2001 Caribbean Cup]] |}
==Honours== '''Defence Force''' * National League: 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1995
'''W Connection''' * [[TT Pro League]]: 2000, 2001, 2005; runner-up 2002, 2003–04
'''Trinidad and Tobago''' * [[Caribbean Cup]]: [[2001 Caribbean Cup|2001]]
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Trinidad and Tobago squad 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup}}
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