{{Short description|Trinidad and Tobago footballer (born 1981)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Silvio Spann | image = Spann, Silvio.jpg | caption = | fullname = Silvio Reinaldo Spann | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1981|8|21}} | birth_place = [[Couva]], [[Trinidad and Tobago]] | height = {{height|m=1.75}} | currentclub = | clubnumber = | position = [[Midfielder]] | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 2000 | years2 = 2001 | years3 = 2001–2002 | years4 = 2002 | years5 = 2002–2004 | years6 = 2004–2005 | years7 = 2005 | years8 = 2006–2007 | years9 = 2007–2010 | years10 = 2010–2015 | clubs1 = [[Doc's Khelwalaas FC|Doc's Khelwalaas]] | clubs2 = [[W Connection]] | clubs3 = [[A.C. Perugia|Perugia]] | clubs4 = [[S.S. Sambenedettese Calcio|Sambenedettese]] | clubs5 = [[W Connection]] | clubs6 = [[Dinamo Zagreb]] | clubs7 = [[Yokohama FC]] | clubs8 = [[W Connection]] | clubs9 = [[Wrexham A.F.C.|Wrexham]] | clubs10 = [[W Connection]]<ref>[http://www.socawarriors.net/component/joomleague/?func=showPlayers&p=26&ttid=331 2010/11 – Pro League Squad W Connection FC]</ref> | caps1 = ? | goals1 = ? | caps2 = ? | goals2 = ? | caps3 = 0 | goals3 = 0 | caps4 = 35 | goals4 = 30 | caps5 = ?? | goals5 = ? | caps6 = 0 | goals6 = 0 | caps7 = 20 | goals7 = 3 | caps8 = ? | goals8 = ? | caps9 = 50 | goals9 = 1 | caps10 = ? | goals10 = ? | nationalyears1 = 2002–2009 | nationalteam1 = [[Trinidad and Tobago national football team|Trinidad and Tobago]] | nationalcaps1 = 41 | nationalgoals1 = 2 | pcupdate = 12:33, 21 February 2010 (UTC) | ntupdate = 27 January 2010 }}
'''Silvio Spann''' (born 21 August 1981) is a former [[Trinidad and Tobago]]nian [[association football|footballer]] who played professionally in countries including Italy, Japan, Croatia and Wales.
Spann is a [[midfielder]]. He is the son of [[Leroy Spann]], also former Trinidad and Tobago national team player.<ref>{{Cite web |title=On This Day in Sport: August 21 {{!}} Loop Trinidad & Tobago |url=https://tt.loopnews.com/content/day-sport-august-21 |access-date=2024-09-30 |website=Loop News |language=en}}</ref>
==Club career== Spann has played in Italy, for [[A.C. Perugia|Perugia]] and [[S.S. Sambenedettese Calcio|Sambenedettese]]. His move to Japan occurred after he failed to get a work permit in England, where [[Derby County F.C.|Derby County]] and [[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]] were both interested in him.
Spann's contract with Japanese club [[Yokohama FC]] finished just before the [[2006 World Cup]], forcing him to return home where he re-signed for [[W Connection]].
It was announced in July 2007 that Spann would be attending a two-week trial with [[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]]. He also spent time on trial at [[Sheffield United F.C.|Sheffield United]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sheff_utd/6909078.stm "Sheff Utd trialists to miss tour"] [[BBC Sport]] Retrieved on 16 November 2007</ref>
Spann later went on to sign a 3-year contract with Wrexham who play their football in the [[Football League Two]] after international teammates, and former Wrexham players, [[Carlos Edwards]] and [[Dennis Lawrence]] gave the club a glowing report.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/wrexham/6943133.stm "T&T's Spann clear to join Wrexham"] [[BBC Sport]] Retrieved on 16 November 2007</ref> Silvio has been granted the number 16 shirt at Wrexham. He scored his first goal for the club in a 2–1 league defeat to [[Notts County F.C.|Notts County]], a game in which he later got sent off.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7054101.stm |title=Notts County 2–1 Wrexham |publisher=[[BBC]] |date=27 October 2007 |accessdate=27 October 2010}}</ref> He was transfer listed by Wrexham in May 2008 following the club's relegation to the [[Football Conference]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/wrexham/7367679.stm|title=Roberts and Llewellyn leave Reds |date=6 May 2008|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=11 May 2008}}</ref> Despite being transfer listed, he remained with the club until he was released at the end of the 2009–10 season.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2010-04-29 |title=Wrexham boss releases 11 players |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/wrexham/8652518.stm |access-date=2024-09-30 |language=en-GB}}</ref>
==International career== Spann made his international debut against [[Barbados national football team|Barbados]] in July 2002.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.socawarriors.net/T%26T_squad_line-ups.htm |title=T&T Squad Lineups – Socawarriors.net |access-date=2 June 2008 |archive-date=3 February 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080203165215/http://www.socawarriors.net/T%26T_squad_line-ups.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> Spann had been named in the [[Trinidad and Tobago national football team|Trinidad and Tobago national team]] for the [[2006 FIFA World Cup]] in Germany, but had to drop out after sustaining a hamstring injury in the run-up to the tournament.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2006-05-13 |title=Trinidad name 23-man final squad |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2006/teams/trinidad_and_tobago/4768231.stm |access-date=2024-09-30 |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/teams/trinidad_and_tobago/5035518.stm "Trinidad's Spann out of World Cup"] [[BBC Sport]] Retrieved 16 November 2007,</ref>
On 7 June 2007, in the [[CONCACAF Gold Cup|Gold Cup]] Tournament at the [[Home Depot Center]], Spann scored a spectacular free kick more than 40 meters out against [[El Salvador national football team|El Salvador]], Trinidad & Tobago were defeated 2–1.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChSTu7wuCiM YouTube]</ref>
==Club statistics== <ref>{{NFT player|id=6714|accessdate=}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.wrexhamafc.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10311~41687,00.html |title=Profiles |access-date=17 April 2011 |archive-date=14 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090914055133/http://www.wrexhamafc.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10311~41687,00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! colspan=3 | Club performance ! colspan=2 | League ! colspan=2 | Cup ! colspan=2 | Total |- ! Season ! Club ! League ! Apps !! Goals ! Apps !! Goals ! Apps !! Goals |- ! colspan=3 |Trinidad and Tobago ! colspan=2 | League ! colspan=2 | [[Trinidad and Tobago Cup]] ! colspan=2 | Total |- |2000||[[Doc's Khelwalaas F.C.|Doc's Khelwalaas]]||[[TT Pro League|Pro League]]|||||||||||| |- |2001||[[W Connection]]||[[TT Pro League|Pro League]]|||||||||||| |- ! colspan=3 |Italy ! colspan=2 | League ! colspan=2 | [[Coppa Italia]] ! colspan=2 | Total |- |2001/02||[[Perugia Calcio|Perugia]]||[[Serie A]]||0||0||||||0||0 |- |2002/03||[[S.S. Sambenedettese Calcio|Sambenedettese]]||[[Lega Pro Prima Divisione|Serie C1]]||3||0||||||3||0 |- ! colspan=3 |Trinidad and Tobago ! colspan=2 | League ! colspan=2 | [[Trinidad and Tobago Cup]] ! colspan=2 | Total |- |2003||rowspan="2"|[[W Connection]]||rowspan="2"|[[TT Pro League|Pro League]]|||||||||||| |- |2004|||||||||||| |- ! colspan=3 |Croatia ! colspan=2 | League ! colspan=2 | [[Croatian Football Cup|Croatian Cup]] ! colspan=2 | Total |- |2004/05||[[NK Dinamo Zagreb|Dinamo Zagreb]]||[[Prva HNL]]||0||0||||||0||0 |- ! colspan=3 |Japan ! colspan=2 | League ! colspan=2 | [[Emperor's Cup]] ! colspan=2 | Total |- |2005||[[Yokohama FC]]||[[J2 League]]||20||3||0||0||20||3 |- ! colspan=3 |Trinidad and Tobago ! colspan=2 | League ! colspan=2 | [[Trinidad and Tobago Cup]] ! colspan=2 | Total |- |2006||rowspan="2"|[[W Connection]]||rowspan="2"|[[TT Pro League|Pro League]]|||||||||||| |- |2007|||||||||||| |- ! colspan=3 |England ! colspan=2 | League ! colspan=2 | [[FA Cup]] ! colspan=2 | Total |- |2007/08||rowspan="3"|[[Wrexham A.F.C.|Wrexham]]||[[Football League Two|League Two]]||9||1||1||0||10||1 |- |2008/09||rowspan="2"|[[Football Conference|Conference]]||13||0||2||0||15||0 |- |2009/10|||||||||||| |- !rowspan=5| Country !!colspan=2| Trinidad and Tobago !|||||||||| |- !colspan=2|Italy !3||0||||||3||0 |- !colspan=2|Croatia !0||0||||||0||0 |- !colspan=2|Japan !20||3||0||0||20||3 |- !colspan=2|England !22||1||3||0||25||1 |- !colspan=3|Total !45||4||3||0||48||4 |}
==National team statistics== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! colspan=3 | [[Trinidad and Tobago national football team|Trinidad and Tobago national team]] |- !Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |2002||3||0 |- |2003||7||0 |- |2004||8||1 |- |2005||9||0 |- |2006||2||0 |- |2007||5||1 |- |2008||1||0 |- |2009||6||0 |- !Total||41||2 |}
===International goals=== : ''Scores and results list T&T's goal tally first.'' <!---DO NOT DELETE REPEAT ENTRIES!!! REPEAT ENTRIES REPRESENT SCORING MULTIPLE GOALS IN THE SAME GAME!!!---> {| class="wikitable" ! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition |- | 1 || {{dts|format=dmy|2004|12|12}} || [[Tortola]], British Virgin Islands || {{fb|British Virgin Islands}} || 4–0 || 4–0 || [[Digicel Caribbean Cup 2005]] |- | 2 || {{dts|format=dmy|2007|06|07}} || California, United States || {{fb|El Salvador}} || 1–0 || 1–2 || [[2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup]] |}
<small>[http://www.socawarriors.net/T&T_games_since_2000.htm Source] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509092753/http://www.socawarriors.net/T%26T_games_since_2000.htm |date=9 May 2008 }}</small>
==Personal life== His younger brother [[Silas Spann]] of [[Joe Public F.C.]] is currently member of the [[Trinidad and Tobago national football team]].<ref>[http://caribbeanfootballdatabase.com/trinidadandtobago/players/silasspann.html Silas Spann – Trinidad and Tobago – Caribbean Football]</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{NFT player|id=6714}} * [http://www.socawarriors.net Soca Warriors Online] * {{Soccerbase}} * {{J.League player}}
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