Shahdon Winchester

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Shahdon Winchester
Personal information
Full name Shahdon Shane Andre Winchester
Date of birth (1992-01-08)8 January 1992
Place of birth Princes Town, Trinidad and Tobago
Date of death 19 December 2019(2019-12-19) (aged 27)
Place of death Gasparillo, Trinidad and Tobago
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger, forward
Youth career
2000–2009 W Connection
2004–2009 Naparima College
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2016 W Connection 64 (34)
2012 →
Sông Lam Nghệ An
(loan)		 0 (0)
2013 → FF Jaro (loan) 24 (8)
2014 → FF Jaro (loan) 30 (9)
2016–2018 Murciélagos 28 (5)
2018 → Kapaz (loan) 8 (0)
2018 SJK 11 (1)
Total 165 (57)
International career
2008–2009 Trinidad and Tobago U17 8 (2)
2010–2011 Trinidad and Tobago U20 5 (3)
2011–2012
Trinidad and Tobago U23
 4 (3)
2010–2019 Trinidad and Tobago 27 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Shahdon Shane Andre Winchester (8 January 1992 – 19 December 2019)[1] was a Trinidadian professional footballer who played as a winger for the Trinidad and Tobago national team.

Winchester began his

Sông Lam Nghệ An, however never made an appearance for the club due to late arrival of his international clearance.[2] He later moved to FF Jaro on loan for the 2013 and 2014 Veikkausliiga seasons.[3] After returning to Trinidad and Tobago, Winchester signed a year later with Mexican club Murciélagos in 2016
.

He was a Trinidad and Tobago international having made his debut in June 2010. Winchester participated in one minor tournament after representing the Soca Warriors in the

hat-trick in the fifth place play-off against Haiti a year later during qualification for the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup
.

Early life

Winchester was born on 8 January 1992 in

TT Pro League club W Connection's youth program. Two years later, Winchester lost his father in a vehicle accident. However, Shahdon later explained that the event helped him develop a deeper motivation to pursue a professional football career. After her husband's death, Svetlana made it her responsibility to ensure that Shahdon was not denied the opportunity to pursue his football dreams. In fact, she decided to take driving classes and apply for a permit to be able to drive Shahdon to youth practice in Couva.[4]

At the age of 12, Winchester made his debut for Naparima College in San Fernando, Trinidad. In his five years with Naps, Shahdon led the team to the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) South Zone title on four occasions, including the national Intercol Big Five crown in 2007.[5] He was named among the top five best league players in each of his final two years at Naps, which included a league-leading 16 goals in 2008. Winchester subsequently received the individual award for Best Forward of the Year.[6][7][8]

Club career

W Connection

Development and breakthrough (2009–2012)

After spending several seasons in the club's youth program, Winchester made his professional football debut in

TT Pro League. Shahdon went on to score four goals in seven league appearances for the Savonetta Boys. However, the highlight of his first professional season occurred when he appeared for W Connection during the group stage of the 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League against Real España
.

Shahdon is a fantastic young talent, a real little star[...] If I had to make a comparison, I'd say Shahdon is like Dwight Yorke. He's got a lot of the same attributes. He runs at people, is super-strong, and loves scoring goals.

— Russell Latapy on Winchester during his two-week trial with Celtic in September 2010.[9]

The following season, his goal-scoring form continued with a further five goals in ten appearances, prompting his debut for the Soca Warriors and trials from several clubs abroad.[10] In particular, during a trial in Scotland with Celtic, 18-year-old Winchester scored two goals in a developmental match against a Motherwell XI on 14 September 2010. However, terms ultimately could not be agreed upon. He had further trials at Braga and FC Sevastopol in 2009 and 2010, respectively, followed by trials at FC Dallas and Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer in 2011.[11][12][13]

In January 2012, Winchester went on a two-month loan to

Tippeligaen.[14]

Shahdon opened the

Pro League, including his first career hat-trick as a professional on 5 January 2013 against Central FC.[15] A week later, Shahdon flew to Jakobstad for a trial with Finnish club FF Jaro of the Veikkausliiga after agreeing to personal terms.[16]

Loan moves to FF Jaro (2013–2014)

On 25 January 2013, Winchester agreed to join

RoPS.[19] However, after making seven consecutive appearances in the league cup, Winchester underwent surgery on 13 March for an injury to his Achilles tendon.[20]

On 5 May 2013, Winchester made his league debut for

MYPA and FC Honka on 27 and 30 June. On 27 July, he recorded a brace in front of Jakobstad's second largest crowd for a football match in a 2–1 derby win over VPS.[24] However, a string of illnesses and injuries kept him sidelined for Jaro's final six matches. Prior to his return to Trinidad and Tobago in October 2013, Winchester agreed to a one-year contract extension with Jaro through the end of the 2014 Veikkausliiga season.[25] In his first season in Finland, Winchester recorded eight goals in the Veikkausliiga
and ten goals in all competitions.

Following his loan to

St. Ann's Rangers to extend W Connection's league lead to eight points en route to the club winning its fifth Pro League title.[29]

On 19 March 2014, Winchester rejoined

MYPA.[37][38] However, he received his fourth yellow card of the season in the 90th minute and was unable to feature for Jaro in the club's match against FC Lahti. Through the first half of the season, Winchester was the league's joint-leading goalscorer with Petteri Forsell, Macoumba Kandji, Roni Porokara, and Luis Solignac
– having scored 6 league goals.

On 20 July 2014, Winchester scored his seventh goal of the season in the 63rd minute during a 5–0 win over FC Honka.[39] At the conclusion of the season, Winchester finished tied for the eighth top goalscorer in the Veikkausliiga with nine league goals and was subsequently offered a new contract with Jaro.[40]

Return to the Savonetta Boys (2015–2016)

After returning to

Champions League
.

Winchester started the

CFU Club Championship opening match.[48] Shahdon returned to score a goal against Arnett Gardens in the semifinals to help W Connection qualify for its second consecutive Champions League. However, he received another red card for a reckless challenge in the first half of a 3–0 loss to Couva rivals Central FC in the final.[49]

Murciélagos

On 22 June 2016, Winchester signed along with former W Connection and international teammate Jomal Williams with Mexican club Murciélagos of Ascenso MX prior to the start of the 2016 Apertura for an undisclosed transfer.[50][51]

Kapaz (loan)

On 8 February 2018, Winchester signed for Kapaz PFK on loan from Murciélagos F.C. until the end of the 2017/18 season.[52]

SJK

After his Murciélagos' contract expired in July 2018, Winchester was unveiled as a new signing for SJK on 26 July 2018.[53] SJK announced that Winchester had left the club on 30 November 2018.[54]

International career

Winchester represented

under-23 Olympic team, and the Trinidad and Tobago national teams.[10]

Youth teams

He began his international career for the under-17 team during the Soca Warriors' runners-up finish in the 2008 CFU Youth Cup.[55] During the competition, Winchester made five appearances and scored a pair of goals against Aruba.[57] In April 2009, Winchester made three starts during the 2009 CONCACAF U-17 Championship, which witnessed the team eliminated without scoring a goal.[58]

In November 2010, Winchester scored three goals in four matches to lead the

qualification attempt for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.[61]

Transition to the senior team (2010–2015)

Winchester made his full international debut for the national team on 21 June 2010 against Antigua and Barbuda at the age of 18.[10] He was later called up for three qualification matches for the 2010 Caribbean Cup, but only featured in a 4–0 win over Haiti. Shahdon did not receive a call-up with the national team again until June 2013, when he came on as a substitute in the Soca Warriors' friendly defeat away to Romania 4–0.[62]

In November 2014, Winchester received a call-up with the Soca Warriors during the 2014 Caribbean Cup in Montego Bay, Jamaica. In their final group stage match against Cuba, Winchester made a start as forward to earn his fourth national team cap during a scoreless draw. His next two appearances occurred in friendlies against Curaçao and Jordan in the lead-up to being named in the 35-man provisional roster for the

Stephen Hart did not name Winchester to the final 23-man roster for the continental tournament in the United States.[64]

First international goal (2016–2019)

Following an injury to Keron Cummings in a December 2015 training camp, Winchester was named as a replacement to the Trinidad and Tobago roster for the Copa América Centenario qualifying playoff against Haiti.[65] On 8 January 2016, Shahdon came on as a 57th-minute substitute for Jonathan Glenn in a 1–0 loss to Haiti in Panama City, which saw the Soca Warriors fail to qualify for Copa América Centenario.[66] Winchester later scored his first international goal on 19 March versus Grenada in a friendly match in St. George's.[67] Two months later, he made an additional three appearances for the Soca Warriors, including two starts as striker, against Uruguay and China.

Death

Winchester was one of four people killed in a traffic collision on 19 December 2019,[68] when the car they were travelling in hit and crashed into a utility pole in Gasparillo, catching on fire. Everyone inside the car was killed.[69]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[70][71]
Club Season League National cup League cup[a] Continental[b] Other[c] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
W Connection 2009
TT Pro League
 7 4 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 14 4
2010–11 10 5 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 15 5
2011–12 7 3 4 0 6 4 0 0 5 2 22 9
2012–13 8 7 1 1 5 2 3 0 1 1 18 11
2013–14 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 5
2014–15 3 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 4 3 10 5
2015–16 20 9 0 0 10 6 2 0 3 1 35 16
Total 64 34 12 1 28 13 6 0 13 7 123 55
Sông Lam Nghệ An
(loan) 		2012 V.League 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FF Jaro (loan) 2013 Veikkausliiga 24 8 0 0 7 2 0 0 0 0 31 10
2014 30 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 9
Total 54 17 0 0 7 2 0 0 0 0 61 19
Murciélagos 2016–17 Ascenso MX 21 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 24 4
2017–18 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
Total 28 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 31 5
Kapaz 2017–18 Azerbaijan Premier League 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
SJK 2018 Veikkausliiga 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1
Career total 165 57 15 1 35 15 6 0 13 7 234 80
  1. Trinidad and Tobago's Classic, Goal Shield, and Pro Bowl
  2. CONCACAF Champions League
  3. CFU Club Championship

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[72][73]
National team Year Friendly Competitive Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
 Trinidad and Tobago 2010 1 0 1 0 2 0
2011 0 0 0 0 0 0
2012 0 0 0 0 0 0
2013 1 0 0 0 1 0
2014 0 0 1 0 1 0
2015 2 0 0 0 2 0
2016 5 1 4 0 9 1
2017 2 1 6 4 8 5
2018 0 0 2 0 2 0
2019 1 0 1 0 2 0
Total 12 2 15 4 27 6
Scores and results list Trinidad and Tobago's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Winchester goal.
List of international goals scored by Shahdon Winchester
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 19 March 2016
Grenada National Stadium, St. George's
, Grenada 		8  Grenada 1–0 2–2
Friendly
2 8 January 2017 Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva, Trinidad and Tobago 17  Haiti 1–0 3–4 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification
3 2–1
4 3–3
5 6 October 2017
San Luis Potosí City
, Mexico 		21  Mexico 1–0 1–3 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
6 14 November 2017 Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva, Trinidad and Tobago 23  Guyana 1–1 1–1 Friendly

Honours

W Connection

FF Jaro

Individual

  • 2011 TOYOTA Classic

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