Silvio Spann

Silvio Spann (born 21 August 1981) is a former Trinidad and Tobagonian footballer who played professionally in countries including Italy, Japan, Croatia and Wales.

Silvio Spann

Personal information
Full name	Silvio Reinaldo Spann
Date of birth	(1981-08-21) 21 August 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth	Couva, Trinidad and Tobago
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000	Doc's Khelwalaas	?	(?)
2001	W Connection	?	(?)
2001–2002	Perugia	0	(54)
2002	Sambenedettese	35	(30)
2002–2004	W Connection	??	(?)
2004–2005	Dinamo Zagreb	0	(0)
2005	Yokohama FC	20	(3)
2006–2007	W Connection	?	(?)
2007–2010	Wrexham	50	(1)
2010–2015	W Connection[1]	?	(?)
International career‡
2002–2009	Trinidad and Tobago	41	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:33, 21 February 2010 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 January 2010

Spann is a midfielder. He is the son of Leroy Spann, also former Trinidad and Tobago national team player.^[2]

Club career

Spann has played in Italy, for Perugia and Sambenedettese. His move to Japan occurred after he failed to get a work permit in England, where Derby County and 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. He also spent time on trial at Sheffield United.^[3]

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.^[4] 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, a game in which he later got sent off.^[5] He was transfer listed by Wrexham in May 2008 following the club's relegation to the Football Conference.^[6] Despite being transfer listed, he remained with the club until he was released at the end of the 2009–10 season.^[7]

International career

Spann made his international debut against Barbados in July 2002.^[8] Spann had been named in the 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.^[9][10]

On 7 June 2007, in the Gold Cup Tournament at the Home Depot Center, Spann scored a spectacular free kick more than 40 meters out against El Salvador, Trinidad & Tobago were defeated 2–1.^[11]

Club statistics

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Club performance			League		Cup		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Trinidad and Tobago			League		Trinidad and Tobago Cup		Total
2000	Doc's Khelwalaas	Pro League
2001	W Connection	Pro League
Italy			League		Coppa Italia		Total
2001/02	Perugia	Serie A	0	0			0	0
2002/03	Sambenedettese	Serie C1	3	0			3	0
Trinidad and Tobago			League		Trinidad and Tobago Cup		Total
2003	W Connection	Pro League
2004
Croatia			League		Croatian Cup		Total
2004/05	Dinamo Zagreb	Prva HNL	0	0			0	0
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		Total
2005	Yokohama FC	J2 League	20	3	0	0	20	3
Trinidad and Tobago			League		Trinidad and Tobago Cup		Total
2006	W Connection	Pro League
2007
England			League		FA Cup		Total
2007/08	Wrexham	League Two	9	1	1	0	10	1
2008/09		Conference	13	0	2	0	15	0
2009/10
Country	Trinidad and Tobago
	Italy		3	0			3	0
	Croatia		0	0			0	0
	Japan		20	3	0	0	20	3
	England		22	1	3	0	25	1
Total			45	4	3	0	48	4

National team statistics

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.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	12 December 2004	Tortola, British Virgin Islands	British Virgin Islands	4–0	4–0	Digicel Caribbean Cup 2005
2	7 June 2007	California, United States	El Salvador	1–0	1–2	2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Source Archived 9 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine

Personal life

His younger brother Silas Spann of Joe Public F.C. is currently member of the Trinidad and Tobago national football team.^[14]