Densill Theobald Explained

Densill Theobald CM
Birth Date:	27 June 1982
Birth Place:	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Height:	1.81 m
Position:	Central midfielder
Youthyears1:	1999
Youthclubs1:	Jean Lillywhite CC
Years1:	2000
Clubs1:	Toronto Olympians
Caps1:	4
Goals1:	0
Years2:	2002
Clubs2:	Caledonia AIA
Caps2:	11
Goals2:	4
Years3:	2003
Clubs3:	Joe Public
Caps3:	17
Goals3:	8
Years4:	2004–2005
Clubs4:	Caledonia AIA
Caps4:	10
Goals4:	6
Years5:	2005–2006
Clubs5:	Falkirk
Caps5:	0
Goals5:	0
Years6:	2006–2007
Clubs6:	Caledonia AIA
Caps6:	13
Goals6:	2
Years7:	2007
Clubs7:	Újpest
Caps7:	7
Goals7:	0
Years8:	2008–2011
Clubs8:	Caledonia AIA
Caps8:	16
Goals8:	3
Years9:	2011–2012
Clubs9:	Dempo
Caps9:	15
Goals9:	0
Years10:	2012–2014
Clubs10:	Caledonia AIA
Goals10:	9
Years11:	2014–2015
Clubs11:	Royal Wahingdoh
Caps11:	20
Goals11:	3
Years12:	2015−2016
Clubs12:	Sporting Goa
Caps12:	7
Goals12:	0
Years13:	2016−2017
Clubs13:	Morvant Caledonia United
Caps13:	10
Goals13:	2
Years14:	2017
Clubs14:	Mumbai FC
Goals14:	0
Caps14:	14
Years15:	2017
Clubs15:	North East Stars
Goals15:	2
Nationalyears1:	2002–2013
Nationalteam1:	Trinidad and Tobago
Nationalcaps1:	99
Nationalgoals1:	2

Densill Theobald CM (born 27 June 1982) is a Trinidadian former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder and represented Trinidad and Tobago national team 99 times, scoring twice.

Club career

Early career and moves to Europe

Theobald joined Scottish club Falkirk in the summer transfer window of 2005, after the recommendation of international team-mate Russell Latapy. Although he played regularly at the international level, he never played a first-team game for Falkirk and so he left the club and returned to Caledonia AIA, in the summer of 2007 he returned to Europe, and joined the Hungarian team Újpest FC.^[1]

Theobald joined the Seattle Sounders for a trial in February 2009, but did not make the club's roster.^[2]

Dempo

On 16 January 2012, it was officially announced that after terms were agreed with Újpest and Caledonia AIA that Theobald has signed for Dempo SC^{[3] [4]} in the I-League in India.^{[5] [6]}

Royal Wahingdoh

In December 2014, Theobald signed for newly promoted I-League club Royal Wahingdoh form Shillong for one season.^{[7] [8]} He appeared in all games for Wahingdoh,^[9] and the team ended their debut season in third position with 30 points after 20 league matches.^{[10] [11]}

Sporting De Goa

In December 2015, Theobald signed for Sporting de Goa.^[12]

Mumbai FC

In January 2017, he signed with another I-League club Mumbai FC.^[13]

International career

Theobald was a regular member of the Trinidad and Tobago national team and played in all three of the country's World Cup games at the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Following the retirements of Dwight Yorke and Dennis Lawrence from international football, Theobald has since been named captain of the 'Soca Warriors'.

He appeared in several editions of Caribbean Cup and he was in the squad of Trinidad's silver medal-winning team at the 2012 Caribbean Cup, where they lost in the final to Cuba.^[14]

Scores and results list Trinidad and Tobago's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Theobald goal.^[15]

List of international goals scored by Densill Theobald

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	20 June 2004	Manny Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella, Trinidad and Tobago		3-0	4-0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	20 January 2007	Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago		3-0	3-1	2007 Caribbean Cup

Personal life

As a member of the squad that competed at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, Theobald was awarded the Chaconia Medal (Gold Class), the second highest state decoration of Trinidad and Tobago.^[16]

Honours

Morvant Caledonia United^[17]

• TT Pro League

2017, runner-up 2012–13

Central

• TT League Cup: 2018
• TT Pro League: runner-up 2018
• Charity Shield: runner-up 2018

W Connection

• CFU Club Championship

2012

Royal Wahingdoh

• I-League

third place 2014–15

Trinidad & Tobago

• Caribbean Cup

runner-up 2012

Individual

• Chaconia Medal Gold Class, 2006

Further reading

• Web site: 7 March 2022 . Goa . I-League 2: Looking back at when Dempo SC dominated Indian Football . 2022-03-07 . footballexpress.in . Football Express India . Shibashis . Das . en . 22 July 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230722154745/https://footballexpress.in/looking-back-at-when-dempo-sc-dominated-indian-football/ .

External links

• Densill Theobald at www.infogol.net

Notes and References

1. Web site: Strack-Zimmermann. Benjamin. NFT player — National team & Club appearances: Theobald, Densill. National Football Teams. 2 February 2023. 6 February 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220206032814/https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/7982/Densill_Theobald.html. national-football-teams.com.
2. News: SSFC adds T&T; national team player. The Seattle Times. 17 February 2009. 17 February 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090226171124/http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/sounders/2009/02/17/ssfc_adds_tt_national_team_pla.html. 26 February 2009. dead.
3. Web site: List of Dempo SC foreign football players (A to Z). Worldfootball.net. 26 March 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210418075019/https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/dempo-sc/10/. 18 April 2021.
4. Web site: Indian Football: Transfer Season 2012/13 Updated. 3 December 2012. 15 July 2022. sportskeeda.com. Sportskeeda. Arunava. Chaudhuri. 21 March 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230321155010/https://www.sportskeeda.com/indian-football/indian-football-transfer-season-201213-updated.
5. News: I-League: Densill Thoebald To Debut For Dempo SC Against Air India On Wednesday. Goal.com. Anselm Noronha. 16 January 2011. 18 December 2017. 10 February 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190210044406/https://www.goal.com/en-india/news/222/transfer-zone/2012/01/16/2850105/i-league-densill-thoebald-to-debut-for-dempo-sc-against-air. live.
6. Web site: Densill Theobald move to Dempo: What happened?. Indian Football Network. 30 June 2021. 9 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210709181803/http://www.indianfootballnetwork.com/blog/2011/10/29/densill-theobald-move-to-dempo-what-happened/. live.
7. Web site: Mitra. Atanu. Royal Wahingdoh rope in Densill Theobald and Kim Song-Yong. Goal.com. 27 December 2014. 2 March 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150302013807/http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/222/transfer-zone/2014/12/15/7041962/royal-wahingdoh-rope-in-densill-theobald-and-kim-song-yong. live.
8. Web site: Injury plagued Salgaocar take on upbeat Royal Wahingdoh. the-aiff.com. 12 May 2021. 12 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210512100540/https://www.the-aiff.com/article/injury-plagued-salgaocar-take-on-upbeat-royal-wahingdoh. live.
9. https://www.news18.com/news/football/royal-wahingdoh-beat-mohun-bagan-3-2-in-i-league-982684.html Royal Wahingdoh beat Mohun Bagan 3-2 in I-League
10. Web site: The fall of I-League. www.livemint.com. 12 May 2021. 12 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210512150237/https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/NuvXW1HCTGwcEoUQ8KH2cJ/The-fall-of-the-Ileague.html. live.
11. Web site: I-League: How newly-promoted teams have performed. Goal.com. 12 May 2021. 26 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210926143637/https://www.goal.com/en-in/lists/i-league-how-newly-promoted-teams-have-performed/ma7hveltk8i91ieo2d5oos8jg. live.
12. Web site: Sporting Goa - Squad 2015/2016. 2021-03-29. worldfootball.net. en. 2 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210702095158/https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/sporting-goa/2016/2/. live.
13. Web site: Nikhil. Jitendran. I-League 2016/17 EXCLUSIVE - Mumbai FC welcome Densill Theobald. goal.com. Goal. 18 January 2017. 12 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211008122401/https://www.goal.com/en-om/amp/news/i-league-201617-mumbai-fc-welcome-densill-theobald/106so31z8pb891cubn5mko699u. 8 October 2021.
14. Web site: 17 December 2012. 16 February 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130216041353/http://int.soccerway.com/matches/2012/12/17/nc-america/caribbean-cup/cuba/trinidad-and-tobago/1414017/. 16 December 2012. Cuba 1 Trinidad & Tobago 0. live. Soccerway.
15. https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/theobald-intl.html
16. Web site: Birchall and Bell up for award . . 6 September 2021 . 6 September 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210906164056/http://www.bbc.co.uk/coventry/content/articles/2006/11/13/midlands_sports_awards_feature.shtml . live .
17. https://int.soccerway.com/players/densill-theobald/652/ Densill Theobald: Trinidad and Tobago player profile