Devaun DeGraff explained

Devaun DeGraff
Fullname:Devaun Samuel DeGraff
Birth Date:25 December 1980
Birth Place:Bermuda
Position:Midfielder
Years1:2005–2012
Years2:–2006
Years3:2007–2009
Caps3:39
Goals3:0
Nationalyears1:2006–2011
Nationalteam1:Bermuda
Nationalcaps1:14
Nationalgoals1:3
Pcupdate:11 October 2009

Devaun "Sammy" DeGraff (born December 25, 1980) is a retired Bermudian football player.

Club career

DeGraff played the majority of his career with local side North Village Rams, and played for the team for one year in the Bermudian Premier Division before joining the Bermuda Hogges in the USL Second Division in 2007.[1] He was mostly used as a holding or attacking midfielder at the Villagers.[2] He also played in Texas for Dallas Lightning.

He announced his retirement in August 2012.[3]

International career

He made his debut for Bermuda in a September 2006 Caribbean Cup qualification match against the US Virgin Islands and earned a total of 14 caps, scoring 3 goals. He has represented his country in 7 FIFA World Cup qualification matches. He played in two of Bermuda's qualifying games for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, including their 3–1 victory over the Cayman Islands on March 30, 2008.[4]

His final international match was a November 2011 World Cup qualification match against Barbados.

International goals

Scores and results list Bermuda's goal tally first.

Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 16 December 2007 3 - 0 4–2 Friendly
2. 30 March 2008 1–0 3–1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
3. 2–0

Personal life

DeGraff returned to Bermuda in 2006 to become a music teacher at Whitney Institute. He plays the saxophone himself.[5]

Seventh-Day Adventist

DeGraff missed a World Cup qualification match against Trinidad and Tobago in 2011 because it was played on a Friday night, which did not met his beliefs as a Seventh-Day Adventist.[6] In March 2013, he co-hosted a show on the local Seventh Day Adventist television station, Channel 80.[7]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2007/roster/6188091.html 2007 Hogges roster
  2. http://northvillage.bm/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=105%3Atop-goalscorer-degraff-relishing-captains-role&catid=39%3Afootball&Itemid=63 Top goalscorer DeGraff relishing captain's role
  3. http://www.royalgazette.com/article/20120830/SPORT01/708309947 DeGraff calls time on playing career
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20080403211939/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/nccamerica/matches/round=250441/match=10000005/index.html FIFA Match Report: Cayman Islands vs Bermuda
  5. http://bermudasun.bm/Content/Mobile-Site-Home/Mobile/Article/Music-teacher-hopes-to-call-the-tune-in-midfield/-5/-5/31024 Music teacher hopes to call the tune in midfield
  6. Web site: DeGraff back on national team duty. Thompson. Colin. The Royal Gazette. 11 October 2011 . 2022-05-31.
  7. Web site: Adventists launch 13 week seminar on Christianity. The Royal Gazette. 23 March 2013 . 2022-05-31.