Anthony Modeste
Modeste, lining up with Grenada in 2009
Personal information
Full name Anthony Benedict Modeste
Date of birth (1975-08-30) August 30, 1975
Place of birth St. George's, Grenada
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Camerhogne
(manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–2002 Queens Park Rangers SC
2002–2011 Portmore United
2011–2015 GBSS Demerara Mutual
2016 Queens Park Rangers SC
2017–2019 Camerhogne
International career
Grenada U15
Grenada U20
Grenada U23
1996–2011 Grenada 67 (13)
Managerial career
2007–2008 Grenada
St. George Royal Cannons
Camerhogne
2022–2023 Grenada (interim)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 December 2021
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 December 2021

Anthony Benedict Modeste (born 30 August 1975) is a retired Grenadian football player who represented the Grenada national football team, currently manager of Camerhogne.

Club career

Educated at Grenada Boys' Secondary School,[1] Modeste began his career at Grenadian club Queens Park Rangers SC. After seven years at the club, Modeste moved to Jamaica, signing for Hazard United in 2002. In his first season at Hazard United, Modeste won the 2002–03 National Premier League and JFF Champions Cup, scoring five league goals in the process, as Hazard United relocated from May Pen to Portmore, renaming to Portmore United in 2003. In 2005, Modeste helped Portmore complete another double. In 2007, Portmore won another JFF Champions Cup, winning the league the following season. In 2011, Modeste returned to Grenada, signing for GBSS Demerara Mutual. After five seasons at the club, Modeste returned to Queens Park Rangers for a single season, before joining Camerhogne in 2017. Modeste retired at the club in 2019.[2]

International career

After representing Grenada at under-15, under-20 and under-23 level,[3] Modeste made his debut for Grenada's senior team on 29 March 1996, picking up a yellow card in a 2–1 win against Guyana. In total, Modeste scored 13 times for Grenada, including a four-goal haul against Dominica on 12 March 2001.[2]

International goals

Scores and results list Grenada's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
110 July 1997Stade de Rivière des Pères, Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe Saint Kitts and Nevis1–02–11997 Caribbean Cup
215 April 1998Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda Anguilla2–014–11998 Caribbean Cup qualification
35 March 2000Barbados National Stadium, Bridgetown, Barbados Barbados2–12–22002 FIFA World Cup qualification
42–2
512 March 2001Grenada National Stadium, St. George's, Grenada Dominica8–32001 Windward Islands Tournament
6
7
8
914 March 2001Grenada National Stadium, St. George's, Grenada Saint Lucia4–32001 Windward Islands Tournament
1011 January 2002Tanteen Recreation Ground, St. George's, Grenada Trinidad and Tobago2–12–3Friendly
1128 February 2004Grenada National Stadium, St. George's, Grenada Guyana4–05–02006 FIFA World Cup qualification
1220 November 2004Gouyave, Grenada Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1–03–2Friendly
1329 July 2008Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad, Curaçao Aruba2–13–12008 Caribbean Cup qualification

Managerial career

In 2007, Modeste was appointed manager of Grenada. During the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup, whilst captain of the nation, Modeste took up a player-coach role in the Grenada squad.[3] Modeste later managed St. George Royal Cannons and Camerhogne.[4]

In 2022, he was appointed interim manager of the Grenada national team, reverting to his role of assistant manager following the appointment of Terry Connor in May 2023.[5]

References

  1. "Player Profile". Go Local Jamaica. Archived from the original on 19 January 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Anthony Modeste". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Ex-Grenadian 'baller shoots for higher goal". Jamaica Observer. 10 March 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  4. "Anthony Benedict Modeste". Grenada Football Association. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  5. "Grenada: GFA appoints Terry Connor as Senior Men's National Team Head Coach". WIC News. 16 May 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
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