Ricky Modeste

Ricky Modeste
Personal information
Date of birth (1988-02-20) 20 February 1988
Place of birth Dagenham, England
Playing position Winger
Club information
Current team
 Billericay Town
Youth career
Charlton Athletic
Arsenal
Rushden & Diamonds
2006–2007 Waltham Forest
2007–2008 Chelmsford City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2012 Chelmsford City 92 (8)
2008–2009 → Witham Town (loan)
2012–2017 Dover Athletic 150 (22)
2017– Billericay Town 36 (6)
National team
2017– Grenada 3 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:13, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

Ricky Modeste (born 20 February 1988) is a semi-professional footballer who plays as a winger for National League South club Billericay Town and the Grenada national football team.

Club career

After joining Chelmsford City's youth set-up in 2007, Modeste broke into the first team at the club, making four appearances for the club in the 2008/09 season.[1] During his time at Chelmsford, Modeste made over 100 appearances in all competitions as well as winning the club's Young Player of the Year award in 2009.[2]

Modeste signed for Dover Athletic at the beginning of the 2012/13 season.[3] Modeste helped the club gain promotion to the Conference National, after scoring twice in a 3–0 Conference South semi-final win over Sutton United,[4] as well as assisting Nathan Elder's winner in the play-off final against Ebbsfleet United in May 2014.[5]

In May 2017, Modeste rejected a new contract to stay with Dover,[6] and subsequently signed for Billericay Town.[7]

International career

In November 2017, Modeste received a call-up for the Grenada national football team, qualifying through his grandfather. On 11 November 2017, Modeste scored on his debut for Grenada in a 2–2 draw against Trinidad and Tobago.[8]

International goals

Scores and results list Grenada's goal tally first.[9]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.12 November 2017Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva, Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago2–02–2Friendly
2.22 March 2018Isidoro Beaton Stadium, Belmopan, Belize Belize1–02–4Friendly

References

  1. ↑ "Ricky Modeste". Aylesbury United F.C. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  2. ↑ "Ricky Modeste". Dover Athletic F.C. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "Ricky Modeste Signs for Dover Athletic". Dover Athletic F.C. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  4. ↑ Inkersole, Sam (3 May 2014). "Ten-man Dover Athletic crush Sutton to reach play-off final". Dover Express. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "Ebbsfleet United 0 Dover Athletic 1 match report". Kent Online. 11 May 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  6. ↑ "Ricky Modeste leaves Dover Athletic". Kent Online. 16 May 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  7. ↑ "Billericay Town confirm EIGHT new signings including Chelmsford City's Louie Theophanous". Essex Live. 28 May 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  8. ↑ "Billericay's Ricky Modeste reflects on 'crazy' goalscoring debut for Grenada". Basildon Echo. 14 November 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  9. ↑ "Modeste, Ricky". National Football Teams. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
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