Lionel Haven

Lionel Haven (born 30 December 1965) is a former football executive and retired association football player from the Bahamas.

Lionel Haven
Personal information
Full name Lionel E. Haven
Date of birth (1965-12-30) December 30, 1965
Playing position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
United FC
Cavalier
National team
1987–2000 Bahamas 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

International career

Haven played for the Bahamas in Pan-American Games Qualifiers in 1987 against Mexico[1] and in all 4 FIFA World Cup qualification matches in 2000.[2]

Administration

After retiring as a player, Haven was long-time head coach of Cavalier FC[3] and served as Executive Director and General Secretary of the Bahamas Football Association[4] and also became a member of the Executive Committee of the Caribbean Football Union in 2001.

FIFA Ban

In April 2016, Haven was banned for five years by FIFA Ethics Committee from all football-related activities due to non-disclosure of information around payments at a CFU event.[5] He later denied any wrongdoing.[6]

Personal life

Haven graduated from the University of Charleston, West Virginia in 1989. He then worked as an accountant and is currently CEO at a land title research company.[4]

His older brother Sam also played for the national team and was a president of the BFA. He died in August 2014.[7] Two of his daughters played for the Bahamas Women U-17 team in 2012.[8]

References
  1. 1987 NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN - RSSSF
  2. 2000 NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN - RSSSF
  3. Haven receives five-year ban from soccer;fined US$3,130 Archived 2017-02-02 at the Wayback Machine - The Nassau Guardian
  4. Profile Archived 2016-06-17 at the Wayback Machine - Bahamas World Relays
  5. Independent Ethics Committee bans Mr Lionel Haven - FIFA
  6. Haven defends his silence in FIFA scandal - The Nassau Guardian
  7. Soccer great Sam Haven passes away - The Nassau Guardian
  8. U.S. routs U-17 women's debutante Bahamas - CONCACAF


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