Veteran midfielder Marvin Oliver formally of Super League Club Crab Connection has joined the ranks of Pro League Club Neal and Massy Caledonia AIA on a two year contract.
Oliver who played for Pro League Club North East Stars in the earlier half of the 2006 season before returning to Crab Connection back in 2004 is now back in top flight with the Morvant based team.
The 31 year old midfielder is happy to be associated with Coach Jamal Shabazz and the Club he started off with as a youth player with.
Oliver told ‘ttproleague.com’, “I am very happy to be associated with Coach Jamal Shabazz again. He has always looked after me as a player when I was at the Club as a youth player back in the late 80’s and early 90’s. I believe teaming up with coach Shabazz now can be productive on the field and off the field for me as a player.”
The midfielder is now set on winning titles and securing his position with Caledonia AIA in the 2007 season saying, “I’m looking to win some trophies with the Club this season, also consistency as a player with Club at the highest level and putting out the same winning attitude I had at Crab Connection.”
The dreadlocked player admits he will always be part of Crab Connection but sees his move as graduating from one level to another.
“I don’t see my move as leaving Crab Connection. We are from the same Morvant/San Juan community and Caledonia is similar to Crab Connection because of their community background and they have the same goals, just that one is Pro League and the other in the Super League. I don’t feel bad leaving Crab Connection because I would always be a part of them and I know I will have the same community support when I play for Caledonia. It’s just that I am graduating from one level to another,” ended the midfielder.
Jamal ShabaazzAccording to the Technical Director of the Pro League Club Jamal Shabazz his World Cup player Densill Theobald has hinted on exploring other options outside of Trinidad for the 2007 season hence his reason for signing the Oliver.
Shabazz told ‘ttproleague.com’, “We needed a player who can carry the team just as Densill Theobald did in the past.”
“Were not to sure if Densill will be in the country for much longer and we see Marvin as the player who can set the field alight. Densill has hinted to us that he would be looking at some options outside of Trinidad and Tobago in the short term and that’s where it stands right now. He is keeping things very close to his chest,” said the Guyanese national coach.
“I believe Oliver is one of the best midfielders in the country and he represents what Caledonia represents which is talent and promise.”
“Being at Caledonia it would help his game physically and tactically, and once he improves in these two areas, he is going to play a part in Trinidad and Tobago’s World Cup 2010 campaign,” said Shabazz.
The Caledonia Technical Director is also holding the hopes of having both players in the team for the 2007 season saying, “Once Densill is here we would always love to have him and it would be a dream to have both Theobald and Oliver in the Caledonia midfield,” ended Shabazz