Keeping the red, white and black flying outside.
By Shaun Fuentes (Pro Look).
Their faces may not be on local television news highlights as often as it should but there is a group of talented local footballers who are heroes in different cities in other parts of the world.
And among them is Kendall Jagdeosingh, who scored a hat-trick to lead his team Trat to a 4–0 victory over Ayutthaya in the Thailand Premier League on the weekend.
Jagdeosingh, formerly of Chainat FC, along with defender Seon Power has appeared on several billboards and on numerous television and newspaper clips over the past year or so as they excel for their clubs.
Every weekend their names are heard in song by their home fans. The same goes for the likes of Lester Peltier, who is on the verge of tasting League success in Slovakia with his club Slovan Bratislava. Anthony Wolfe and Cornell Glen are heroes to hundreds of fans in India as they too star for their respective clubs.
Years gone by, T&T players have made a name for themselves in the United Kingdom and the United States as well as Portugal but for the last decade or so the name T&T and the red,white and black has become a more familiar sight in countries like Belgium, Kazakhstan, Slovakia, Finland, Hungary and now Lithuania.
Just ask Khaleem Hyland, Sheldon Bateau, Radanfah Abu Bakr or Shahdon Winchester, who all began playing in T&T but are now all based either in Belgium, Lithuania and Finland.
“It’s a great feeling to get a hat-trick for my new club. And already there is a lot of love from the club fans. We feel great representing T&T out here,” said Jagdeosingh, who completed his hat-trick on 72 minutes against Ayutthaya when he converted on a low cross and was later presented with the match ball.
