Anthony Corbett
{{short description|Jamaican football player (born 1962)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
|name = Anthony Corbett
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|6|8|df=yes}}
|position = Defender
|years1 = 1990–1993
|clubs1 = Hazard United
|caps1 =
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|totalcaps =
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|nationalyears1 = 1985–1993
|nationalteam1 = Jamaica MNT
|nationalcaps1 = 31
|nationalgoals1 = 0
|manageryears1 = –2012
|managerclubs1 = Boca United
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|managerclubs2 = Parkland Soccer Club
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Anthony Corbett is a Jamaican football player. He played as defender.
Career
The influential Corbett has won a Jamaica National Premier League title with Hazard United in 1993.[http://www.thereggaeboyz.com/address.htm Jamaica Football Federation and Jamaican Football Clubs information]
International career
Corbett earned several caps for the Reggae Boyz in the 1980s and early 1990s and also captained the national team.[http://www.jamaica-star.com/thestar/20081115/sports/sports6.html The Jamaica Star :: Sport :: Schoolboy football awash with talent] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110815233736/http://www.jamaica-star.com/thestar/20081115/sports/sports6.html |date=15 August 2011 }} He is regarded as one of the finest Jamaican defenders of all time. Corbett is well respected both on and off the football field and coaches young athletes in his spare time.[http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20050124/sports/sports3.html Jamaica Gleaner - Coach Halliman building success through character] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812001113/http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20050124/sports/sports3.html |date=12 August 2011 }}
Boca United
Corbett started coaching a soccer association in Boca Raton Florida. He is greatly respected there. He has trained many children and has helped them excel to their fullest potential. He has stopped coaching there in 2012 due to an incident that he had with a parent.
Parkland Soccer Club
He is currently coaching the 06' boys team in Parkland.
References
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{{Jamaica Squad 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup}}
{{Jamaica Squad 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup}}
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Category:Jamaican men's footballers
Category:Jamaica men's international footballers
Category:Portmore United F.C. players
Category:1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
Category:1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:National Premier League players
Category:20th-century Jamaican sportsmen
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