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Basil Wong: the Flames United right-back capped by Sint Maarten

A short profile of Basil Wong, the Jamaican-born right-back who plays club football on Sint Maarten for Flames United and won two caps for Sint Maarten in 2018.

By SXM Daily ·

Basil Wong is a right-back, born on 11 March 1986, who plays club football on Sint Maarten for Flames United and won two caps for Sint Maarten in 2018. National Football Teams gives his birthplace as Crooked River, Jamaica.

Illustrative: the Great Salt Pond, Philipsburg

Illustrative photo: Richie Diesterheft, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Club football

National Football Teams and Transfermarkt both list him at Flames United since 2021; National Football Teams records earlier spells with Reggae Lions from 2016 to 2021 and FC Concordia in 2015–16.

Sint Maarten

Wong played two matches for Sint Maarten in 2018, without scoring, according to both databases. National Football Teams lists them as a friendly against the British Virgin Islands on 25 July 2018 at the Raoul Illidge Sports Complex and a CONCACAF Nations League qualifier against Bermuda on 12 October 2018. More on the island's game is in SXM Daily's football section.

Sources

  • https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/71632/Basil_Wong.html
  • https://www.transfermarkt.de/basil-wong/profil/spieler/625266

Source: https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/71632/Basil_Wong.html

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