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Mario Flanders: the footballer behind Saint-Martin's Mario Flanders Cup

A short profile of Mario Flanders, the Saint-Martin football figure honoured on the Collectivité's Wall of Fame in 2021, whose name the league's inter-Caribbean youth tournament has carried since 2018.

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Mario Flanders is a Saint-Martin football figure who was honoured on the Collectivité's sports Wall of Fame in 2021 and whose name is carried by the Ligue de Football de Saint-Martin's inter-Caribbean youth tournament, the Mario Flanders Cup. The Collectivité's citation says he was born on Aruba.

Illustrative: the Albéric Richards stadium, Saint-Martin

Illustrative photo: Remy Gumbs, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Career

According to the Collectivité's Wall of Fame citation, Flanders played professional football in the United States from 1974 to 1983. The citation says he was a co-founder of Junior Stars and founded the Saint-Martin Vétérans Club, of which he is honorary president.

Mario Flanders Cup

The league's inter-Caribbean youth tournament, previously the "Soualiga Cup", was renamed the Mario Flanders Cup for its fifth edition in May 2018, Faxinfo reported. More on the island's game is in SXM Daily's football section.

Wall of Fame

In September 2021 the Collectivité unveiled its sports Wall of Fame at the Jean-Louis Vanterpool stadium in Marigot, with portraits of an initial ten figures from Saint-Martin sport. Flanders was one of them, Le97150, Soualiga Post and Faxinfo reported.

Sources

  • https://www.soualigapost.com/fr/actualite/40088/sports/le-wall-fame-%C3%A9t%C3%A9-install%C3%A9-au-stade-vanterpool
  • https://www.faxinfo.fr/sports-installation-du-wall-of-fame-au-stade-jl-vanterpool-de-marigot/
  • https://www.sxmbreakingnews.com/22/09/2021/5984/reconnaissance-sportive-installation-du-wall-of-fame/
  • https://www.le97150.fr/en/sports/wall-of-fame-un-hommage-aux-acteurs-du-sport-saint-martinois
  • https://www.faxinfo.fr/football-rendez-vous-ce-week-end-au-stade-jl-vanterpool-pour-le-tournoi-mario-flanders-cup/

Source: https://www.soualigapost.com/fr/actualite/40088/sports/le-wall-fame-%C3%A9t%C3%A9-install%C3%A9-au-stade-vanterpool

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