Personal information | |||
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Full name | Lionel E. Haven | ||
Date of birth | December 30, 1965 | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
United FC | |||
Cavalier | |||
International career | |||
1987–2000 | Bahamas | 6 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Lionel Haven (born 30 December 1965) is a former football executive and retired association football player from the Bahamas.
Haven played for the Bahamas in Pan-American Games Qualifiers in 1987 against Mexico [1] and in all 4 FIFA World Cup qualification matches in 2000. [2]
After retiring as a player, Haven was long-time head coach of Cavalier FC [3] and served as executive director and General Secretary of the Bahamas Football Association [4] and also became a member of the executive committee of the Caribbean Football Union in 2001.
In April 2016, Haven was banned for five years by FIFA Ethics Committee from all football-related activities due to non-disclosure of information around payments at a CFU event. [5] The verdict was a fine of $3,000. Haven's ban was due to an alleged cash for votes controversy. It happened at a hotel in Trinidad, where the Caribbean football executives were given $40,000 in envelopes ahead of the 2011 FIFA presidential election. [6] He later denied any wrongdoing. [7]
Haven graduated from the University of Charleston, West Virginia in 1989. He then worked as an accountant and is currently CEO at a land title research company. [4]
His older brother Sam also played for the national team and was a president of the BFA. He died in August 2014. [8] Two of his daughters played for the Bahamas Women U-17 team in 2012. [9]
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Lionel E. Haven | ||
Date of birth | December 30, 1965 | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
United FC | |||
Cavalier | |||
International career | |||
1987–2000 | Bahamas | 6 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Lionel Haven (born 30 December 1965) is a former football executive and retired association football player from the Bahamas.
Haven played for the Bahamas in Pan-American Games Qualifiers in 1987 against Mexico [1] and in all 4 FIFA World Cup qualification matches in 2000. [2]
After retiring as a player, Haven was long-time head coach of Cavalier FC [3] and served as executive director and General Secretary of the Bahamas Football Association [4] and also became a member of the executive committee of the Caribbean Football Union in 2001.
In April 2016, Haven was banned for five years by FIFA Ethics Committee from all football-related activities due to non-disclosure of information around payments at a CFU event. [5] The verdict was a fine of $3,000. Haven's ban was due to an alleged cash for votes controversy. It happened at a hotel in Trinidad, where the Caribbean football executives were given $40,000 in envelopes ahead of the 2011 FIFA presidential election. [6] He later denied any wrongdoing. [7]
Haven graduated from the University of Charleston, West Virginia in 1989. He then worked as an accountant and is currently CEO at a land title research company. [4]
His older brother Sam also played for the national team and was a president of the BFA. He died in August 2014. [8] Two of his daughters played for the Bahamas Women U-17 team in 2012. [9]