Chavel Cunningham
Saint Vincentian footballer (born 1995)
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Chavel Cunningham (born 20 July 1995) is a Saint Vincentian professional footballer. He has been playing for the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines national team since 2015. He plays as a centre forward for Pastures FC.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Chavel Cunningham | ||
| Date of birth | 20 July 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Barrouallie, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | ||
| Position | Centre forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Pastures FC | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2014 | FC Topsidaz | ||
| 2014–2015 | System 3 FC | ||
| 2016–2017 | Grenades F.C. | ||
| 2017–2019 | Pastures FC | ||
| 2019 | San Juan Jabloteh F.C. | ||
| 2019–2022 | Pastures FC | ||
| 2022–2023 | Tryum F.C. | ||
| 2024 | Attackers FC | ||
| 2024– | Pastures FC | ||
| 2015– | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 29 | (12) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals as of 24 October 2025 | |||
Early life
Chavel Cunningham was born on 20 July 1995 in St Vincent.[1]
Career
Club career
Cunningham played for FC Topsidaz from 2011 to 2014, and then for System 3 FC from 2014 to 2015, when he transferred to Grenades F.C. in 2016, staying with the club until 2017.[2]
Transferring to Pastures FC in 2017,[2] Cunningham finished as the top scorer in the 2018-19 SVGFF Premier Division, scoring 25 goals.[3] He played for San Juan Jabloteh F.C. for some time in 2019 before returning to Pastures until 2022.[2]
He has also played for Tryum F.C. (2022–2023) and Attackers FC (2024), before returning to Pastures in that year.[2]
International career
International player since 2015, as of October 2025[update] he had 29 caps and 12 goals scored for the national team. He is among the top 10 scorers in the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines national team.[4]
September 2019 he scored the winning goal in a game against Dominica.[5]
International goals
- As of matches played 24 October 2025. St. Vincent and the Grenadines score listed first, score column indicates score after each Cunningham goal.[6]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 March 2015 | Barbados National Stadium, St. Michael, Barbados |  Barbados | 1–3 | 1–3 | Friendly |
| 2 | 28 June 2016 | Kirani James Athletic Stadium, St. George's, Grenada |  Saint Lucia | 1–2 | 1–2 | |
| 3 | 3 July 2017 |  Grenada | 1–2 | 3–4 | ||
| 4 | 4 July 2017 | Barbados | 1–0 | 4–2 | ||
| 5 | 28 February 2019 | Victoria Park, Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 2–0 | 2–0 | ||
| 6 | 6 March 2019 |  Dominica | 1–0 | 2–1 | ||
| 7 | 2–1 | |||||
| 8 | 8 March 2019 | Grenada | 1–0 | 1–1 | ||
| 9 | 21 March 2019 | Arnos Vale Stadium, Arnos Vale, St. Vincent and the Grenadines |  Bonaire | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2019-20 CONCACAF Nations League |
| 10 | 11 August 2019 | Chili Playing Field, Georgetown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines |  Trinidad and Tobago | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
| 11 | 8 September 2019 | Arnos Vale Stadium, Arnos Vale, St. Vincent and the Grenadines | Dominica | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2019-20 CONCACAF Nations League |
| 12 | 24 September 2022 | Lauriston Mini Stadium, Carriacou, Grenada | Grenada | 3–1 | 3–1 | Friendly |
Honours
In March 2019, Cunningham was the leading goal scorer in the Windward Islands Football Association (WIFA) senior men's tournament, with four goals, and earned MVP awards as most valuable player of both the St Vincent and the Grenadines team and the WIFA Tournament overall.[7]
- Pastures FC
- SVGFF Premier Division (1): 2018-2019[3]
Cunningham was leading goal-scorer in the premier division, and also won the awards for the senior male footballer of the year and the male footballer of the year at the SVGFF awards in November 2019.[8]
