Dwayne Desmond Whylly Jr. (born 26 November 1986) is a Bahamian

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who plays as a

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for the Bahamas national team.

Education

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(2004–2008), at Yale he pledged

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, Law (2008–2010)

Club career

He played for St. Georges School in Rhode Island before teaming up at Yale in 2004. In 2006, he played for Albany Admirals in the

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International career

He played for the Bahamas national youth and U-23 teams. Whylly made his debut for the senior

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in a March 2004 World Cup qualification match against

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, aged 17. He had earned 14 caps by January 2018, six of them in World Cup qualification games.

Personal life

Whylly works as an associate for a Finance and Legal firm in Nassau.Dwayne Whylly , Associate
- Lennox Paton

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* 1986 births Living people Footballers from Nassau, Bahamas Men's association football goalkeepers Bahamian men's footballers 21st-century Bahamian sportsmen Bahamas men's international footballers Yale Bulldogs men's soccer players Albany BWP Highlanders players Oxford City Nomads F.C. players Witney Town F.C. players Bahamian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland USL League Two players BFA Senior League players Bahamian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Bahamian expatriate sportspeople in England Bahamian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Alumni of Harris Manchester College, Oxford {{Bahamas-footy-bio-stub