Ralph Bean (born 20 May 1980) is a retired
Bermudian international
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...
who most recently coached local side
North Village Rams
North Village Rams is a Bermudian professional football club based in Pembroke Parish who participate in the Bermudian Premier Division.
History
The club, also named ''North Village Community Club'', has won the Bermudian league title eight ti ...
.
Club career
Bean played college soccer in the United States with
William & Mary Tribe
The William & Mary Tribe is a moniker for the College of William & Mary's athletic teams and the university's community more broadly.
William & Mary has won two team national championships (both in men's tennis), the AIAW championships in wo ...
and played for Bermudian side
North Village Rams
North Village Rams is a Bermudian professional football club based in Pembroke Parish who participate in the Bermudian Premier Division.
History
The club, also named ''North Village Community Club'', has won the Bermudian league title eight ti ...
before joining
Bermuda Hogges
Bermuda Hogges were a Bermudian football team based in Hamilton, Bermuda. Founded in 2006, the team played in the USL Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Mid Atlantic Division of the Eastern ...
in 2007. He returned to North Village after deciding not to renew his contract.
International career
Bean made his debut for
Bermuda
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Bermuda is an ...
in a December 2003
friendly match
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against
Barbados
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and earned a total of 14 caps, scoring 3 goals.
He has represented his country in 5
FIFA World Cup qualification
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Qualifying tournaments ar ...
matches.
His final international match was a June 2008 World Cup qualification match against
Trinidad and Tobago
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.
International goals
:''Scores and results list Bermuda's goal tally first.''
Managerial career
Bean was named coach of
North Village Rams
North Village Rams is a Bermudian professional football club based in Pembroke Parish who participate in the Bermudian Premier Division.
History
The club, also named ''North Village Community Club'', has won the Bermudian league title eight ti ...
in January 2013, replacing
Shaun Goater
Leonard Shaun Goater (born 25 February 1970) is a Bermudian former professional Association football, footballer, coach and pundit who is currently part of the coaching staff at Aston Villa W.F.C., Aston Villa Women.
As a player he was a Forwa ...
.
He resigned in April 2015.
Honours
Player
North Village Rams
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Bermudian Premier Division
The Bermudian Premier Division (officially the Digicel Premier Division for sponsorship reasons) is the highest level of professional Association football, football in Bermuda.
Clubs compete for the national title and a spot in the CONCACAF C ...
: 2005–06, 2010–11
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Bermuda FA Cup
The Bermudian FA Cup is the top knockout tournament for football in Bermuda. It was created in 1955 and is overseen by the Bermuda Football Association
The Bermuda Football Association, founded in 1928, is the official football organization ...
: 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06
References
External links
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articles.dailypress.com
1980 births
Living people
Men's association football midfielders
Bermudian men's footballers
Bermuda men's international footballers
William & Mary Tribe men's soccer players
North Village Rams players
Bermuda Hogges F.C. players
USL Second Division players
Bermudian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
Bermudian football managers
21st-century British sportsmen
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