Personal information | |||
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Full name | Devaun Samuel DeGraff | ||
Date of birth | December 25, 1980 | ||
Place of birth | Bermuda | ||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2005–2012 | North Village Rams | ||
–2006 | Dallas Lightning | ||
2007–2009 | Bermuda Hogges | 39 | (0) |
International career | |||
2006–2011 | Bermuda | 14 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 October 2009 |
Devaun "Sammy" DeGraff (born December 25, 1980) is a retired Bermudian football player.
DeGraff played the majority of his career with local side North Village Rams, and played for the team for one year in the Bermudian Premier Division before joining the Bermuda Hogges in the USL Second Division in 2007.[1] He was mostly used as a holding or attacking midfielder at the Villagers.[2] He also played in Texas for Dallas Lightning.[3]
He announced his retirement in August 2012.[4]
He made his debut for Bermuda in a September 2006 Caribbean Cup qualification match against the US Virgin Islands and earned a total of 14 caps, scoring 3 goals. He has represented his country in 7 FIFA World Cup qualification matches.[5] He played in two of Bermuda's qualifying games for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, including their 3–1 victory over the Cayman Islands on March 30, 2008.[6]
His final international match was a November 2011 World Cup qualification match against Barbados.
N. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 16 December 2007 | National Stadium, Hamilton, Bermuda | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3–0 | 4–2 | Friendly |
2. | 30 March 2008 | Truman Bodden Stadium, George Town, Cayman Islands | Cayman Islands | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |
3. | 2–0 |
DeGraff returned to Bermuda in 2006 to become a music teacher at Whitney Institute. He plays the saxophone himself.[3]
DeGraff missed a World Cup qualification match against Trinidad and Tobago in 2011 because it was played on a Friday night, which did not met his beliefs as a Seventh-Day Adventist.[7] In March 2013, he co-hosted a show on the local Seventh Day Adventist television station, Channel 80.[8]