- Atiba Harris
Football player infobox| playername= Atiba Harris
fullname = Atiba Harris
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1985|1|9
cityofbirth = St. Peters
countryofbirth =Saint Kitts and Nevis
height = height|ft=6|in=3
currentclub =Chivas USA
clubnumber = 24
position =Striker
youthyears =
youthclubs =St. Peters FC
years = 2004-05 2006-2007 2008-
clubs = CádizReal Salt Lake Chivas USA
caps(goals) = 00 0(0) 43 0(4) 25 0(3)
nationalyears = 2000-
nationalteam = Saint Kitts and Nevis
nationalcaps(goals) = 23 0(7)
pcupdate = 5 April 2008
ntupdate = 31 July 2006Atiba Harris (born
January 9 ,1985 inSaint Kitts and Nevis ) is asoccer forward, who currently plays forChivas USA ofMajor League Soccer , but played for St. Peters FC as a youngster and captained them to the SKNFA Premier League Finals but failed to win against the Village Superstars FC.Harris is the first player from St. Kitts to sign with a European club, which he did with Spanish club Cádiz in 2004-05. In 2006, he became the first St. Kitts player to sign with MLS. He has also played for the Saint Kitts and Nevis national team.
During the 2006 preseason, Harris was involved in an incident with
D.C. United head coach Peter Nowak, who made "some inappropriate remarks" about Harris [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/19/AR2006021901052.html] . Nowak was later fined by MLS [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/15/AR2006031502049.html] .In December 2007, Harris was traded to
Chivas USA for a 3rd round pick in the 2008 SuperDraft.ee also
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List of current MLS players
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