Charlton Vicento


Charlton Juan Vicento is a Curaçaoan footballer who plays as a winger for Tweede Divisie side Kozakken Boys and the Curaçao national team.

Club career

Vicento made his Eredivisie debut for ADO Den Haag on 15 August 2009, starting in a match against FC Twente at the Den Haag Stadion. His first goal came on 24 October 2009, in a match against Sparta Rotterdam. Vicento made a total of 14 appearances in the Eredivisie for the 2009–10 season, scoring one goal.

International career

Youth

Vicento represented the Netherlands U-19 team in the qualification rounds for the 2010 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship. On 14 November 2009, Vicento scored his first goal for the U-19 Oranje in a qualification match against Cyprus.

Senior

On 30 September 2014, Vicento received his first call ups to the Curaçao national team ahead of the second round of the 2014 Caribbean Cup qualifying series against Martinique, Guadeloupe and St. Vincent and the Grenadines contested on the island of Guadeloupe from 8 to 12 October 2014. He made his first appearance against Martinique on 8 October, scoring the equalizer in the closing minutes of the game.

Senior goals

Controversy

In March 2011, a video on YouTube showed what appeared to be Vicento bringing a Nazi salute to a celebrating crowd after ADO Den Haag defeated Ajax. Unlike head coach John van den Brom and teammate Lex Immers, Vicento received no penalties for his involvement in the controversial celebration.

Honours

Club

Willem II