Ariel Tatum

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Ariel Tatum
Personnel
birthday September 13, 1984
size 193 cm
position midfield player
Juniors
Years station
John Gray High School
2003-2006 Wheaton College, Massachusetts
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
from 1999/2000 Academy SC
George Town SC
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
Cayman Islands U-14
Cayman Islands U-17
Cayman Islands U-20
Cayman Islands (Olympic selection)
2001 Cayman Islands 1 (0)
1 Only league games are given.

Ariel Tatum (born September 13, 1984 ) is a soccer player from the Cayman Islands , who is playing in the position of midfielder . In 2001 he completed an official international match for the national soccer team of the Cayman Islands . Tatum, who works in the financial sector, also appears in his home country as a flag football player.

Career

Career start and college career

Ariel Tatum was born on September 13, 1984 and was educated in the Cayman Islands and the United States . Among other things, he attended John Gray High School in the capital, George Town, on Grand Cayman, and was already playing soccer at that time. During his high school years, the then 16-year-old made his debut in the national soccer team of the Cayman Islands , when he was one and a half years older than Ian Lindo in a 3-0 defeat against Trinidad and Tobago in the 91st minute on February 25, 2001 , who also made his national team debut that day, was substituted on. During this time, Tatum played club football for the capital club Academy SC , also known as The Academy , to which he belonged from around 1999.

In 2003 he began his studies at Wheaton College in Norton in the State of Massachusetts , having previously (already for some time, a preparatory school English. : Preparatory school ) had visited in the US. The midfielder from the Cayman Islands under coach Matt Cushing (1966-2017) has been a regular player since his freshman year and is still one of the most frequently used players in the history of the with 87 championship appearances at the present time (as of 2019) Football program at Wheaton College. In his first year he had made it to appearances in all 24 championship games, of which he was only in 13 from the start on the lawn, and had scored two goals, as well as done the preparatory work for three more hits. That year, the soccer team achieved one of their greatest successes when it reached the semi-finals of the NCAA Division III Men's Soccer Championship . In his subsequent sophomore years, Tatum completed 22 championship games and started from the start in twelve games. In total, he scored three goals and made five assists.

The 1.93 m tall and beefy midfielder made 20 appearances (16 starts) and two goals as well as one assist in his following junior year 2005. In his senior year Tatum completed 21 further championship games (19 starts) and came in on a record of three hits and four assists. At the end of this year he was elected to the NEWMAC All-Conference First Team because of his achievements . In the spring of 2007, Tatum, who graduated from Wheaton College with a state scholarship and an additional academic scholarship, finished his business studies and immediately returned to his homeland. Towards the end of his studies, Tatum, who has already played in the U-14 , U-17 , U-20 and Olympic selections of the Cayman Islands, is said to have been part of the senior national team of the British overseas territory again.

Professional career at home and further sports career in the Cayman Islands

After graduating, Tatum took a position as a financial analyst at the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority in June 2007 and worked his way up over the years. He was Senior Analyst from 2009 to 2012 and Chief Analyst from 2013 to 2016 . He then moved to the Bank of America subsidiary Merrill Lynch , where he was employed as Money Laundering Risk Officer (MLRO) in the branch in George Town. He also took on management tasks and has also been the Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer (AMLCO) since 2018 . At the same time, Tatum continued to be active in sports and played flag football in addition to soccer . In the Digicel Premier League , organized by the Cayman Islands Flag Football Association , the 1.93 m tall Tatum appears for the Lone Star Mustangs . As a football player, he started for George Town SC around 2016 - unfortunately, the sources do not reveal exactly when he switched to this. Tatum, who was already known for his free kicks during his college days , managed a hat trick in the 2016/17 season opener against the Savannah Tigers , in which he scored three direct free kicks .

Private

His brother Joseph Tatum , a soccer goalkeeper , made at least three official caps for the Cayman Islands between 2006 and 2009. He also appears as a flag football player (as of 2019).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Ariel Tatum loyal to Cayman football (English), accessed on September 23, 2019
  2. ↑ Wheaton Men's Soccer Individual Career Records , accessed on September 23, 2019
  3. ↑ 2003 Wheaton College Mens Soccer Stats , accessed September 23, 2019
  4. ↑ a b 2004 Wheaton College Cumulative Season Statistics , accessed September 23, 2019
  5. ↑ a b Ariel Tatum's player profile for the game year 2004 on the official website of the Wheaton Lyons (English), accessed on September 23, 2019
  6. ↑ 2004 Wheaton College Cumulative Season Statistics , accessed September 23, 2019
  7. ↑ 2006 Wheaton College Cumulative Season Statistics , accessed September 23, 2019
  8. ↑ Ariel Tatum's player profile for the game year 2006 on the official website of the Wheaton Lyons (English), accessed on September 23, 2019
  9. ↑ Wheaton Men's Soccer All-Conference Awards , accessed September 23, 2019
  10. ↑ Panthers claw Hellcats to pieces , accessed on September 23, 2019
  11. ↑ Ariel Tatum has trick , accessed on September 23, 2019
  12. ↑ FLAG FOOTBALL: WOLVERINES MAKE THEIR MOVE ON WOMEN'S DIVISION , accessed on September 26, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Tatum, Ariel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British soccer and flag football player from the Cayman Islands
DATE OF BIRTH September 13, 1984