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Atiba Harris
Personal information
Full name	Atiba Harris
Date of birth	January 9, 1985 (age 24)
Place of birth	St. Peters, Saint Kitts and Nevis
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	FC Dallas
Number	16
Youth career
	St. Peters FC
Senior career*
National team‡
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 October, 2009.; † Appearances (Goals).; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 31 July, 2006

Atiba Harris (born January 9, 1985 in St. Peters) is a Kittitian soccer player who currently plays for FC Dallas in Major League Soccer.

[edit] Career

[edit] Professional

Harris played for St. Peters FC as a youngster, captaining them to the SKNFA Premier League Finals, and became the first player from St. Kitts to sign with a European club when he signed with Spanish club Cádiz in 2004-05. In 2006, he became the first St. Kitts player to sign with Major League Soccer.

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[1]. Nowak was later fined by MLS [2].

In December 2007, Harris was traded to Chivas USA for a 3rd round pick in the 2008 SuperDraft. Chivas USA traded Harris to FC Dallas in exchange for Marcelo Saragosa, after making 42 appearances for Chivas.

On September 12, 2009, in a match against Los Angeles Galaxy, Harris scored his first goal with FC Dallas off a Dax McCarty cross.

[edit] International

Harris has played for the Saint Kitts and Nevis national team since 2003. He played in five of St. Kitts' 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying games, and in its 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying game against Belize on February 6, 2008^[1]