Ranaldo Bailey
association football player
Ranaldo Antonio Bailey (born 5 July 1996) is a Barbadian footballer who plays as a defender for the Barbados national team. Bailey played collegiate soccer for USC Aiken.
Career
Club career
Invited to the 2015 MLS Caribbean Combine, Bailey attracted the attention of Northern Ireland's Ballymena United, embarking on a trial there in April that year. However,
when Ballymena offered him a contract, the defender rejected it, explaining that pecuniary conditions there did not satisfy him.
International career
At the youth level he played in the 2013 CONCACAF U-17 Championship.
Personal life
He is the son of former footballer Horace Stoute.
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