Latapy joins Falkirk as player/coach

Former Trinidad and Tobago football captain Russell Latapy has joined the Scottish First Division champion team Falkirk on a one-year contract, his local manager said yesterday. Latapy, considered on of the Caribbean’s best in the sport,  joins fellow Trinidadian John Hughes on the team, for which he will work to recruit other countrymen as both player and an assistant coach, manager Wayne Mandeville said. “This move could well open up the door for several other players” who have impressed Latapy in the past, Mandeville said, adding that Latapy was near to receiving his English FA Level “A” coaching licence. The 34-year-old Latapy recently turned down an offer to extend his six-month stint with Dundee United in Scotland. He has also played with FC Porto in Portugal, and the Hibernian and Rangers in Scotland.