Akeem Priestley

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Akeem Priestley
Personal information
Full name Akeem Sayeed Priestley [1]
Date of birth (1985-04-13) 13 April 1985 (age 38)
Place of birth Kingston, Jamaica
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
Master's Futbol
Youth career
20032005 Harbour View
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2005 Jacksonville Dolphins
20062008 UConn Huskies
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
20092010 Harbour View 16 (3)
20092010FK Mughan (loan) 12 (0)
2011 Los Angeles Blues 18 (3)
2012 Dayton Dutch Lions 17 (2)
2013 RoPS 9 (1)
2015 Sheikh Russel KC 16 (2)
2015 Antigua GFC 6 (1)
2016 Isidro Metapán 5 [2] (0)
20172018 Harbour View 14 (1)
2018 CSC Mississauga
2019 Master's Futbol 14 (4)
International career
20002002 Jamaica U17 10 (2)
20042005 Jamaica U20 8 (5)
2004–2006 Jamaica 6 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 September 2019

Akeem Sayeed Priestley (born 13 April 1985) is a Jamaican professional footballer who plays for Canadian club Master's Futbol as a winger.

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Club career

Priestley played his college career in the United States at Jacksonville University and also at the University of Connecticut. He was an All-Big East 2nd team selection in 2008, and also lead University of Connecticut to the 2007 Big East title.

Priestley was drafted by Kansas City Wizards in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft (50th overall), but was not offered a contract by the club. Priestley later signed with Jamaican club Harbour View who loaned him out to Azerbaijan based club FK Mughan for the 2009/2010 season. [3] In April 2011, Priestley signed with the Los Angeles Blues for the season. He joined Dayton Dutch Lions for the 2012 season. [4]

On 15 August 2013, Priestley signed with RoPS in the Veikkausliiga for the remainder of the 2013 season. [5] In January 2015, Priestley joined Sheikh Russel KC of the Bangladesh Premier League on trial and then signed until July 2015. [6]

On 16 October 2015, after a trial period, Priestley joined Antigua GFC for the remainder of the 2015/2016 season. He scored his first goal for Antigua GFC on 4 November 2015 in a 2–1 home win over Deportivo Mictlán. In 2018, he played in the Canadian Soccer League with CSC Mississauga. [7] In 2019, he joined with Master's Futbol in League1 Ontario. [8]

International career

Priestley was an instrumental member of the Jamaica Under-17 and Under-20 youth national teams from 2002–2005. In October 2004, Priestley made his senior national team debut versus Guatemala in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Career statistics

International

Jamaica national team [9]
YearAppsGoals
200452
200610
Total60

Honours

Antigua GFC

2015 Apertura

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References

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  2. "Akeem Priestley :: Akeem Sayed Priestley :: Master´s Futbol".
  3. "FK Mughan 2009-10". en.eufo.de. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  4. Jacq Roos (15 April 2012). "Forward Priestley Last USL Pro Signing". Daytondutchlionsfc.com. Archived from the original on 21 January 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
  5. "Akeem Priestley vahvistaa RoPSia loppukauden" (in Finnish). RoPS. 15 August 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  6. "Russell go all out for players". Dhaka Herald. 3 January 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  7. Adamson, Stan (7 July 2018). "UKRAINE UNITED FC AND HAMILTON CITY SCORE VICTORIES FRIDAY – Canadian Soccer League" . Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  8. "Master's Futbol - 2019 Regular Season - Roster - # - Akeem Priestley -". www.league1ontario.com. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  9. "Akeem Priestley". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 8 January 2015.