Akil DeFreitas

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Akil DeFreitas
Personal information
Full name Akil Rondel Dexter DeFreitas
Date of birth (1986-11-07) 7 November 1986 (age 37)
Place of birth Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Position(s) Winger, striker
Team information
Current team
 KF
Number 7
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2006–2008 North Florida Ospreys
2009–2010 NC State Wolfpack
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2007–2008 Central Florida Kraze 14 (5)
2011 Capital City 23 (10)
2012 FF Jaro 10 (0)
2013 FK Dainava 5 (0)
2014 Central FC 0 (0)
2014 Kingston FC 14 (6)
2015 KPV 14 (1)
2015 FC Jazz 8 (1)
2016 Kultsu FC 21 (3)
2017 UMF Sindri 22 (8)
2018 Vestri 5 (1)
2019 Völsungur 21 (2)
2021 Kormákur/Hvöt 19 (11)
2022 Reynir Sandgerði 5 (2)
2022–2023 Kormákur/Hvöt 10 (1)
2023– KF 25 (4)
International career
2002 Trinidad and Tobago U-17
2005 Trinidad and Tobago U-20
2006 Trinidad and Tobago U-21
2006 Trinidad and Tobago U-23
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 July 2024

Akil Rondel Dexter DeFreitas (born 7 November 1986) is a Trinidadian footballer who plays as a winger or striker for Iceland third division club KF. [1]

Contents

Club career

Early career

DeFreitas graduated from St. Anthony's College in 2006. He then went to the University of North Florida, scoring 7 goals and 3 assists in 17 games, tying for the team lead in goals in 2007. During that season, he was named to the Atlantic Sun Conference All-Freshman Team and the Second Conference All-Star Team, as well as being named conference Freshman of the Year. In 2008, he played 18 games, scoring 6 goals and 2 assists for Florida and was named to the Atlantic Sun Conference All-Star Team. In 2009, he was transferred to North Carolina State University and played in 20 games, scoring 2 goals and being named Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Week multiple times. [2]

Capital City

On 12 May 2011, it was announced that DeFreitas had signed to his first professional contract with Canadian Soccer League side Capital City in their inaugural season. [3] Akil quickly became a mainstay on the wing for the Ottawa club, and was an integral part of the club's excellent first season. Over the course of the season, he developed great chemistry with teammate and club scoring leader Sullivan Silva, and contributed 10 goals and 5 assists in 23 games. [4] This stellar performance earned him the CSL Rookie of the Year award. [5] Of particular note was a two-goal performance in a 4–0 drubbing of the Brantford Galaxy.

FF Jaro

On 10 March 2012, it was announced that DeFreitas had signed with FF Jaro of the Finnish top division. [6]

FK Dainava

On 15 March 2013, it was announced that DeFreitas had signed with FK Dainava Alytus playing in the Lithuanian top division. After five matches, DeFreitas left the club in August 2013 because of a breach in his contract by the club of unpaid salaries to the player.

International career

DeFreitas has long been involved with the Trinidad and Tobago national youth teams. He was selected on the final squad for the under-17 National team. In addition, he was invited to train with the under-20, under-21 and under-23 teams but unfortunately did not secure a spot on any of the final team rosters. In 2006, he also trained with a large pool of hopeful Trinidadians at the Blackbaud Stadium, who were all vying for a spot on the Trinidad and Tobago senior national team before the 2006 World Cup.

Honours

Individual

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References

  1. ↑ Iceland career stats - KSÍ
  2. ↑ 25  Akil DeFreitas. "Player Bio: Akil DeFreitas – NC State University Official Athletic Site". Gopack.com. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ↑ "News". capitalcityfc.com. 20 May 2011. Archived from the original on 19 July 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  4. ↑ "Team Stats". capitalcityfc.com. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  5. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 May 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ↑ "News". capitalcityfc.com. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
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