Keithy Simpson

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Keithy Simpson
Personal information
Full name Keithy Simpson
Date of birth (1990-04-19) 19 April 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth Kingston, Jamaica
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s) Midfielder / Forward
Team information
Current team
 Dunbeholden F.C.
Youth career
2005–2007 Bull Bay F.C.
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2007–2008 Cavalier S.C.
2008–2011 Sporting Central Academy 18 (0)
2009 → Whitecaps Residency (loan) 12 (1)
2011–2011 Portmore United F.C. 10 (0)
2011–2012 Tivoli Gardens F.C. 45 (5)
2012–2014 North East Stars F.C. 30 (3)
2014–2015 Vaasan Palloseura 21 (3)
2016 Águila 3 [1] (0)
2016 Club Sando
2017 San Juan Jabloteh 10 (1)
2017–2020 Waterhouse FC
2020– Dunbeholden F.C.
International career
2008–2009 Jamaica U20 12 (1)
2014– Jamaica 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Keithy Simpson (born 19 April 1990) is a Jamaican professional footballer.

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Career

Youth and Amateur

Simpson attended Donald Quarrie High School and Hydel High School in Jamaica and played club soccer for Sporting Central Academy before joining the youth academy of Canadian team Vancouver Whitecaps joining Jamaica youth national teammate Dever Orgill. He featured in matches against the youth academies of Eintracht Frankfurt and Leicester City at the XXIX Dallas Cup, and played in the USL Premier Development League with the Vancouver Whitecaps Residency team in 2009. [2] He also traveled to Germany with the club and competed against the U-19 team of Hertha Berlin and others.

Senior

After featuring for Sporting Central Academy most of his career, Simpson move to Portmore United in January 2011. He spent 18 months with North East Stars FC of the TT Pro League from September 2012. In March 2014, Simpson signed with Vaasan Palloseura in Finland. [3] In 2016, Simpson signed with Águila in El Salvador. [4]

In September 2020, Simpson signed with Dunbeholden FC in the Jamaican top flight. [5]

International

Simpson was a member of the Jamaica under-17 squad during the 2017 CONCACAF U-17 Championship qualifiers 2007 in Kingston, Jamaica and 2009 CONCACAF U-20 World Cup qualifiers in Scarborough, Tobago.

In August 2011, Simpson played in the CFU Olympic qualifiers in Suriname for Jamaica. On 30 May 2014, he made his debut for the Jamaica senior team against Switzerland, as a second-half substitute in Lucerne.

He was called up to play against Egypt on 4 June, and France on 8 June, but was unable to travel with the team due to club commitments.

On 9 September 2014 he earned his second cap in a 3–1 away defeat to Canada.

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References

  1. ↑ "Keithy Simpson :: Keithy Simpson ::".
  2. ↑ "WhitecapsFC.com – PDL – Keithy Simpson".[ permanent dead link ]
  3. ↑ "IFK Mariehamn - VPS 1-0 (0-0)". Archived from the original on 14 April 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
  4. ↑ Gráfico, El. "Águila presentará esta tarde a un refuerzo jamaicano".
  5. ↑ "Simpson joins Dunbeholden ahead of new season". 30 September 2020.
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