Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kerry Baptiste | ||
Date of birth | 1 December 1981 | ||
Place of birth | Carenage, Trinidad and Tobago | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Second striker | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | T&TEC SC | ||
Number | 8 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2003–2006 | San Juan Jabloteh | ? | (41) |
2007–2010 | Joe Public | 92 | (69) |
2011 | FC Tampa Bay | 5 | (0) |
2011– | T&TEC SC | 4 | (2) |
International career‡ | |||
2003–2010 | Trinidad and Tobago | 51 | (12) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 September 2011 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 January 2015 |
Kerry Baptiste (born 1 December 1981) is a Trinidadian football striker, who currently plays for the Tampa Bay Rowdies in the North American Soccer League. [1]
First signed with Joe Public in March 2007 on a two-year deal. In December 2009, he was offered a trial at Ipswich Town F.C. in the Football League Championship of England. In May 2010, he joined Major League Soccer club Toronto FC on trial. In January 2011, Baptiste rejected a contract offer from Joe Public after he was looking to take on a new challenge. He was on trial with Seattle Sounders FC of MLS but was not signed.
Baptiste eventually signed in July 2011 with FC Tampa Bay of the North American Soccer League. [2]
Baptiste has graduated from the National Under 20 team which he played for at the 2001 CONCACAF qualifiers in T&T and was also a member of the Under 23 team.
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