Kevin Kerr (Scottish footballer)

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Kevin Kerr
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Kerr playing for Pittsburgh Riverhounds in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-01-12) 12 January 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Münster, West Germany
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
0000–2003 VfL Theesen
2003–2008 Arminia Bielefeld
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2008–2011 Arminia Bielefeld II 42 (8)
2009–2011 Arminia Bielefeld 15 (0)
2012 AGOVV 15 (3)
2012 SC Wiedenbrück 19 (4)
2013–2019 Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC 178 (29)
Total269(44)
International career
2009 Scotland U21 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kevin Kerr (born 12 January 1989) is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Born in Germany, he made two appearances for the Scotland U21 national team.

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Biography

Kerr is the son of a Scottish serviceman of the British forces in Germany and an English mother. For the most part he grew up in Bielefeld where he started his football career. [1]

Club career

Having played for the amateur club VfL Theesen in Bielefeld, he switched to the Arminia Bielefeld youth team in summer 2003. On 7 January 2009, he signed a professional contract with Arminia Bielefeld until 2011. He also still played for the second team.

On 20 March 2010, Kerr made his debut in the 2. Bundesliga during the Ostwestfalen derby. He signed for AGOVV Apeldoorn of Netherlands' Eerste Divisie in January 2012 after his contract in Bielefeld had expired the previous summer.

After AGOVV Apeldoorn declared bankruptcy and all its players became free agents, Kerr returned to Germany and played 19 matches and scored 4 goals for SC Wiedenbrück of the Fußball-Regionalliga West.

On 2 April 2013, after leaving SC Wiedenbrück, Kerr signed with the Pittsburgh Riverhounds of the USL Pro, the third tier of the United States soccer league system. [2] He made his Riverhounds debut on 13 April 2013 in a 2–1 defeat to the Harrisburg City Islanders, the first match ever held at Highmark Stadium. [3] On the next matchday, Kerr scored his first goal for the Riverhounds in a 2–1 defeat to the Dayton Dutch Lions. [4]

Following his first two seasons with the club, in which he made 47 appearances and registered five goals and two assists, Kerr signed a new contract to remain at the club for the 2015 USL Pro season. [5] During the first game of the season, Kerr recorded his first hat trick for the club in a 5–2 victory over in-state rivals the Harrisburg City Islanders. [6] In total, Kerr tallied a career-high ten goals and nine assists in 26 league matches during the 2015 USL season. [7]

On 29 June 2019, Kerr recorded two assists against Birmingham Legion FC. His first assist, his 26th for the Riverhounds, set a new all-time record for the club in that statistic. [8]

On 23 January 2020, Kerr officially announced his retirement and joined the Riverhounds' Academy full-time staff. [9]

International career

In early 2009, Kerr was called into training camp for the Scotland national under-21 football team by Billy Stark for the first time after stating his desire to represent Scotland. [10] Kerr spurned opportunities to join German youth national team camps in order to represent Scotland. When he was 16, a letter inviting Kerr to join up with the Scottish team was sent to him but the club team to which it was sent said that it never received the letter. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "Rübes legitimer Nachfolger" (in German). nw-news.de. 13 July 2009. Retrieved 14 April 2011.
  2. ↑ Esposito, Chris. "PLAYER NEWS AND NOTES: MIDFIELD MAESTROS!". Steel Army. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  3. ↑ "Harrisburg City Islanders at Pittsburgh Riverhounds 2:1". USL Pro. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  4. ↑ "Pittsburgh Riverhounds at Dayton Dutch Lions 1:2". USL Pro. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
  5. ↑ "Kevin Kerr Returns to Riverhounds". Pittsburgh Riverhounds. Archived from the original on 7 February 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  6. ↑ "Pittsburgh vs. Harrisburg". USL. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  7. ↑ "2015 Stats". USL. Archived from the original on 14 September 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  8. ↑ "Hounds Hammer Birmingham, 4-1". Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  9. ↑ "Kevin Kerr retires as professional player, joins Riverhounds Academy full-time staff". riverhounds.com. 23 January 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  10. ↑ "German-born Kerr called up to Under-21 squad". scotsman.com. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
  11. ↑ Swan, Craig (14 January 2009). "Exclusive: Bundesliga star Kevin Kerr ready to snub Germany call-up to play for Scotland". The Daily Record. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
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