Keithy Simpson
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Keithy Simpson | ||
| Date of birth | 19 April 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Kingston, Jamaica | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2007 | Bull Bay F.C. | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (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 | C.D. Águila | 3[1] | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2008–2009 | Jamaica U20 | 12 | (1) |
| 2014– | Jamaica | 2 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2016. | |||
Keithy Simpson (born 18 April 1990 in Kingston) is a Jamaican footballer.
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 C.D. Águila in El Salvador. [4]
International
Simpson was a member of the Jamaica squad during the CONCACAF U-17 World Cup 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.