Keithy Simpson

Keithy Simpson

Personal information
Full name	Keithy Simpson
Date of birth	(1990-04-19) 19 April 1990
Place of birth	Kingston, Jamaica
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s)	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	(0)
International career‡
2008–2009	Jamaica U20	12	(1)
2014–	Jamaica	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, 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. 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. In 2016, Simpson signed with C.D. Águila in El Salvador.

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.