| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Keithy Simpson | ||
| Date of birth | 18 April 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Kingston, Jamaica | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Portmore United F.C. | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2007 | Bull Bay FC | ||
| 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– | Portmore United F.C. | 2 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2006–2007 | Jamaica U-17 | 0 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Jamaica U-20 | 12 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 September 2009. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Keithy Simpson (born 18 April 1990 in Kingston) is a Jamaican soccer player who currently plays for Portmore United F.C..
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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.[1] He also traveled to Germany with the club and competed against the U-19 team of Hertha Berlin and others.
After featuring for Sporting Central Academy most of his career, Simpson move to Portmore United in January 2011.
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.