Roger Thompson

Roger Thompson
Personal information
Date of birth19 December 1991
Place of birthClarendon, Jamaica
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing positionDefender
Club information
Current team
KSV_Baunatal
Number4
Youth career
2009Graceland Yellowjackets
2010–2011Cincinnati Bearcats
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012Vasa IFK21(0)
2013–14IFK Mariehamn50(0)
2015-KSV_Baunatal3(0)
National team
2011Canada U203(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of March 15, 2015.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of October 13, 2013

Roger Thompson (born 19 December 1991) is a Jamaican born Canadian football player. He currently plays for KSV_Baunatal of the Regionalliga_Südwest.

Career

Youth

Thompson was born in Clarendon, Jamaica and moved to Brampton, Ontario at the age of ten. A year later he started playing football at the local club Brampton East SC and later at Vaughan SC. In 2009 he played 14 matches for the Graceland University. 2010 he attended the University of Cincinnati and played two seasons for the Cincinnati Bearcats. In 2011 Thompson was able to play just three matches due to injury.[1]

Professional

In early 2012 Thompson trained two weeks with Veikkausliiga club VPS Vaasa, but he wasn't signed. In April 2012 Thompson made a year-long contract with another Vaasa based club Vasa IFK.[2] He played 21 matches for the team at the Finnish third tier Kakkonen.[3] In January 2013 Thompson was signed for two years by IFK Mariehamn.[4]

References

  1. Cincinnati Bearcats/Men's soccer
  2. "VIFK pestasi VPS:n hylkäämän kanadalaispuolustajan" (in Finnish). Pohjalainen. April 18, 2012. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
  3. Finnish Football Association
  4. "IFK värvar tre - Gadzo lämnar" (in Swedish). Nya Åland. January 30, 2013. Retrieved May 1, 2013.

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