Dever Orgill
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dever Orgill | ||
| Date of birth | 8 March 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Port Antonio, Jamaica | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | IFK Mariehamn | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2007 | Progressive FC | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2008 | Whitecaps Residency | 7 | (2) |
| 2008–2010 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 15 | (2) |
| 2009 | → Whitecaps Residency (loan) | 5 | (3) |
| 2010 | → Whitecaps Residency (loan) | 6 | (4) |
| 2010–2012 | St. George's SC | 18 | (4) |
| 2013– | IFK Mariehamn | 52 | (17) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2005–2007 | Jamaica U-17 | 6 | (12) |
| 2008–2009 | Jamaica U-20 | 13 | (7) |
| 2010– | Jamaica | 2 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 January 2016. | |||
Dever Orgill (born 8 March 1990 in Port Antonio) is a Jamaican footballer who plays for IFK Mariehamn.[1][2]
Career
Youth and amateur
Orgill attended Titchfield High School where he was coached by Andrew Edwards, and played club soccer for Progressive FC before joining the youth academy of Canadian team Vancouver Whitecaps in August 2007. He scored goals 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 2008.[3]
Professional
Orgill was called from the Vancouver Whitecaps Residency to Vancouver Whitecaps on 15 August 2008[4] After a promising early 2009, Orgill suffered a knee injury in August 2009, ruling him out for the rest of the 2009 season. In July 2010 he was released by the Whitecaps due to disciplinary issues.[5]
In August 2010, Orgill returned to Jamaica and signed with St. George's SC in his home parish and returned in Autumn 2012 back to Canada. He signed than in the late April for Vancouver Metro Soccer League side North Vancouver Federazione Calcio Campobasso.[6] In his first season was the top scorer by his club NVFC Campobasso.[3]
In April 2013 following a few days of trials, Orgill signed with IFK Mariehamn in Finland.[7]
International
In 2005 he won the Golden Boot award in the Caribbean Football Union’s Under-15 tournament held in Trinidad & Tobago after scoring 12 goals in six matches. Orgill was the captain of the Jamaica squad during the CONCACAF U-17 World Cup qualifiers 2007, and has played in more than 10 games for the Jamaica U-20 team. Orgill made his senior national debut versus Trinidad in Kingston, Jamaica on 10 October 2010.
Honors
Vancouver Whitecaps
- Canadian Championship
- Runners up (1): 2009
- USL First Division Championship
- Commissioner's Cup
- Runners-up (1): 2008
IFK Mariehamn
- Finnish Cup
- Winner (1): 2015
References
- ↑ http://www.veikkausliiga.hs.prewise.com/ennatykset_index.htm
- ↑ http://www.veikkausliiga.com/pelaajat/232104/orgill-dever-akeem
- 1 2 "NVFC Campobasso Player Awards". Vancouver, British Columbia: NVFC Campobasso. 2013-02-12. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
- ↑ "Whitecaps call up 4 Residency players". Vancouver, British Columbia: Vancouver Whitecaps. 2008-08-14. Archived from the original on 20 October 2008. Retrieved 2009-03-24.
- ↑ "Enthusiasm? Leave it to Dever". Vancouver, British Columbia: The Province. 2010-07-09. Retrieved 2012-02-28.
- ↑ "Dever Orgill back in Vancouver with a bang and a backflip or two". Vancouver, British Columbia: Away from the Numbers. 2013-02-12. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
- ↑ Orgill lands new contract in Finland - Sport - JamaicaObserver.com
External links
- Vancouver Whitecaps bio
- News story about his release from the Whitecaps
- Dever Orgill at National-Football-Teams.com
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