Keithy Simpson

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| name = Keithy Simpson

| image =

| fullname = Keithy Simpson

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1990|4|19}}

| birth_place = Kingston, Jamaica

| height = {{height|ft=6|in=0}}

| position = Midfielder / Forward

| currentclub = Dunbeholden F.C.

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 = 2005–2007

| youthclubs1 = Bull Bay F.C.

| years1 = 2007–2008

| clubs1 = Cavalier S.C.

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| years2 = 2008–2011

| clubs2 = Sporting Central Academy

| caps2 = 18

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2009

| clubs3 = → Whitecaps Residency (loan)

| caps3 = 12

| goals3 = 1

| years4 = 2011–2011

| clubs4 = Portmore United F.C.

| caps4 = 10

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2011–2012

| clubs5 = Tivoli Gardens F.C.

| caps5 = 45

| goals5 = 5

| years6 = 2012–2014

| caps6 = 30

| goals6 = 3

| clubs6 = North East Stars F.C.

| years7 = 2014–2015

| clubs7 = Vaasan Palloseura

| caps7 = 21

| goals7 = 3

| years8 = 2016

| clubs8 = Águila

| caps8 = 3{{Cite web|url=http://www.ceroacero.es/player.php?id=310836|title = Keithy Simpson :: Keithy Simpson ::}}

| goals8 = 0

| years9 = 2016

| clubs9 = Club Sando

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| clubs10 = San Juan Jabloteh

| caps10 = 10

| goals10 = 1

| years10 = 2017

| years11 = 2017–2020

| clubs11 = Waterhouse FC

| caps11 =

| goals11 =

| years12 = 2020–

| clubs12 = Dunbeholden F.C.

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| nationalyears1 = 2008–2009

| nationalteam1 = Jamaica U20

| nationalcaps1 = 12 | nationalgoals1 = 1

| nationalyears2 = 2014–

| nationalteam2 = Jamaica

| nationalcaps2 = 2 | nationalgoals2 = 0

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Keithy Simpson (born 19 April 1990) is a Jamaican professional 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.whitecapsfc.com/pdl/roster/players/keithy_simpson.aspx|title=WhitecapsFC.com – PDL – Keithy Simpson|publisher=}}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ifkmariehamn.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3451&Itemid=199&catid=37 |title=IFK Mariehamn – VPS 1–0 (0–0) |access-date=14 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140414225507/http://www.ifkmariehamn.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3451&Itemid=199&catid=37 |archive-date=14 April 2014 |url-status=dead }} In 2016, Simpson signed with Águila in El Salvador.{{cite web|url=http://www.elgrafico.com/2016/01/02/aguila-presentara-esta-tarde-a-un-refuerzo-jamaicano|title=Águila presentará esta tarde a un refuerzo jamaicano|first=El|last=Gráfico|publisher=}}

In September 2020, Simpson signed with Dunbeholden FC in the Jamaican top flight.{{Cite web|url=http://jamaica-star.com/article/sports/20200930/simpson-joins-dunbeholden-ahead-new-season|title=Simpson joins Dunbeholden ahead of new season|date=30 September 2020}}

=International=

Simpson was a member of the Jamaica under-17 squad during the 2017 CONCACAF U-17 Championship 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.