Kerry Skepple

Kerry “Arab” Skepple (born 25 November 1980) is an Antiguan and Barbudan footballer, currently playing for Antigua Barracuda FC.

Kerry Skepple
Personal information
Full name Kerry Kadie Skepple
Date of birth (1980-11-25) November 25, 1980
Place of birth New Winthropes, Antigua and Barbuda
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Antigua Barracuda FC
Youth career
2006–2007 Indiana Wesleyan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2002 English Harbour FC
2002–2003 Villa Lions FC 80 (22)
2003–2005 English Harbour FC 46 (13)
2005–2006 SAP
2007–2008 Bullets
2008 → Atlantis FC (loan) 7 (3)
2008–2012 All Saints United
2009 → Atlantis FC (loan) 8 (2)
2012– Antigua Barracuda FC 20 (0)
National team‡
2002– Antigua and Barbuda 25 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:50, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 December 2008

Club career

Skepple was born in New Winthropes, Antigua, and played for several teams in Antigua before attending college at Indiana Wesleyan University, United States, where he played from 2004-2007. In 2005 he was, along with compatriot Troy Mellanson, member of the MCC All-Conference 2nd Team [1]

In 2008, he spent some time in the Finnish second division with Atlantis FC for whom he scored a decisive goal to avoid relegation in October 2008.[2]

He returned to Antigua and debuted for All Saints United F.C. against Villa Lions on 23 November 2008.[3]

International career

Skepple made his debut for Antigua and Barbuda in a February 2001 friendly match against Saint Lucia and has earned nearly 20 caps since. He played in 5 World Cup qualification games.[4] On November 11, 2011 Skepple scored the winning goal against Haiti to qualify for the third round of CONCACAF qualifying for World Cup 2014.[5]

National team statistics

[6]

Antigua and Barbuda national team
YearAppsGoals
200220
200330
200420
2005
2006
2007
200841
Total

References
  1. Awards - MCC.
  2. Skepple’s strike saves Atlantis from relegation - Antigua Sun
  3. Anthony header leads Hoppers past BASSA - Antigua Sun
  4. Record at FIFA Tournaments - FIFA
  6. "Kerry Skepple". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.