Dever Akeem Orgill (born 8 March 1990) is a Jamaican footballer who plays as a forward.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dever Akeem Orgill[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 8 March 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Port Antonio, Jamaica | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2007 | Progressive FC | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2010 | Whitecaps Residency | 18 | (9) |
| 2008–2010 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 14 | (2) |
| 2010–2013 | St. George's SC | 18 | (4) |
| 2013–2016 | IFK Mariehamn | 80 | (30) |
| 2016–2019 | Wolfsberger AC | 55 | (12) |
| 2019–2020 | Ankaragücü | 43 | (11) |
| 2020–2021 | Antalyaspor | 32 | (1) |
| 2021–2022 | Manisa | 10 | (3) |
| 2023 | Bodrumspor | 5 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2005–2007 | Jamaica U-17 | 6 | (12) |
| 2008–2009 | Jamaica U-20 | 13 | (7) |
| 2010–2019 | Jamaica | 18 | (4) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 June 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 January 2020 | |||
Club career
editYouth and amateur
editBorn in Port Antonio, 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.[2]
Professional
editOrgill was called up from the Vancouver Whitecaps Residency to Vancouver Whitecaps on 15 August 2008[3] After a promising start in 2009, Orgill suffered a knee injury in August, ruling him out for the rest of the 2009 season. In July 2010 he was released by the Whitecaps due to disciplinary infractions.[4]
In August 2010, Orgill returned to Jamaica and signed with St. George's SC in his home parish. He returned to Canada in the autumn of 2012 and signed in late April for Vancouver Metro Soccer League side North Vancouver Federazione Calcio Campobasso.[5] In his first season, he was the club's top scorer.[2]
In April 2013 following a few days of trials, Orgill signed with IFK Mariehamn in Finland.[6]
In November 2016, Orgill signed a contract with Wolfsberger AC in Austria.[7]
On 31 January 2019, Dever Origil joined Süper Lig side Ankaragücü on a 1,5 year deal.[8] He made his debut for Ankaragücü against Trabzonspor on 2 February 2019. He scored his first goal in a 3–0 home win against Kasımpaşa on 11 February. He was released by the club at the end of the season.
Orgill joined fellow Turkish club Antalyaspor in August 2020.[9]
In 2021, Orgill transferred to Manisa.[10]
In December 2022 Orgill joined Bodrumspor.[11]
International career
editIn 2005, he won the Golden Boot award in the Caribbean Football Union’s U15 tournament held in Trinidad and 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. Orgill scored his first and second international goals for Jamaica on June 17, 2019.[12][13]
Career statistics
editClub
editAs of match played 12 February 2019[14]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Vancouver Whitecaps | 2009 | USSF Division 2 Professional League | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 12 | 2 | |||
| 2010 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | ||
| St. George's | 2010–11 | National Premier League | ? | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | ? | 2 | |||
| IFK Mariehamn | 2013 | Veikkausliiga | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | — | 1[a] | 0 | 16 | 11 | |
| 2014 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 1 | |||||
| 2015 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | — | 35 | 17 | |||
| 2016 | 28 | 13 | 1 | 1 | — | 2[a] | 0 | 31 | 14 | |||
| Total | 80 | 30 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 94 | 43 | ||
| Wolfsberger AC | 2016–17 | Austrian Football Bundesliga | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 14 | 2 | |||
| 2017–18 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 1 | — | 23 | 7 | |||||
| 2018–19 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | 18 | 4 | |||||
| Total | 54 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 13 | ||
| Ankaragücü | 2018–19 | Süper Lig | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 1 | |||
| Career totals | 153 | 51 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 171 | 65 | ||
- ^ a b Appearance(s) in the UEFA Europa League qualification
International
editAs of match played 29 December 2020[15][13]
| Jamaica national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 |
| 2016 | 6 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 8 | 4 |
| Total | 18 | 4 |
International goals
edit- Scores and results list Jamaica's goal tally first.[15]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 17 June 2019 | Independence Park, Kingston, Jamaica |  Honduras |
1–0 | 3–2 | 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup |
| 2. | 2–0 | |||||
| 3. | 9 September 2019 | Synthetic Track and Field Facility, Leonora, Guyana |  Guyana |
3–0 | 4–0 | 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League B |
| 4. | 4–0 |
Honors
editVancouver Whitecaps
IFK Mariehamn
References
edit- ^ "Dever Akeem Orgill". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
- ^ a b "NVFC Campobasso Player Awards". Vancouver, British Columbia: NVFC Campobasso. 12 February 2013. Archived from the original on 29 September 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ^ "Whitecaps call up 4 Residency players". Vancouver, British Columbia: Vancouver Whitecaps. 14 August 2008. Archived from the original on 20 October 2008. Retrieved 24 March 2009.
- ^ "Enthusiasm? Leave it to Dever". Vancouver, British Columbia: The Province. 9 July 2010. Archived from the original on 6 September 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
- ^ "Dever Orgill back in Vancouver with a bang and a backflip or two". Vancouver, British Columbia: Away from the Numbers. 12 February 2013. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ^ "Orgill lands new contract in Finland – Sport – JamaicaObserver.com". Archived from the original on 17 November 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
- ^ "Jamaica int'l Orgill joins Austria's Wolfsberger". Archived from the original on 9 November 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
- ^ "Dever Orgill Ankaragücümüzde!". Ankaragücü Resmi Web Sitesi (in Turkish). Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- ^ "Antalyaspor Dever Orgill transferini duyurdu!". 11 August 2020.
- ^ "Dever Orgill".
- ^ "Dever Orgill Bodrumspor'da". Kent TV. 31 December 2022.
- ^ "Jamaica 3, Honduras 2 | 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup Match Recap | MLSSoccer.com".
- ^ a b "Reggae Boyz cap historic night with 3-2 win over Honduras". 17 June 2019.
- ^ "Jamaica – D. Orgill – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- ^ a b "Dever Orgill". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
- ^ "IFK vann årets ligaguld". ifkfotboll.ax (in Swedish). IFK Mariehamn. 24 October 2016. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
External links
edit- Vancouver Whitecaps bio [dead link]
- News story about his release from the Whitecaps [permanent dead link]
- Dever Orgill at National-Football-Teams.com