Kevin Sheppard
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Kevin Sheppard (born 17 September 1979 in St Croix) is a United States Virgin Islands basketball player and former football striker. He became the subject of the documentary The Iran Job which covers his 2008-2009 season with the A.S. Shiraz team in Iran.
Soccer career
Sheppard played soccer as well as basketball at Jacksonville University. He made his debut for the United States Virgin Islands in an August 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification match against the Dominican Republic[1] and also played in the return game.
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States Virgin Islands | 2002 | 2 | 2 |
| Total | 2 | 2 | |
- Scores and results list United States Virgin Islands' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sheppard goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Dts | San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic | File:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic | 1–4 | 1–6 | 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification | [3] |
| 2 | Template:Dts | San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic | File:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic | 1–4 | 1–5 | 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification | [4] |
Basketball
Sheppard chose to pursue a professional career in basketball and played in Venezuela, Israel, Poland, Spain, Argentina, the United States, and Puerto Rico before joining Iranian team Azad University in Tehran.[5] Sheppard is the subject of a documentary, The Iran Job, which covers his 2008-2009 season with the A.S. Shiraz team in Iran.
See also
References and notes
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- ↑ Caribbean Qualifying for Gold Cup 2003 - RSSSF [1]
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External links
- Understanding Iran: U.S. athlete reveals his inside story, CNN, December 23, 2011
- An Unlikely U.S. Diplomat Scores with Iranian Fans, The Washington Post, Dec. 23, 2011
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