Kevin Sheppard
| Azad University | |
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| Position | Point Guard |
| League | Iranian Basketball Super League |
| Personal information | |
| Born | September 17, 1979 St Croix, United States Virgin Islands |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Career information | |
| Playing career | 2003–present |
| Career history | |
| Cocoteros de Paria (2003) Toros de Aragua (2004) Gallitos de Isabela (2004) Guacharos de Maturin (2004) Maccabi Rishon LeZion (2004-2005) La Union Colon (2005-2006) Guaynabo Conquistadores (2006; 2008) Minot SkyRockets (2006-2007) Marinos de Anzoategui (2007) Maratonistas de Coamo (2007) Azad University (2007-2008) (2009-present) a.s Shiraz (2008-2009) Quebradillas Pirates (2009) |
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Kevin Alphonso Sheppard | ||
| Date of birth | September 17, 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | St Croix, United States Virgin Islands | ||
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| Position(s) | striker | ||
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Current team
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retired | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Jacksonville University | |||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2002 | United States Virgin Islands | 2 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 December 2008 |
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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. He scored a goal in both games to become his country's all-time leading goalscorer.
Basketball
| Medal record | ||
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| Men’s basketball | ||
Representing  United States Virgin Islands |
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| Centrobasket | ||
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2006 Panama | Team competition |
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2008 Mexico | Team competition |
| FIBA CBC Championship | ||
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2006 Jamaica | Team competition |
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2011 Bahamas | Team competition |
Sheppard chose to pursue a professional career in basketball and played in Venezuela, Israel, Argentina, the USA, and Puerto Rico before joining Iranian team Azad University in Tehran.[2] 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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- 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
- ↑ Caribbean Qualifying for Gold Cup 2003 - RSSSF Archived October 29, 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ KEVIN SHEPPARD basketball profile - Asia Basket Archived February 13, 2012 at the Wayback Machine
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- 1979 births
- Living people
- Jacksonville Dolphins men's basketball players
- United States Virgin Islands basketball players
- Basketball players at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games competitors for the Virgin Islands
- People from Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
- United States Virgin Islands soccer players
- Maccabi Rishon LeZion basketball players
