Dever Akeem Orgill (born 8 March 1990) is a Jamaican

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who plays as a forward.

Club career

Youth and amateur

Born in

Port Antonio Port Antonio () is the capital of the parish of Portland on the northeastern coast of Jamaica, about from Kingston. It had a population of 12,285 in 1982 and 13,246 in 1991. It is the island's third largest port, famous as a shipping point for ...

, 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

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in August 2007. He scored goals against the youth academies of

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and

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at the XXIX

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, and played in the

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with the

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team in 2008.

Professional

Orgill was called up from the

on 15 August 2008 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. 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

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side North Vancouver Federazione Calcio Campobasso. In his first season, he was the club's top scorer. In April 2013 following a few days of trials, Orgill signed with

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in Finland. In November 2016, Orgill signed a contract with

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in Austria. On 31 January 2019, Dever Origil joined

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side Ankaragücü on a 1,5 year deal. He made his debut for Ankaragücü against

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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

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in August 2020. In 2021, Orgill transferred to

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. In December 2022 Orgill joined

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International career

In 2005, he won the Golden Boot award in the

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’s U15 tournament held in

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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.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 12 February 2019

International

''As of match played 29 December 2020''

International goals

:''Scores and results list Jamaica's goal tally first.''

Honors

Vancouver Whitecaps *

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IFK Mariehamn *

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2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

References

External links

Vancouver Whitecaps bio

News story about his release from the Whitecaps
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