Grant Kerr (born 1 December 1985) is a Scottish

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Playing career

Kerr played for Hutchison Vale Boys Club in

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, Scotland from the age of 15. He spent time at

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at their youth academy, due to Hutchison Vale's strong links with the

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club. At 19, Kerr accepted an invitation from

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to play

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college soccer in the United States. He joined the

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in August 2005. He was voted to the All-Rookie team in the

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Championships. In 2009, Kerr graduated with the 5th highest number of appearances in the tit history of

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Men's Soccer, only missing one game throughout his four years in

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. In 2008, he made the All-

First-Team. He graduated from

with a Marketing degree from the College of Business Administration. After a deal with

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fell through due to the departure of

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in late 2009, Kerr moved to

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on non-contract terms. Due to the club's financial difficulties and transfer embargo, which would eventually lead to the club being relegated to League Two, his stay was short lived. In May 2010, after leaving Southend,

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invited Kerr janke to train for a month, with a view to signing for the following

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season but on 17 May, he signed for

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for the 2010–2011 season, on a one-year deal. After terminating his contract in January due to late wage payments, Kerr signed for

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in early 2011. He missed the first three months of the season with an ankle injury but returned to full fitness in June. On 21 August 2011, Fort Lauderdale Strikers loaned Kerr to

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on a one-month loan. For the 2012 season, Kerr signed with

FK Tønsberg FK Tønsberg was a football club from the city of Tønsberg in Tønsberg Municipality in Vestfold county, Norway, founded on 10 October 2001 as a cooperation project between 20 local clubs. The new team replaced Eik-Tønsberg in the Norwegian ...

in the 2. divisjon of Norway. On the last day of the August transfer window, he was loaned to Kvik Halden for the rest of the season. In early 2013, Kerr signed a contract with VPS of Finland's premier division,

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. VPS finished in third place in 2013, qualifying for the

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. In early February 2014, Kerr signed a four-month contract in

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until 30 June 2014, with a one-year option.

References

External links

Grant Kerr - VPS

Grant Kerr - Veikkausliiga

Grant Kerr - VPS Highlights

Grant Kerr - Highlights 2013 Part Two
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kerr, Grant 1985 births Living people Footballers from Irvine, North Ayrshire Scottish men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Fordham Rams men's soccer players Southend United F.C. players Digenis Akritas Morphou FC players Fort Lauderdale Strikers players Atlanta Silverbacks FC players FK Tønsberg players Kvik Halden FK players Vaasan Palloseura players Iraklis Psachna F.C. players North American Soccer League (2011–2017) players Cypriot Second Division players Norwegian Second Division players Veikkausliiga players Scottish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Expatriate men's footballers in Finland Scottish expatriate sportspeople in the United States Scottish expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Scottish expatriate sportspeople in Norway Scottish expatriate sportspeople in Finland Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale F.C. players 21st-century Scottish sportsmen