Orane Simpson (4 September 1983 – 13 October 2009) was a

Jamaica Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At , it is the third-largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola—of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean. Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, west of Hispaniola (the is ...

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Club career

Simpson began his professional career with

Tivoli Gardens F.C. Tivoli Gardens Football Club is a Jamaican football (soccer), football club, based in Kingston, Jamaica, Kingston. The club's senior team competes in the National Premier League, Jamaica Premier League. The club has won the Jamaican National P ...

, and scored the winning goal in a final round victory over Arnett Gardens F.C. to lead the club to the 2009 Jamaica National Premier League title.

International career

Simpson made a few appearances for the

Jamaica national football team The Jamaica national football team, nicknamed the "''Reggae Boyz''", represents Jamaica in men's international Association football, football. The team's first match was against Haiti national football team, Haiti in 1925. The squad is under ...

in friendlies that were part of the build-up to the

2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup The 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the tenth edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup competition, and the twentieth soccer championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF). It was played from July 3 to 26, 2009 in the United Stat ...

Death

Simpson was attacked and stabbed to death in

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, on 13 October 2009. Before the kick-off of each Jamaica league game on Sunday 18 October, a minute of silence was observed in his memory.Chance for Sporting to go top as TG idle
- Jamaica Observer

References

1983 births 2009 deaths Footballers from Kingston, Jamaica Jamaican men's footballers Jamaica men's international footballers Jamaican murder victims People murdered in Jamaica Deaths by stabbing in Jamaica Tivoli Gardens F.C. players Men's association football midfielders 2009 murders in North America {{Jamaica-footy-bio-stub