Dever Akeem Orgill (born 8 March 1990) is a Jamaican footballer who plays as a forward.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dever Akeem Orgill[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 8 March 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Port Antonio, Jamaica | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2007 | Progressive FC | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2010 | Whitecaps Residency | 18 | (9) |
| 2008–2010 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 14 | (2) |
| 2010–2013 | St. George's SC | 18 | (4) |
| 2013–2016 | IFK Mariehamn | 80 | (30) |
| 2016–2019 | Wolfsberger AC | 55 | (12) |
| 2019–2020 | Ankaragücü | 43 | (11) |
| 2020–2021 | Antalyaspor | 32 | (1) |
| 2021–2022 | Manisa | 10 | (3) |
| 2023 | Bodrumspor | 5 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2005–2007 | Jamaica U-17 | 6 | (12) |
| 2008–2009 | Jamaica U-20 | 13 | (7) |
| 2010–2019 | Jamaica | 18 | (4) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 June 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 January 2020 | |||
Club career
Youth and amateur
Born in Port Antonio, 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 Vancouver Whitecaps in August 2007. He scored goals against the youth academies of Eintracht Frankfurt and Leicester City at the XXIX Dallas Cup, and played in the USL Premier Development League with the Vancouver Whitecaps Residency team in 2008.[2]
Professional
Orgill was called up from the Vancouver Whitecaps Residency to Vancouver Whitecaps on 15 August 2008[3] 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.[4]
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 Vancouver Metro Soccer League side North Vancouver Federazione Calcio Campobasso.[5] In his first season, he was the club's top scorer.[2]
In April 2013 following a few days of trials, Orgill signed with IFK Mariehamn in Finland.[6]
In November 2016, Orgill signed a contract with Wolfsberger AC in Austria.[7]
On 31 January 2019, Dever Origil joined Süper Lig side Ankaragücü on a 1,5 year deal.[8] He made his debut for Ankaragücü against Trabzonspor 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 Antalyaspor in August 2020.[9]
In 2021, Orgill transferred to Manisa. [10]
In December 2022 Orgill joined Bodrumspor.[11]
International career
In 2005, he won the Golden Boot award in the Caribbean Football Union’s U15 tournament held in Trinidad and Tobago 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.[12][13]
Career statistics
Club
As of match played 12 February 2019[14]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Vancouver Whitecaps | 2009 | USSF Division 2 Professional League | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 12 | 2 | |||
| 2010 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | ||
| St. George's | 2010–11 | National Premier League | ? | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | ? | 2 | |||
| IFK Mariehamn | 2013 | Veikkausliiga | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | — | 1[a] | 0 | 16 | 11 | |
| 2014 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 1 | |||||
| 2015 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | — | 35 | 17 | |||
| 2016 | 28 | 13 | 1 | 1 | — | 2[a] | 0 | 31 | 14 | |||
| Total | 80 | 30 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 94 | 43 | ||
| Wolfsberger AC | 2016–17 | Austrian Football Bundesliga | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 14 | 2 | |||
| 2017–18 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 1 | — | 23 | 7 | |||||
| 2018–19 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | 18 | 4 | |||||
| Total | 54 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 13 | ||
| Ankaragücü | 2018–19 | Süper Lig | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 1 | |||
| Career totals | 153 | 51 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 171 | 65 | ||
International
As of match played 29 December 2020[15][13]
| Jamaica national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 |
| 2016 | 6 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 8 | 4 |
| Total | 18 | 4 |
International goals
- Scores and results list Jamaica's goal tally first.[15]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 17 June 2019 | Independence Park, Kingston, Jamaica |  Honduras | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup |
| 2. | 2–0 | |||||
| 3. | 9 September 2019 | Synthetic Track and Field Facility, Leonora, Guyana |  Guyana | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League B |
| 4. | 4–0 |
Honors
Vancouver Whitecaps
IFK Mariehamn
References
External links
- Vancouver Whitecaps bio [dead link]
- News story about his release from the Whitecaps [permanent dead link]
- Dever Orgill at National-Football-Teams.com