Kevin Sheppard | |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 0 |
Position: | Point guard |
Birth Date: | 17 September 1979 |
Birth Place: | St Croix, United States Virgin Islands |
Nationality: | American |
College: | Jacksonville (1998–2003) |
Draft Year: | 2003 |
Career Start: | 2003 |
Years1: | 2003 |
Team1: | Cocoteros de Paria |
Years2: | 2004 |
Team2: | Toros de Aragua |
Years3: | 2004 |
Team3: | Gallitos de Isabela |
Years4: | 2004 |
Team4: | Guacharos de Maturin |
Years5: | 2004–2005 |
Team5: | Maccabi Rishon LeZion |
Years6: | 2005–2006 |
Team6: | La Union Colon |
Years7: | 2006 |
Team7: | Guaynabo Conquistadores |
Years8: | 2006–2007 |
Team8: | Minot SkyRockets |
Years9: | 2007 |
Team9: | Marinos de Anzoategui |
Years10: | 2007 |
Team10: | Maratonistas de Coamo |
Years11: | 2007–2008 |
Team11: | Azad University |
Years12: | 2008 |
Team12: | Guaynabo Conquistadores |
Years13: | 2008–2009 |
Years14: | 2009 |
Team14: | Quebradillas Pirates |
Years15: | 2009–2015 |
Team15: | Azad University |
Kevin Sheppard | |
Fullname: | Kevin Alphonso Sheppard |
Birth Date: | 17 September 1979 |
Birth Place: | St Croix, United States Virgin Islands |
Position: | Striker |
Clubs1: | Jacksonville University |
Nationalyears1: | 2002 |
Nationalteam1: | United States Virgin Islands |
Nationalcaps1: | 2 |
Nationalgoals1: | 2 |
Ntupdate: | 20 December 2008 |
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.
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.
Sheppard chose to pursue a professional career in basketball and played in Venezuela, Israel, Poland, Spain, Argentina, the United States, 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.