Akeem Priestley

Akeem Sayeed Priestley (born 13 April 1985) is a Jamaican professional footballer who plays for Canadian club Master's Futbol as a winger.

Club career Priestley played his college career in the United States at Jacksonville University and also at the University of Connecticut. He was an All-Big East 2nd team selection in 2008, and also lead University of Connecticut to the 2007 Big East title.

Priestley was drafted by Kansas City Wizards in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft (50th overall), but was not offered a contract by the club. Priestley later signed with Jamaican club Harbour View who loaned him out to Azerbaijan based club FK Mughan for the 2009/2010 season. In April 2011, Priestley signed with the Los Angeles Blues for the season. He joined Dayton Dutch Lions for the 2012 season.

On 15 August 2013, Priestley signed with RoPS in the Veikkausliiga for the remainder of the 2013 season. In January 2015, Priestley joined Sheikh Russel KC of the Bangladesh Premier League on trial and then signed until July 2015.

On 16 October 2015, after a trial period, Priestley joined Antigua GFC for the remainder of the 2015/2016 season. He scored his first goal for Antigua GFC on 4 November 2015 in a 2–1 home win over Deportivo Mictlán. In 2018, he played in the Canadian Soccer League with CSC Mississauga. In 2019, he joined with Master's Futbol in League1 Ontario.

International career

Priestley was an instrumental member of the Jamaica Under-17 and Under-20 youth national teams from 2002 to 2005. In October 2004, Priestley made his senior national team debut versus Guatemala in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Career statistics

International

Scores and results list Jamaica's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Priestley goal.

Honours

Antigua GFC Liga Nacional de Guatemala: 1 2015 Apertura