Nationality American Height 1.83 m Listed height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | Name Kevin Sheppard Positions Point guard Role Basketball player Pro career 2003 | |
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League Iranian Basketball Super League Born September 17, 1979 (age 44)
St Croix, United States Virgin Islands ( 1979-09-17 ) | ||
Education Jacksonville University | ||
Meet Kevin Sheppard
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.
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Soccer career
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 and also played in the return game. He scored a goal in both games to become his country's all-time leading goalscorer.
Basketball
Sheppard chose to pursue a professional career in basketball and played in Venezuela, Israel, Argentina, the United States, and Puerto Rico before joining Iranian team Azad University in Tehran. Sheppard is the subject of a documentary, The Iran Job, which covers his 2008-2009 season with the A.S. Shiraz team in Iran.
