Roger Thompson

Roger Thompson

Personal information
Date of birth	(1991-12-19) 19 December 1991
Place of birth	Clarendon, Jamaica
Height
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Trelleborgs FF
Youth career
2009	Graceland Yellowjackets
2010–2011	Cincinnati Bearcats
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012	Vasa IFK	21	(0)
2013–14	IFK Mariehamn	50	(0)
2015	KSV Baunatal	12	(0)
2015–	Trelleborgs FF	10	(0)
International career‡
2011	Canada U20	3	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of April 19, 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of October 13, 2013

Roger Thompson (born 19 December 1991) is a Jamaican born Canadian football player. He currently plays for Trelleborgs FF.

Career

Youth

Thompson was born in Clarendon, Jamaica and moved to Brampton, Ontario at the age of ten. A year later he started playing football at the local club Brampton East SC and later at Vaughan SC. In 2009 he played 14 matches for the Graceland University. 2010 he attended the University of Cincinnati and played two seasons for the Cincinnati Bearcats. In 2011 Thompson was able to play just three matches due to injury.

Professional

In early 2012 Thompson trained two weeks with Veikkausliiga club VPS Vaasa, but he wasn't signed. In April 2012 Thompson made a year-long contract with another Vaasa based club Vasa IFK. He played 21 matches for the team at the Finnish third tier Kakkonen. In January 2013 Thompson was signed for two years by IFK Mariehamn.

External links

• IFK Mariehamn Player Info
• Canadian Soccer Association

• Cincinnati Bearcats/Men's soccer
• Finnish Football Association