Ackeel Applewhaite

Ackeel Applewhaite
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-07-17) 17 July 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Bridgetown, Barbados[1]
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Paradise
Youth career
2013 Benfica
2014–2017 Paradise
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Hoppers 11 (2)
2018 Paradise 17 (4)
2018 Parham
2019 Paradise 13 (2)
2019 Kemi Kings
2020– Paradise
International career‡
Barbados U17[2]
2018 Barbados U20 4 (0)
2017– Barbados 33 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:57, 14 June 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:57, 27 May 2022 (UTC)

Ackeel Applewhaite (born 17 July 1999) is a Bajan footballer who plays as a midfielder for Paradise and the Barbados national team.

Career

Applewhaite first started playing football at St Giles Primary, before playing for club sides Benfica and Paradise.[3] Trials at English sides Crystal Palace and Barnet followed, but due to work permit and funding issues, Applewhaite was unable to sign professionally with the latter.[3][4]

Following spells with Antiguan sides Hoppers and Parham, as well as with boyhood club Paradise, Applewhaite spent time in Finland with Kemi Kings.[1][3]

Career statistics

Club

As of 14 June 2020[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Hoppers 2017–18 Antigua and Barbuda
Premier Division 		11 2 0 0 – 0 0 11 2
Paradise 2018 Barbados Premier League 17 4 0 0 – 0 0 17 4
2018–19 13 2 0 0 – 0 0 13 2
Total 30 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 6
Career total 41 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 8

International

As of matches played 27 May 2022[1]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Barbados 2017 4 0
2018 9 0
2019 9 1
2020 2 0
2021 4 0
2022 5 0
Total 33 1
Scores and results list Barbados goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Applewhaite goal.
List of international goals scored by Ackeel Applewhaite[1]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 6 March 2019 Victoria Park, Kingstown, Saint Vincent  Saint Lucia 2–0 2–0 2019 Windward Islands Tournament

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Ackeel Applewhaite at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. ^ "BSSFL players at CFU Men's U-17 Qualifiers". football.bb. 14 October 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "Behind The Goal Lines: Ackeel Applewhaite". barbadosfa.com. 30 June 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  4. ^ Agard, Rachelle (30 December 2016). "Lack of money stalls Ackeel". nationnews.com. Retrieved 27 May 2022.


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