Akeyla Furbert (born 4 September 1994) is a Bermudian

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who played as a midfielder for

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and the Bermuda national team. Furbert was part of the squad as hosts Bermuda won the

2013 Island Games The XV Island Games (also known as the 2013 NatWest Island Games for sponsorship reasons) were held in Bermuda from 13 to 19 July 2013. Bermuda was selected to host the Games by default after Prince Edward Island withdrew from the International Is ...

. In May 2014 she scored in Bermuda's 3–1 win over Saint Kitts and Nevis, which secured her team's place in the final stages of the

2014 CFU Women's Caribbean Cup 2014 Women's Caribbean Cup. Twenty nations entered the First Round in 5 groups, but three withdrew before playing any match. The group winners and 2 best runners-up teams joined Trinidad and Tobago in the Second Round, split into 2 groups of 4. T ...

Basketball

While a pupil at

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, Furbert excelled at

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. She trained with

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(WNBA) team

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in May 2011. After switching to

Montverde Academy Montverde Academy is a private PK–12 school in Montverde, Florida, United States. History The school was founded in 1912 as Montgomery Industrial School. The school president was Henry P. Carpenter. It underwent a major expansion in 1921, whe ...

in Florida, Furbert continued to play basketball alongside football.

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1994 births Living people Bermudian women's footballers Bermuda women's international footballers Women's association football midfielders Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States Bermudian expatriate women's footballers Bermudian expatriate sportspeople in the United States USC Aiken Pacers women's soccer players USC Aiken Pacers athletes University of South Carolina Aiken alumni Montverde Academy alumni {{Bermuda-footy-bio-stub

Basketball

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