Jermaine Windster is an international

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who currently plays for

Real Rincon SV Real Rincon is a association football, football club from the town of Rincon, Bonaire, Rincon in Bonaire in the Caribbean Netherlands. The team has won the Bonaire League on 11 occasions, most recently in 2018–19, as well as twice finishing to ...

of the

Bonaire League Divishon Honor – Bonaire or known as Kampionato (literally ''

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championship '') is the top association football league in Bonaire, a special municipality of the Netherlands in the Caribbean. The top two teams in this competition comp ...

, and the

Bonaire national football team The Bonaire national football team ( nl, Bonairiaans voetbalelftal; pap, Selekshon Bonerianu di futbòl) is the national football team of the Caribbean island of Bonaire, a public body of the Netherlands. It is under the control of the Bonaire ...

. He has a brother and a sister named Jianna and Jordan.

Career

College

From 2013 to 2014 Windster played

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in the

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for the Generals of Herkimer County Community College. Over his two seasons with the team he made 38 appearances and scored 23 goals. He was named an All-American for his division in 2014. He transferred to the University of Charleston and played for the Golden Eagles from 2015 to 2016. Over his two seasons with the club, he appeared in 44 total matches, scoring 13 goals.

Semi-professional

While attending the University of Charleston, Windster also played semi-professional football for the

Southern West Virginia King's Warriors Southern West Virginia King's Warriors was an American soccer club based in Forest Hill, West Virginia. The King's Warriors played in the South Atlantic Division of the Premier Development League USL League Two (USL2), formerly the Premier D ...

of the

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. He made two league appearances for the club during the 2015 season but failed to score a goal. The following season, Windster signed for

AFC Ann Arbor AFC Ann Arbor is an American soccer club based in Ann Arbor, Michigan that currently plays in USL League Two. The team played in the National Premier Soccer League from 2016 to 2019. History AFC Ann Arbor was started by a group of Ann Arbor r ...

of the

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. During the 2015–2016 season, he scored one goal in six league appearances.

Professional

In 2017 Windster returned to Bonaire and signed for

SV Juventus SV Juventus is a football team from Antriòl, Kralendijk on Bonaire in the Caribbean Netherlands, playing at the top level. The club was founded in 1973 as a split-off from SV Vitesse. Squad Achievements *Bonaire League: 14 ::Winner: 19 ...

of the

Bonaire League Divishon Honor – Bonaire or known as Kampionato (literally ''

championship '') is the top association football league in Bonaire, a special municipality of the Netherlands in the Caribbean. The top two teams in this competition comp ...

. The next year he transferred to fellow-Bonaire club

. He played with the club in the 2017 Copa ABC, including in a match against

RKSV Scherpenheuvel Rooms Katholieke Sport Vereniging Scherpenheuvel is a Curaçaoan football team located in Scherpenheuvel, and playing in the Sekshon Pagá since the 2015 season. The club has previously played at the topflight of the Netherlands Antilles, having ...

Curaçao Curaçao ( ; ; pap, Kòrsou, ), officially the Country of Curaçao ( nl, Land Curaçao; pap, Pais Kòrsou), is a Lesser Antilles island country in the southern Caribbean Sea and the Dutch Caribbean region, about north of the Venezuela coast ...

. In April 2018 the club qualified for the 2018 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield by winning the

2017–18 Bonaire League The 2017–18 Bonaire League or known locally as the 2017–18 Kampionato is the 48th season of the Bonaire League, the top-tier association football, football league in Bonaire. The regular season began on 19 November 2017, and the final was playe ...

. In the club's third match of the group stage, Windster scored a goal as Rincon drew

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2–2 in Santiago de los Caballeros,

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. The draw ensured that Real became the first club from Bonaire to advance to the semi-finals of a CONCACAF tournament. Real Rincon went on to win bronze in the tournament.

International career

In December 2015, Windster was named to

Bonaire Bonaire (; , ; pap, Boneiru, , almost pronounced ) is a Dutch island in the Leeward Antilles in the Caribbean Sea. Its capital is the port of Kralendijk, on the west ( leeward) coast of the island. Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao form the ABC i ...

’s provisional squad by head coach

Ferdinand Bernabela Ferdinand Bernabela is a Bonaire professional association football manager, football manager. From 2014 to 2015 he coached the Bonaire national football team. Managerial statistics References External links * Profileat Soccerpunter.com

in preparation for
2017 Caribbean Cup qualification The 2017 Caribbean Cup qualification began in March 2016. The qualification competition determined which Caribbean national teams would play in the 2017 Caribbean Cup and the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup. Participants 25 teams from the 31 CFU members ...
. However, Bonaire ultimately did not enter the competition. In September 2018 Windster was named to Bonaire's squad for the inaugural qualifying campaign for the newly established CONCACAF Nations League by head coach Emmanuel Alexis Cristori. He went on to make his international debut on 9 September 2018 in the team's opening match against the
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. He was named a starter in the eventual 0–5 defeat.

International goals
:''Scores and results list Bonaire's goal tally first.''

International career statistics

Personal
Windster was born in
Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"N ...
in the
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. He also organizes youth football clinics on Bonaire.

References

External links
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WDB Sport profileNPSL profileHerkimer Generals profileCharleston Golden Eagles profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Windster, Jermaine Living people Men's association football forwards Men's association football midfielders Bonaire men's international footballers 1994 births Bonaire men's footballers Charleston Golden Eagles men's soccer players Southern West Virginia King's Warriors players AFC Ann Arbor players SV Juventus players