Keith "Kayamba" Gumbs (born 11 September 1972 in
St. Kitts
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,
Saint Kitts and Nevis) is a retired
St. Kitts and Nevis international football
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player.
Playing career
Gumbs began playing football while he was attending the Newtown Primary School (now the Tucker/Clarke Primary School), continued at Basseterre Junior High (now the Washington Archilbald High School) and then Basseterre Senior High where he finished his schooling. Gumbs played various other sports as well, including
cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...
and
basketball.
In his debut first division season in 1989, he helped
Newtown to win the double (league and cup) earning him a called up to the National Senior team by the then head coach Alphonso Bridgewater.
Gumbs now plays amateur football for Southern & Ettalong United in Australia, where he now lives.
Coaching career
Gumbs began his coaching career as a Physical Coach on
Sriwijaya F.C.
Sriwijaya Football Club, commonly known as Sriwijaya riwiˈdʒajaor SFC, is an Indonesian professional football club based in Palembang, South Sumatra, that competes in the Liga 2, the second tier of Indonesian football. The club was founded o ...
in 2011-2012 Season as a player and Physical Coach. In
2016 Indonesia Soccer Championship A
Indonesia Soccer Championship A, also known as Torabika Soccer Championship presented by IM3 Ooredoo for sponsorship reasons, was a football competition that replaced the temporarily-suspended Indonesia Super League.
Persipura won the title on ...
he was appointed again to be Assistant coach of
Sriwijaya F.C.
Sriwijaya Football Club, commonly known as Sriwijaya riwiˈdʒajaor SFC, is an Indonesian professional football club based in Palembang, South Sumatra, that competes in the Liga 2, the second tier of Indonesian football. The club was founded o ...
Honours
Club honors
;Happy Valley
*
Hong Kong First Division League (1):
2002–03
;Kitchee
*
Hong Kong League Cup (2):
2005–06,
2006–07
*
Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield (1):
2005–06
;Sriwijaya
*
Liga Indonesia/
Indonesia Super League
Liga 1 ( en, League 1), also known as BRI Liga 1 for sponsorship reasons with Bank Rakyat Indonesia, is the men's top professional football division of the Indonesian football league system. Administered by the PT Liga Indonesia Baru (), Liga 1 i ...
(2):
2007–08,
2011–12
*
Piala Indonesia (3): 2007–08, 2008–09,
2010
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*
Indonesian Community Shield (1):
2010
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*
Indonesian Inter Island Cup (1):
2010
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;Arema Cronus
* Menpora Cup (1): 2013
Individual honors
* Hong Kong League Top Scorer 2002 - 2003
*
Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield Top Scorer (2):
2004–05,
2005–06
*
Hong Kong League Cup Top Scorer (1):
2005–06
*
Piala Indonesia Best player (1):
2010
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*
Indonesia Super League
Liga 1 ( en, League 1), also known as BRI Liga 1 for sponsorship reasons with Bank Rakyat Indonesia, is the men's top professional football division of the Indonesian football league system. Administered by the PT Liga Indonesia Baru (), Liga 1 i ...
Best player (1):
2011–12
* Recipient of the National Medal of Honour Award St. Kitts and Nevis 2010
* Recognised and listed among the World's Top 100 players and Goal scorers according to the International Federation of Football History 2010
* Runner-up Indonesia Super League 2013 (Arema)
* Champion Indonesia International Tournament (Menpora Cup) 2013 - Arema
* Best Player Award Menpora Cup 2013
* Golden Boot Winner Menpora Cup 2013
* Central Coast Football, Australia Pele Sports Division 1 Men's Player of the Year 2014
* Central Coast Football, Australia Battlewin Premier League 1 Men's Golden Boot 2015
International goals
''Saint Kitts and Nevis' score is listed first.''
Notes and references
External links
Keith Kayamba Gumbs – Official WebsiteKeith Gumbsat
HKFA
Profileat ''Kitchee.com''
1972 births
Living people
People from Basseterre
Saint Kitts and Nevis footballers
Saint Kitts and Nevis expatriate footballers
Saint Kitts and Nevis international footballers
Association football forwards
Panionios F.C. players
Happy Valley AA players
Kitchee SC players
Hong Kong First Division League players
Expatriate footballers in Austria
Expatriate footballers in Brazil
Expatriate footballers in Greece
Expatriate footballers in Hong Kong
Expatriate footballers in Malaysia
Expatriate footballers in Trinidad and Tobago
Sabah F.C. (Malaysia) players
Expatriate footballers in Indonesia
Liga 1 (Indonesia) players
Sriwijaya F.C. players
Indonesian Super League-winning players
Super League Greece players
Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras players
San Juan Jabloteh F.C. players
Arema F.C. players
SK Sturm Graz players
Newtown United FC players
Saint Kitts and Nevis expatriate sportspeople in England
Saint Kitts and Nevis expatriate sportspeople in Trinidad and Tobago
Saint Kitts and Nevis expatriate sportspeople in Malaysia
Saint Kitts and Nevis expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia
Saint Kitts and Nevis expatriate sportspeople in Hong Kong
Saint Kitts and Nevis expatriate sportspeople in Greece
Saint Kitts and Nevis expatriate sportspeople in Brazil
Saint Kitts and Nevis expatriate sportspeople in Austria
Hong Kong League XI representative players
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