Kenroy Howell (born 6 March 1993 in Manchester) is a Jamaican

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Career

Youth

Howell debuted for Royal Lakes FC of the St. Catherine Football Association in 2009 and remained with the club until 2013 when he transferred to

Waterhouse F.C. The Waterhouse Football Club is a football team based in Kingston, that competes in the Jamaica National Premier League. Their home stadium is Waterhouse Stadium. History The club was founded in 1968 as ''Harlem Kickers FC'', changed to ''Th ...

of the Jamaica National Premier League. During the 2010 season, he was named the league most valuable player and most outstanding junior player as he scored 13 times and lead the team to the league title. He also played four years at Spanish Town High School, scoring 27 total goals.

Professional

Howell began his professional career with Waterhouse during the 2013-14 season after being brought up from the Under-21 team. He stayed with the club for three seasons, tallying 15 goals over that time. With the club he also competed in the

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, scoring two goals as the club topped its group. In July 2016, he was loaned to Salvadoran club

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for the remainder of the 2016

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season. During his time with the club, he scored 1 goal in 16 league appearances, with his only goal coming against Isidro Metapán in October 2016. With Dragón, Howell also made four appearances in the group stage of the

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. He scored a goal against the

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in the tournament in an eventual 1–2 defeat. In December 2016, it was announced that Waterhouse FC transferred Howell to the Pittsburgh Riverhounds of the

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on a 1-year deal with a club option for an additional year. At the end of the season, the club did not pick up the option, and Howell departed Pittsburgh after just one year with the Riverhounds. In 2018, Howell returned to Waterhouse FC in Jamaica.

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Kenroy Howell
at Jamaica Football Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Howell, Kenroy 1993 births Living people Jamaican men's footballers Men's association football forwards Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC players Jamaican expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Sportspeople from Manchester Parish