Kentoine Jennings (born 15 October 1971) is a
Bermudian former
footballer
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who played as a
defender. He made 33 appearances for the
Bermuda national team scoring twice.
Club career
Jennings played in the 1989 Bermudan FA Cup final for
North Village Rams
North Village Rams is a Bermudian football club based in Pembroke Parish
Pembroke Parish is one of the nine parishes of Bermuda. It is named after English aristocrat William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke (1580–1630).
It occupies most of t ...
.
Jennings signed for English club
Hereford United
Hereford United Football Club was an association football club based in Hereford, England. They played at Edgar Street for their entire history. They were nicknamed 'The Whites' or 'The Lilywhites', after their predominantly white kit, or 'The ...
from
PHC Zebras
The Pembroke Hamilton Club Zebras is a Bermuda, Bermudian association football, football club who participate in the Bermudian Premier Division.
They play their home games on PHC Field at "Stadium Lane", which was reopened in 2015 after 17 year ...
in 1990. Over the next two seasons, he made 16 appearances in
the Football League
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, playing alongside compatriot
Meshach Wade
Meshach Wade (born 23 January 1973) is a retired Bermudian football player.
Club career
Wade played two seasons for Hereford United, alongside compatriot Kentoine Jennings, in the English Football League before returning to PHC Zebras in Bermu ...
. They were spotted by manager
John Sillett
John Charles Sillett (20 July 1936 – 30 November 2021) was an English football player and manager. He played for Chelsea, Coventry City and Plymouth Argyle. He won the Championship with Chelsea in 1955, playing alongside his brother Peter Si ...
when playing their first international match against the United States.
He returned to Bermuda in 1993 to play with
Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira (; ; c. 1460s – 24 December 1524), was a Portuguese explorer and the first European to reach India by sea.
His initial voyage to India by way of Cape of Good Hope (1497–1499) was the first to link E ...
, before signing for
North Village in 1999.
In 2010, he played for Bermuda First Division side Prospect United.
International career
He made his debut for
Bermuda
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in a February 1990
friendly match
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against the
USA
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and earned a total of 33 caps, scoring 2 goals. He also captained the national team.
His final international match was a September 2006
CONCACAF Gold Cup
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qualification match against the
Dominican Republic
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. He announced his international retirement in 2007.
Personal life
His younger brother is fellow footballer
Kevin Jennings
Kevin Brett Jennings (born May 8, 1963) is an American educator, author, and administrator. He was the assistant deputy secretary for the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools at the U.S. Department of Education from July 6, 2009 – June 2011.
Je ...
.
He now works for the Bermuda Telephone Company.
Career statistics
:''Scores and results list Bermuda's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Jennings goal.''
References
External links
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1971 births
Living people
Men's association football central defenders
Bermudian men's footballers
Bermuda men's international footballers
PHC Zebras players
Hereford United F.C. players
North Village Rams players
English Football League players
Bermudian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in England
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