Kevin Sheppard

Kevin Sheppard is a United States Virgin Islands basketball player and former football striker. He became the subject of the documentary The Iran Job which covers his 2008-2009 season with the A.S. Shiraz team in Iran.

Soccer career

Sheppard played soccer as well as basketball at Jacksonville University. He made his debut for the United States Virgin Islands in an August 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification match against the Dominican Republic and also played in the return game.

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1		San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic		1–4	1–6	2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification
2		San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic		1–4	1–5	2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification

Sheppard chose to pursue a professional career in basketball and played in Venezuela, Israel, Poland, Spain, Argentina, the United States, and Puerto Rico before joining Iranian team Azad University in Tehran. Sheppard is the subject of a documentary, The Iran Job, which covers his 2008-2009 season with the A.S. Shiraz team in Iran.