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. He is the joint top scorer for his footballing national team

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. He scored a goal in both games to become his country's all-time leading goal scorer.

Basketball

Sheppard chose to pursue a professional career in basketball and played in Venezuela, Israel, 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.