Demar Phillips

Demar Phillips ( born September 23, 1983 in Kingston) is a Jamaican football player.

Life

Phillips attended the Seaforth High School and played in the youth for the Bull Bay FC, ​​before joining the Jamaican capital club Waterhouse FC.

Club career

Phillips began his professional career in 2003 at the Jamaican first division Waterhouse FC. With Waterhouse, he won the Jamaican title in the 2005/06 season. He was there until 2007 active for the season 2007/ 08 he moved to English club Stoke City, the promotion to the Premier League managed this season. In 2008 /09, Phillips played for Stoke City, arrived there, however, in the two years, only a total of four missions, two in cup matches. In 2009, he moved to Norway to Ålesund Fotballklubb.

In Phillips 's first year for the FK Ålesunds the club reached the Norwegian Cup final, which was held on 8 November 2009 at the Ullevaal Stadium in Oslo. Phillips came off the bench in extra time of the game in the 102nd minute game when the score was 1:2 for Trond Fredriksen. Once in the 115th minute nor the compensation for Ålesund fell, it came to the penalty shootout. Phillips scored on a penalty of, Aalesunds FK won the game (2-2 aet; 5:4 iE ) and Phillips was Norwegian Cup winners.

With Ålesund since 2009 he plays in Tippeligaen, the highest Norwegian league, and was there until 2010 on 38 missions in which he scored three goals. On 20 August 2011, he extended his contract with FK Ålesund until 2014.

National

For the Jamaican national football team Phillips plays since 2006. He belonged to the squad at the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2009 and was used in all three games of the group stage, not make it past the Jamaica in the tournament. Also, the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2011, he plays for his country. Through his two goals in the 2-0 win against Guatemala on June 10, 2011, he secured his team to the quarter- finals.

So far, he scored 8 goals for the Jamaican national team in a total of 46 missions.