Jamaal Smith
Personal information
Date of birth (1988-02-22) 22 February 1988
Place of birth Canada
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Alpha United
Youth career
York Lions
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008 Italia Shooters
2011 SC Toronto
2012 Syrianska Kerburan 20 (0)
2013 K-W United FC 0 (0)
2013–2014 Caledonia AIA
2014 Okzhetpes 1 (0)
2014 Vaughan Azzurri
2015– Alpha United
International career‡
2012–2015 Guyana[1] 12 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:16, 19 July 2015 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:07, 24 August 2015 (UTC)

Jamaal Smith (born 22 February 1988) is a Canadian-born Guyanese international footballer who plays for Alpha United, as a defender.

Career

College career

Smith played college soccer for the York Lions, winning CIS championships in 2008 and 2010.[2][3] He also represented Canada at the Universiade in 2009 and 2011.[4][5]

Club career

In 2007, he won a tryout for Major League Soccer expansion side Toronto FC, beating out over 900 participants, earning an invite to pre-season, but ultimately failed to make the squad.[6]

Smith has played club football for Italia Shooters, SC Toronto, Syrianska Kerburan, K-W United FC, Caledonia AIA, Okzhetpes and Vaughan Azzurri.[1][7][8]

He signed for Caledonia AIA in August 2013.[9] His debut for Caledonia came in a 3-1 away defeat to Mexican club Toluca in the CONCACAF Champions League a few days later.[10]

In April 2015 he was playing for Alpha United.[11]

International career

Born in Canada, he made his international debut for Guyana in 2012,[1] and has appeared in FIFA World Cup qualifying matches for them.[12] He also represented them at the 2012 Caribbean Cup.[13]

International career statistics

As of match played 14 June 2015[1]
Guyana
YearAppsGoals
201270
201300
201400
201550
Total120

Personal life

He is the older brother of Jelani Smith, who was also a soccer player for Guyana.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Player profile". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "YORK WINS 2008 CIS MEN'S SOCCER CROWN". Ontario University Athletics. 10 November 2008. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "York at UBC". Canadian Interuniversity Sport. 14 November 2010. Archived from the original on 16 July 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "CIS announces men's soccer Universiade team". Canada Soccer. 3 June 2009. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "Smith anchors Canada defence". Mississauga News. 20 May 2011. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  6. 1 2 Glover, Robin (June 26, 2018). "L1O Game of the Week: Woodbridge falls to Vaughan in League Cup quarter-final". Waking the Red.
  7. ↑ Jamaal Smith at Soccerway. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  8. ↑ "Canadian Soccer League Powered by Goalline Sports Administration Software". 2008-07-25. Archived from the original on 2008-07-25. Retrieved 2016-12-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  9. ↑ "Caledonia AIA signs Guyana international". CONACAF. 1 August 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  10. ↑ "Caledonia falls to Toluca but grabs away goal in Mexico City". Wired868. 7 August 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  11. ↑ "Alpha United to rely on team effort in CFU play". CONACAF. 15 April 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  12. ↑ Jamaal Smith – FIFA competition record (archived)
  13. ↑ "Profile". Caribbean Football Database. Retrieved 19 July 2015.


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