Jahmari Clarke

Jahmari Oshown Clarke (born 2 October 2003) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for EFL League One club Reading. Born in England, he is a youth international for Jamaica.

Jahmari Clarke
Personal information
Full name Jahmari Oshown Clarke [1]
Date of birth (2003-10-02) 2 October 2003
Place of birth England
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Reading F.C.
Number 39
Youth career
Reading
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021– Reading 12 (2)
2022 → Woking (loan) 2 (1)
2023 → Forest Green Rovers (loan) 4 (1)
International career‡
2022 Jamaica U20 5 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 07:44, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 June 2022

Career

Clarke made his professional debut with Reading in a 3–0 EFL Cup loss to Swansea City on 10 August 2021.[2] Seven days later, 17 August 2021, Clarke replaced replaced George Pușcaș in the 76th minute during a 3–2 defeat to Bristol City to make his league debut. Clarke's first goals for Reading came on 6 November 2021, when he again came off the bench to replace George Pușcaș, and then scored both Reading's goals in a 2-1 victory over Birmingham City.

On 7 July 2022, Reading confirmed that Clarke had signed a new contract with the club.[3]

On 29 October 2022, Clarke joined Woking on a month-long youth loan deal.[4] On 31 January 2023, Clarke joined Forest Green Rovers on loan for the remainder of the season.[5]

International career

In May 2022, Clarke was selected for the Jamaica Under-20 team for the 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.[6] He scored on his U20 debut against Costa Rica when after coming off the bench, he won and scored a penalty in the 98th minute, making the score line 1-1.

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 25 February 2023[7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Reading 2021–22 EFL Championship 1220010—132
2022–23 000010—10
Total 1220020----142
Woking (loan) 2022–23 National League 2100—21
Forest Green Rovers (loan) 2022–23 EFL League One 410000—0041
Career total 1840020--00204

    International
    Appearances and goals by national team and year
    National teamYearAppsGoals
    Jamaica U20 202253

    References
    1. https://www.efl.com/contentassets/bbc45f8b74f946c9a6d98bbf8ecf0207/efl-professional-retain-list---2021-22.pdf
    2. "Reading vs. Swansea City - 10 August 2021 - Soccerway". Int.soccerway.com.
    3. "JAHMARI CLARKE COMMITS TO NEW ROYALS CONTRACT". readingfc.co.uk/. Reading F.C. 7 July 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
    4. "Clarke And Bilongo Join On Loan". Woking FC. 29 October 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
    5. "JAHMARI CLARKE HEADS TO FOREST GREEN ROVERS ON LOAN". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
    6. "Omari Hutchinson and Jahmari clarke apart of Reggaeboyz u20 Jamaica submitted the 44 player pool". Twitter.com. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
    7. Jahmari Clarke at Soccerway
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