Jamal Charles (footballer)

Jamal Ray Charles (born 24 November 1995) is a Grenadian footballer who plays as a midfielder for C.D. Real Sociedad and the Grenada national football team.

This article is about the football player. For the American football running back, see Jamaal Charles.
Jamal Charles
Personal information
Full name Jamal Ray Charles
Date of birth (1995-11-24) 24 November 1995[1]
Place of birth Gouyave, Grenada
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Real Sociedad
Youth career
St Andrew's[2]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015 Paradise
2015–2017 W Connection (11)
2017–2019 Vida 31 (14)
2018 → Real Monarchs (loan) 3 (0)
2019–2021 Real España 6 (1)
2020–2021 → Real Sociedad (loan) 25 (8)
2021–2022 Paradise
2022– Real Sociedad 0 (0)
International career‡
2014 Grenada U20 2 (2)
2015– Grenada 35 (17)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 June 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:47, 25 March 2023 (UTC)

Early life

Jamal Ray Charles is the son of Janice Charles and Raphael "Ray" Charles, a former footballer. As a child he attended the Belair Government School in St. Andrew's, which he represented at Primary School level competitions. At the age of 12 he entered the St. Andrew's Anglican Secondary School and was selected by coach Michael "Niko" Felix to represent the school. He played during his entire six years at that institution.

Career

Club

In July 2019 Charles signed with Liga Nacional club Real España. In December 2020 he was loaned to fellow Liga side Real Sociedad.[3]

In May 2021 Charles returned to Grenada and joined local side Paradise.

International

Charles represented Grenada at U20 level, during 2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying and scored 2 goals against Dominica.[4]

Charles was first selected to represent Grenada during the 2015 Windward Islands Tournament in Saint Lucia.[5] He made an immediate impact, scoring a brace against hosts St Lucia.[6] Charles would score another important goal for Grenada during second round qualifying for the 2018 FIFA World Cup when he scored the winning aggregate goal against Puerto Rico in a 2–0 win to send them through to the Third round.[7]

International goals
As of match played 24 March 2023. Grenada score listed first, score column indicates score after each Charles goal.[8]
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 16 May 2015Philip Marcellin Grounds, Vieux-Fort, Saint Lucia2 Saint Lucia1–02–0Friendly
2 2–0
3 16 June 2015Grenada National Stadium, St. George's, Grenada3 Puerto Rico2–02–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification
4 19 March 2016Grenada National Stadium, St. George's, Grenada6 Trinidad and Tobago1–12–2Friendly
5 22 March 2016Grenada National Stadium, St. George's, Grenada7 Sint Maarten2–05–02017 Caribbean Cup qualification
6 7 June 2016Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda9 Antigua and Barbuda1–21–52017 Caribbean Cup qualification
7 16 November 2018Kirani James Athletic Stadium, St. George's, Grenada15 Saint Martin1–05–22019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualification
8 2–0
9 5 September 2019Kirani James Athletic Stadium, St. George's, Grenada17 Saint Kitts and Nevis2–12–12019–20 CONCACAF Nations League B
10 7 June 2016Isidoro Beaton Stadium, Belmopan, Belize18 Belize2–12–12019–20 CONCACAF Nations League B
11 13 October 2019Kirani James Athletic Stadium, St. George's, Grenada20 French Guiana1–01–02019–20 CONCACAF Nations League B
12 17 November 2019Kirani James Athletic Stadium, St. George's, Grenada22 Belize1–03–22019–20 CONCACAF Nations League B
13 2–2
14 3–2
15 7 June 2022Kirani James Athletic Stadium, St. George's, Grenada30 El Salvador2–12–22022–23 CONCACAF Nations League A
16 22 February 2023Fond Playing Field, Sauteurs, Grenada32 Barbados1–11–1Friendly
17 26 February 2023Kirani James Athletic Stadium, St. George's, Grenada34 Barbados1–12–2Friendly

References
  1. FIFA.com
  2. Noel, Selwin (1 July 2013). "GFA Inter-parish Football". WEE FM Grenada. Archived from the original on 17 June 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  3. Orellana, Douglas (December 31, 2019). "Real Sociedad hace oficial los fichajes de Jamal Charles y Yeer Gutiérrez" (in Spanish).
  4. "U-20 Championship: Qualifying Results & Scorers". CONCACAF. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  5. "Spiceboyz in WIFA Men's Tournament". NOW Grenada. 13 May 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  6. "Windward Islands Tournament 2015 St. Lucia: St. Lucia: 0 v Grenada: 2". weltfussballarchiv. 16 May 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  7. "Grenada 2–0 Puerto Rico". FIFA. 16 June 2015. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  8. Jamal Charles at Soccerway


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