Jason Cunliffe

Jason Ryan Quitugua Cunliffe (born 23 October 1983) is a Guamanian footballer who plays as a striker and midfielder for Bank of Guam Strykers in the Guam Soccer League, and is the current captain of Guam.[2]

This article is about the Guam footballer. For the character from the British soap opera Hollyoaks, see Jason Cunliffe (Hollyoaks).
Jason Cunliffe
Cunliffe lining up for Guam in 2012.
Personal information
Full name Jason Ryan Quitugua Cunliffe[1]
Date of birth (1983-10-23) October 23, 1983
Place of birth Hagåtña, Guam
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Striker, midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Bank of Guam Strykers
Youth career
Tumon Soccer Club
Houston Texans
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2004 Santa Clara Broncos
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2008 Quality Distributors 49 (38)
2010–2012 Guam Shipyard 55 (52)
2012–2013 Pachanga Diliman 13 (4)
2013–2018 Rovers 36 (43)
2018– Bank of Guam Strykers 26 (17)
International career‡
2006– Guam 65 (26)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 October 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:40, 12 October 2023 (UTC)

Youth and club career

Cunliffe first played for Guam’s Tumon Soccer Club at the age of five. He was part of the Houston Texans team that won two youth national championships in 2001 and 2002, and was part of the 2001 Texans team that won the Brazil Cup. Cunliffe played for the NCAA Division I men’s soccer team, the Santa Clara University Broncos, including playing for its 2003 team that competed in the NCAA Final Four.[1]

From 2010 to 2012, he played for Guam Shipyard in the Guam Men's Soccer League. In 2012, he signed for Philippine side Pachanga in the United Football League.[3]

After his stint with the Philippine club, Cunliffe returned home to Guam to join Rovers FC. He played for the Rovers from 2013 to 2018, including the 2017 AFC Cup playoff qualifiers. He then moved to Bank of Guam Strykers FC and played for them at the 2018 Guam FA Cup.[4]

International career

He first represented Guam at youth level for its under-16 national team. He made his senior debut in the 2006 AFC Challenge Cup,[5] with his first match as a starting player on 3 April 2006 against the host nation, Bangladesh. Since 2006, Cunliffe has become a mainstay in the national team and has been captain since 2012.

He made his first hat-trick for Guam in the 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup match against the Northern Mariana Islands, which helped them to win 3–1. He scored another hat trick against Bhutan in a 2022 World Cup qualifier on 11 June 2019, which ended 5–0 for Guam.

He made his 50th international cap on September 4, 2018 in Guam's match against Macau at the 2019 EAFF Football Championship. He is the first Guam national team player to achieve the said feat.[4]

International goals
Scores and results list Guam's goal tally first.[6]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result CompetitionRef.
1.15 March 2009Leo Palace Resort Soccer Ground, Yona, Guam Macau2–22–22010 East Asian Football Championship
2.23 August 2009National Stadium, Kaohsiung, Taiwan North Korea2–22–92010 East Asian Football Championship
3.19 June 2010Oleai Sports Complex, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands Northern Mariana Islands1–11–1Friendly
4.3 September 2011Stade Rivière Salée, Nouméa, New Caledonia Vanuatu1–01–42011 Pacific Games
5.5 September 2011Stade Rivière Salée, Nouméa, New Caledonia Tuvalu1–01–12011 Pacific Games
6.18 July 2012Leo Palace Resort Soccer Ground, Yona, Guam Northern Mariana Islands1–13–12013 EAFF East Asian Cup
7.2–1
8.3–1
9.22 July 2012Leo Palace Resort Soccer Ground, Yona, Guam Macau1–03–02013 EAFF East Asian Cup
10.6 March 2013Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Burma Chinese Taipei1–03–02014 AFC Challenge Cup
11.3–0
12.16 November 2013New Laos National Stadium, Vientiane, Laos Laos1–11–1Friendly
13.27 March 2014Trinidad Stadium, Oranjestad, Aruba Aruba1–12–2Friendly
14.2–1
15.13 November 2014Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei, Taiwan Chinese Taipei1–02–12015 EAFF East Asian Cup
16.16 November 2014Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei, Taiwan North Korea1–11–42015 EAFF East Asian Cup
17.31 March 2015Jalan Besar Stadium, Jalan Besar, Singapore Singapore2–12–2Friendly
18.6 November 2016Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong Hong Kong1–32–32017 EAFF East Asian Cup
19.2 September 2018MFF Football Centre, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Northern Mariana Islands3–04–02019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship
20.11 June 2019Guam FA National Training Center, Dededo, Guam Bhutan2–05–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification
21.4–0
22.5–0
23.22 February 2022Guam National Football Stadium, Hagåtña, Guam Northern Mariana Islands1–13–2Friendly[7]
24.2–2
25.3–2
26.12 October 2023National Stadium, Kallang, Singapore Singapore1–21–22026 FIFA World Cup qualification

References
  1. "Jason Ryan Quitugua Cunliffe". Diadora. Archived from the original on August 29, 2012. Retrieved September 9, 2012.
  2. "Jason Cunliffe". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved June 11, 2012.
  3. Salonga, Jady. "UFL releases Division 1 lineup". Soccer Central Philippines. Archived from the original on September 23, 2012. Retrieved September 15, 2012.
  4. Payumo, Leo (September 30, 2018). "Cunliffe becomes first Guam international to earn 50 caps". PNC News First. Retrieved September 30, 2018.
  5. "Match Summary - Guam v Bangladesh" (PDF). The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 30, 2018. Retrieved September 15, 2012.
  6. "Jason Cunliffe". National Football Teams. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
  7. Santo Tomas, Jojo. "Guam splits wins with NMI in heated training matches". Guam Pacific Daily News. Retrieved March 1, 2022.

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