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Shamar Nicholson
Personal information
Full name Shamar Amaro Nicholson[1]
Date of birth (1997-03-16) 16 March 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Kingston, Jamaica
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Charleroi
Number 16
Youth career
2011–2014 Trench Town High School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 Boys' Town 75 (28)
2017–2019 Domžale 47 (18)
2019– Charleroi 25 (9)
International career‡
2015 Jamaica U20 1 (0)
2017– Jamaica 18 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 January 2020
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:12, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

Shamar Amaro Nicholson (born 16 March 1997) is a Jamaican international footballer who plays as a forward for Belgian side Charleroi and for the Jamaica national team.

Club career

Boys' Town F.C.

Nicholson was developed in the Boys' Town F.C. youth system and made the transition to the first team in 2015–16. He had a trial with Real Salt Lake in 2015.[2]

Domžale

In September 2017, Nicholson signed with NK Domžale in Slovenia.[3]

Charleroi

Nicholson joined Belgian club Charleroi in August 2019, signing a four-year deal.[4]

International career

Nicholson played for the Jamaica U20 national team at the 2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.[5] He made his senior national team debut in February 2017.[6][7][8] Nicholson scored his first goal for Jamaica on 5 June 2019 in a friendly match against the United States.[9]

Career statistics

International

As of match played 18 November 2019
National team Year Apps Goals
Jamaica 2017 6 0
2019 12 7
Total 18 7

International goals

Scores and results list Jamaica's goal tally first.[10]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 5 June 2019 Audi Field, Washington, D.C., United States  United States 1–0 1–0 Friendly
2. 25 June 2019 Banc of California Stadium, Los Angeles, United States  Curaçao 1–0 1–1 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup
3. 3 July 2019 Nissan Stadium, Nashville, United States  United States 1–2 1–3 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup
4. 6 September 2019 Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay, Jamaica  Antigua and Barbuda 1–0 6–0 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League B
5. 3–0
6. 12 October 2019 Independence Park, Kingston, Jamaica  Aruba 2–0 2–0 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League B
7. 15 October 2019 Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad, Curaçao  Aruba 4–0 6–0 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League B

Achievements

Jamaica

References

  1. ^ "40-Player National Team Roster: 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup: Jamaica" (PDF). CONCACAF. p. 9. Retrieved 21 May 2019 – via Bernews.
  2. ^ "Jamaica Football: Nicholson earns Real Salt Lake residency trial - SportsMax TV". Digicelsportsmax.com. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Reggae Boy Nicholson signs for Slovenian club". jamaica-star.com. 2 September 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Reggae Boy Shamar Nicholson joins Sporting Charleroi for 4 years". 13 August 2019.
  5. ^ Myers, Sanjay (17 June 2016). "Shamar Nicholson keeps fire of hope burning in the darkness". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  6. ^ "U.S. MNT vs. Jamaica". Ussoccer.com. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  7. ^ "Jamaica camp roster features Portmore United stars". CONCACAF.com. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  8. ^ "Playing for his father". Jamaica-gleaner.com. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  9. ^ Butler, Dylan (5 June 2019). "Recap: United States 0, Jamaica 1".
  10. ^ "Shamar Nicholson". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
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