Jahmari_Clarke
Jahmari Clarke
English footballer (born 2003)
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.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jahmari Oshown Clarke [1] | ||
| Date of birth | (2003-10-02) 2 October 2003 (age 20) | ||
| Place of birth | England | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Reading | ||
| 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) |
| 2023–2024 | → Boreham Wood (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2024 | → Yeovil Town (loan) | 3 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022 | Jamaica U20 | 5 | (3) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:46, 29 March 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 June 2022 | |||
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]
On 7 December 2023, Clarke joined Boreham Wood on loan until 28 January 2024.[6]
On 16 March 2024, Clarke joined Yeovil Town on loan until the end of the season.[7]
In May 2022, Clarke was selected for the Jamaica Under-20 team for the 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.[8] 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.
Club
- As of match played 29 March 2024[9]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Reading | 2021–22[10] | Championship | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 13 | 2 | |
| 2022–23[11] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24[12] | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | ||
| Woking (loan) | 2022–23[9] | National League | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | |||
| Forest Green Rovers | 2022–23[11] | League One | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | |||
| Boreham Wood (loan) | 2023–24[9] | National League | 5 | 0 | — | — | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Yeovil Town (loan) | 2023–24[9] | National League South | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | |||
| Career total | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 6 | ||
- Appearance in FA Trophy
International
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jamaica U20 | 2022 | 5 | 3 |
- "EFL Professional retain list 2021-22" (PDF). EFL. [dead link]
- "Reading vs. Swansea City - 10 August 2021 - Soccerway". Int.soccerway.com.
- "JAHMARI CLARKE COMMITS TO NEW ROYALS CONTRACT". readingfc.co.uk/. Reading F.C. 7 July 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
- "Clarke And Bilongo Join On Loan". Woking FC. 29 October 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- "JAHMARI CLARKE HEADS TO FOREST GREEN ROVERS ON LOAN". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
- "JAHMARI CLARKE JOINS BOREHAM WOOD ON LOAN". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 7 December 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
- "Yeovil Town Football Club - TRANSFER | Jahmari Clarke joins on loan". www.ytfc.net. 16 March 2024. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
- "Omari Hutchinson and Jahmari clarke apart of Reggaeboyz u20 Jamaica submitted the 44 player pool". Twitter.com. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
- "J. Clarke: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
- "Games played by Jahmari Clarke in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
- "Games played by Jahmari Clarke in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
- "Games played by Jahmari Clarke in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
- Jahmari Clarke at Soccerway