Youth

Young attended Wolmer's Boys' School (High) where he excelled in football and academics. Young attended Syracuse University where he played soccer from 1990 to 1992. During his three seasons with the Orange Men, he scored 32 goals and was named as a 1992 second team All American.^[1][2]

Professional

In 1993, Young began his professional career with Hazard United which won the Jamaica National Premier League title. In 1994, he signed with the Charleston Battery of USISL. He scored 23 goals in 22 games and was named to the USISL All League team. In 1995, he exceeded his previous year's goals total with 25 goals in 24 games, again being named to the All League team. In February 1996, the Columbus Crew selected Young in the 13th round (121st overall) of the 1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft. He played only four games for Columbus, spending much of the season with the Rochester Rhinos of the A-League and the South Carolina Shamrocks in the USISL. He was named to the USISL All League team.^[3] The Battery released him at the end of the season. In 1998, he began the season with the Charleston Battery. After scoring three goals in seven games, he was called up by the Tampa Bay Mutiny On 19 June 1998.^[4] He played fourteen games for the Mutiny, but failed to score a goal. On 2 November 1998, the Mutiny waived Young.^[5] In 1999, he played for the Rochester Rhinos, Hershey Wildcats and Maryland Mania in the USL A-League.

National team

Young was a regular member of the Jamaica national football team during the 1990s. In 1997, he devoted himself to the national team as it qualified for the 1998 FIFA World Cup. With 22 goals in his 49 appearances, he was also Jamaica's record goalscorer before being surpassed by Luton Shelton.

International

Scores and results list Jamaica's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Young goal.

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List of international goals scored by Paul Young

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	18 June 1989	National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica	Saint Lucia	1-1	1-1	1989 Caribbean Cup qualification	[8]
2	2 March 1994	Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands	Sint Maarten	–	3-2	1994 Caribbean Cup qualification	[9]
3				–
4	4 March 1994	Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands	British Virgin Islands	–	12-0	1994 Caribbean Cup qualification	[10]
5				–
6				–
7				–
8	27 September 1995	National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica	Costa Rica	–	2-0	Friendly	[11]
9	22 October 1995	Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands	Cayman Islands	–	5-1	Friendly	[12]
10	3 December 1995	Yasco Sports Complex, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda	Antigua and Barbuda	–	2-1	Friendly	[13]
11				–
12	24 April 1996	National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica	Barbados	1-0	2-0	1996 Caribbean Cup qualification	[14]
13	27 August 1996	Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala	Guatemala	–	1-2	Friendly	[15]
14	23 September 1996	Arnos Vale Stadium, Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Gernadines	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1-0	2-1	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification	[16]
15				2-0
16	10 November 1996	National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	3-0	5-0	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification	[17]
17	4 May 1997	Guillermo Prospero Trinidad Stadium, Oranjestad, Aruba	Aruba	–	6-0	1997 Caribbean Cup qualification	[18]
18				–
19				–
20	13 July 1997	Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda	Grenada	4-1	4-1	1997 Caribbean Cup	[19]
21	31 August 1997	National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica	Trinidad and Tobago	–	6-1	Friendly	[20]
22	26 October 1997	Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda	Antigua and Barbuda	–	3-0	Friendly	[21]

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