Shayla Smart
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Shayla Brianna Smart[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 30 May 2000[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Bronx, New York, United States | ||
| Height | 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward[3] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Wake Forest Demon Deacons | ||
| Number | 20 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Montverde Academy | |||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2021 | Wake Forest Demon Deacons | 2 | (0) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018 | Florida Krush | 1 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016 | Jamaica U17 | 1+ | (1) |
| 2018 | Jamaica U20 | 2 | (0) |
| 2019– | Jamaica | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 June 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 July 2019 | |||
Shayla Brianna Smart (born 30 May 2000) is an American-born Jamaican footballer who played as a forward for Wake Forest Demon Deacons and currently plays for the Jamaica women's national team.
Early life and education
[edit]Smart was born to a Jamaican father and a Puerto Rican mother.[4] She attended the Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.[2]
International career
[edit]Smart has represented Jamaica on the senior national team as well as the under-17 and under-20 national teams. She competed at the 2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship and the 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship. She made her senior debut on 28 July 2019 against Mexico in the Pan American Games.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Football | Athlete Profile: SMART Shayla Brianna". Pan American Games Lima 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
- ^ a b "Shayla Smart - Women's Soccer". Wake Forest University Athletics. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
- ^ a b "Football | Results Women First Round Group A". Pan American Games Lima 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
- ^ Cowan, Sherdon (29 January 2019). "Shayla Smart eager to force way into Reggae Girlz set-up". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
External links
[edit]- Shayla Smart at Soccerway
- "Erin Mikalsen & Shayla Smart help Jamaica win CFU title". Florida Kraze Krush. 23 November 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
- "Florida Krush - 2018 Regular Season - Roster - # - Shayla Smart -". WPSL. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
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- 2000 births
- Living people
- Jamaican women's footballers
- Women's association football forwards
- Jamaica women's international footballers
- Pan American Games competitors for Jamaica
- Footballers at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Jamaican people of Puerto Rican descent
- Sportspeople from Apopka, Florida
- Soccer players from Florida
- American women's soccer players
- Wake Forest Demon Deacons women's soccer players
- Women's Premier Soccer League players
- African-American soccer players
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- American sportspeople of Puerto Rican descent
- 21st-century American sportswomen
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