Jahmari Clarke

Jahmari Clarke
Personal information
Full name Jahmari Oshown Clarke [1]
Date of birth (2003-10-02) 2 October 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth England
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Croydon Athletic
Youth career
Reading
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2024 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)
2024 Wealdstone 2 (0)
2024 Basingstoke Town 1 (0)
2024– Croydon Athletic 3 (1)
International career‡
2022 Jamaica U20 5 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:35, 9 January 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 June 2022

Jahmari Oshown Clarke (born 2 October 2003) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Croydon Athletic. Born in England, he is a youth international for Jamaica.

Career

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 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]

On 23 May 2024, Reading announced he would be released in the summer once his contract expired.[8]

On 17 August 2024, Clarke joined National League side Wealdstone on a short-term deal.[9] On 30 August 2024, Wealdstone announced that Clarke had been released from his contract.[10]

On 12 November 2024, Basingstoke Town announced the signing of Clarke on a short-term contract.[11]

International career

In May 2022, Clarke was selected for the Jamaica Under-20 team for the 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.[12] 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.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 20 August 2024[13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Reading 2021–22[14] Championship 12 2 0 0 1 0 — 13 2
2022–23[15] Championship 0 0 0 0 1 0 — 1 0
2023–24[16] 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[13] National League 2 1 — — — 2 1
Forest Green Rovers 2022–23[15] League One 4 1 — — — 4 1
Boreham Wood (loan) 2023–24[13] National League 5 0 — — 1[a] 0 6 0
Yeovil Town (loan) 2023–24[13] National League South 3 2 — — — 3 2
Wealdstone 2024–25[13] National League 2 0 0 0 — 0 0 2 0
Basingstoke Town 2024–25[17] Southern League Premier Division South 1 0 0 0 — 0 0 1 0
Career total 29 6 0 0 2 0 1 0 32 6
  1. ^ Appearance in FA Trophy

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Jamaica U20 2022 5 3

References

  1. ^ "EFL Professional retain list 2021-22" (PDF). EFL. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Reading vs. Swansea City - 10 August 2021 - Soccerway". Int.soccerway.com.
  3. ^ "JAHMARI CLARKE COMMITS TO NEW ROYALS CONTRACT". readingfc.co.uk/. Reading F.C. 7 July 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Clarke And Bilongo Join On Loan". Woking FC. 29 October 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  5. ^ "JAHMARI CLARKE HEADS TO FOREST GREEN ROVERS ON LOAN". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  6. ^ "JAHMARI CLARKE JOINS BOREHAM WOOD ON LOAN". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 7 December 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  7. ^ "Yeovil Town Football Club - TRANSFER | Jahmari Clarke joins on loan". www.ytfc.net. 16 March 2024. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  8. ^ "ACADEMY RETAINED LIST CONFIRMED". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 23 May 2024. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  9. ^ "FORMER READING STRIKER JAHMARI CLARKE". www.wealdstone-fc.com. 17 August 2024. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
  10. ^ "We can announce that Jahmari Clarke has been released from his Wealdstone contract". x.com/WealdstoneFC. Wealdstone F.C. Twitter. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
  11. ^ "Jahmari Clarke Signs". btfc.co.uk. Basingstoke Town F.C. 12 November 2024. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  12. ^ "Omari Hutchinson and Jahmari clarke apart of Reggaeboyz u20 Jamaica submitted the 44 player pool". Twitter.com. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  13. ^ a b c d e "J. Clarke: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  14. ^ "Games played by Jahmari Clarke in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  15. ^ a b "Games played by Jahmari Clarke in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  16. ^ "Games played by Jahmari Clarke in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  17. ^ "Basingstoke Town Players". southern-football-league.co.uk. Southern Football League. Retrieved 13 November 2024.