Tarania Clarke

Tarania Clarke

Personal information
Full name	Tarania Caresh Clarke[1]
Date of birth	(1999-10-03)3 October 1999
Date of death	31 October 2019(2019-10-31) (aged 20)
Place of death	Kingston, Jamaica
Position(s)	Midfielder[2]
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
0000-2019	Waterhouse
International career
2014	Jamaica U15	1+	(1)
2015–2016	Jamaica U17	4+	(6)
2019	Jamaica	3	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tarania Caresh Clarke (3 October 1999 – 31 October 2019) was a Jamaican footballer who played as a midfielder for Waterhouse F.C. and the Jamaica women's national team. She also represented Jamaica on the under-17 and under-20 national teams.[3]

On 31 October 2019, Clarke was stabbed to death in the Jamaican capital of Kingston, after a dispute over a mobile phone. A woman was arrested for her murder.[4][5]

Early life and education

Clarke graduated from Excelsior High School where she captained the soccer team for three years.[6] She planned to attend Daytona State College in Florida.[7]

International career

Clarke represented Jamaica at the 2014 CONCACAF Girls' U-15 Championship, the 2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship qualification and the 2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship. She made her senior debut for Jamaica on 30 September 2019.[8]

International goals

Scores and results list Jamaica's goal tally first

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	30 September 2019	National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica	Cuba	10–1	12–1	2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship qualification
2	6 October 2019	National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica	Saint Lucia	11–0	11-0	2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship qualification

Death

On 31 October 2019, Clarke was stabbed to death in the Jamaican capital of Kingston, after a dispute over a mobile phone. A woman was arrested for her murder.[4][5]

References

1. "LISTADO DEL PARTIDO" (PDF). 2019 Pan American Games.
2. Tarania Clarke at Soccerway. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
3. "Football | Athlete Profile: CLARKE Tarania C." Pan American Games Lima 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
4. "Tarania Clarke: Jamaica women's midfielder dies after stabbing incident". 1 November 2019 – via www.bbc.com.
5. "Excelsior's girls' football captain stabbed to death". Jamaica Observer. 1 November 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
6. sport, Guardian; agencies (1 November 2019). "Tarania Clarke, midfielder for Jamaica's Reggae Girlz, killed in Kingston stabbing". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
7. "Jamaican international stabbed to death". Barbados Today. 2 November 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
8. Cowan, Sherdon (1 October 2019). "Reggae Girlz maul Cuba in Olympics qualifier". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 1 October 2019.

External links

• Tarania Clarke at Soccerway
• Jamaica player profile