Jamaal Smith

This article is about the association footballer. For the cricketer, see Jamal Smith. For the ice hockey player, see Gemel Smith.

Jamaal Smith (born 22 February 1988) is a Canadian-born Guyanese international footballer who plays for Alpha United, as a defender.

Jamaal Smith

Personal information
Date of birth	(1988-02-22) 22 February 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth	Canada
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)^[1]
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Alpha United
Youth career
	York Lions
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008	Italia Shooters
2011	SC Toronto
2012	Syrianska Kerburan	20	(0)
2013	K-W United FC	0	(0)
2013–2014	Caledonia AIA
2014	Okzhetpes	1	(0)
2014	Vaughan Azzurri
2015–	Alpha United
International career^‡
2012–2015	Guyana^[1]	12	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:16, 19 July 2015 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:07, 24 August 2015 (UTC)

Career

College career

Smith played college soccer for the York Lions, winning CIS championships in 2008 and 2010.^[2][3] He also represented Canada at the Universiade in 2009 and 2011.^[4][5]

Club career

In 2007, he won a tryout for Major League Soccer expansion side Toronto FC, beating out over 900 participants, earning an invite to pre-season, but ultimately failed to make the squad.^[6]

Smith has played club football for Italia Shooters, SC Toronto, Syrianska Kerburan, K-W United FC, Caledonia AIA, Okzhetpes and Vaughan Azzurri.^[1][7][8]

He signed for Caledonia AIA in August 2013.^[9] His debut for Caledonia came in a 3-1 away defeat to Mexican club Toluca in the CONCACAF Champions League a few days later.^[10]

In April 2015 he was playing for Alpha United.^[11]

International career

Born in Canada, he made his international debut for Guyana in 2012,^[1] and has appeared in FIFA World Cup qualifying matches for them.^[12] He also represented them at the 2012 Caribbean Cup.^[13]

International career statistics

As of match played 14 June 2015^[1]

Guyana
Year	Apps	Goals
2012	7	0
2013	0	0
2014	0	0
2015	5	0
Total	12	0

Personal life

He is the older brother of Jelani Smith, who was also a soccer player for Guyana.^[6]

References

1. "Player profile". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
2. "YORK WINS 2008 CIS MEN'S SOCCER CROWN". Ontario University Athletics. 10 November 2008. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
3. . Canadian Interuniversity Sport. 14 November 2010. Archived from the original on 16 July 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
4. "CIS announces men's soccer Universiade team". Canada Soccer. 3 June 2009. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
5. "Smith anchors Canada defence". Mississauga News. 20 May 2011. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
6. Glover, Robin (June 26, 2018). "L1O Game of the Week: Woodbridge falls to Vaughan in League Cup quarter-final". Waking the Red.
7. Jamaal Smith at Soccerway. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
8. . 2008-07-25. Archived from the original on 2008-07-25. Retrieved 2016-12-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
9. "Caledonia AIA signs Guyana international". CONACAF. 1 August 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
10. "Caledonia falls to Toluca but grabs away goal in Mexico City". Wired868. 7 August 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
11. "Alpha United to rely on team effort in CFU play". CONACAF. 15 April 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
12. – FIFA competition record (archived)
13. "Profile". Caribbean Football Database. Retrieved 19 July 2015.