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Shamar Nicholson

Shamar Amaro Nicholson (born 16 March 1997) is a Jamaican professional footballer who plays as a forward for Russian Premier League club Spartak Moscow and the Jamaica national team.

Club career

Boys' Town

Nicholson was developed in the Boys' Town youth system and made the transition to the first team in 2015–16. He had a trial with Real Salt Lake in 2015, but it was ultimately decided that he would stay with Boys' Town[2] Nicholson played 75 matches for the team, scoring 28 goals.

Domžale

In September 2017, Nicholson signed with Domžale in Slovenia.[3] He ultimately played 47 league matches and scored 18 goals.

Charleroi

Nicholson joined Belgian club Charleroi in August 2019, signing a four-year deal.[4] Prior to his departure in 2021, Nicholson played more league games for Charleroi than for any other club in his career. He scored 30 goals in the competition.

Spartak Moscow

On 21 December 2021, Nicholson signed for Russian Premier League club Spartak Moscow on a four-and-a-half-year contract.[5] He scored his first hat-trick on 2 March 2022, in his second game for the club during a 6–1 Cup win over PFC Kuban Krasnodar.[6] He also went on to win the Russian Cup that season in a 2–1 win over Dynamo Moscow.[7]

In September 2023, Nicholson made a loan move to Clermont of Ligue 1.[8]

International career

Nicholson played for the Jamaica U20 national team at the 2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.[9]

He made his senior national team debut in February 2017.[10][11][12] Nicholson scored his first goal for Jamaica on 5 June 2019 in a friendly against the United States.[13]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 4 May 2024
  1. ^ Includes Slovenian Cup, Belgian Cup, Russian Cup, Coupe de France
  2. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ Appearance in Russian Super Cup

International

As of match played 30 June 2024[14]
Scores and results list Jamaica's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Nicholson goal.

Honours

Spartak Moscow

Jamaica

References

  1. ^ "40-Player National Team Roster: 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup: Jamaica" (PDF). CONCACAF. p. 9. Retrieved 21 May 2019 – via Bernews.
  2. ^ "Jamaica Football: Nicholson earns Real Salt Lake residency trial - SportsMax TV". Digicelsportsmax.com. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Reggae Boy Nicholson signs for Slovenian club". jamaica-star.com. 2 September 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Reggae Boy Shamar Nicholson joins Sporting Charleroi for 4 years". 13 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Shamar Nicholson joins Spartak!". FC Spartak Moscow. 21 December 2021. Archived from the original on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  6. ^ "Spartak v Kuban game report". Soccerway. 2 March 2022. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  7. ^ "Russian Cup final report by Soccerway". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  8. ^ https://www.clermontfoot.com/shamar-nicholson-arrive-au-clermont-foot-63/
  9. ^ Myers, Sanjay (17 June 2016). "Shamar Nicholson keeps fire of hope burning in the darkness". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  10. ^ "U.S. MNT vs. Jamaica". Ussoccer.com. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  11. ^ "Jamaica camp roster features Portmore United stars". CONCACAF.com. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  12. ^ "Playing for his father". Jamaica-gleaner.com. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  13. ^ Butler, Dylan (5 June 2019). "Recap: United States 0, Jamaica 1".
  14. ^ a b c d "Shamar Nicholson". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  15. ^ a b c Shamar Nicholson at Soccerway
  16. ^ a b c d "Shamar Nicholson » Club matches". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  17. ^ ""Спартак" обыграл "Динамо" и стал 4-кратным победителем Кубка России" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 29 May 2022.

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