Personal information | |||
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Full name | Manjrekar James [1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | August 5, 1993||
Place of birth | Roseau, Dominica | ||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Alajuelense | ||
Youth career | |||
2003–2009 | North York Hearts-Azzuri | ||
2009–2012 | Sigma FC | ||
2012–2014 | Pécs | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014–2015 | Pécs | 16 | (1) |
2015–2016 | Diósgyőr | 17 | (0) |
2016–2018 | Vasas | 39 | (2) |
2018–2021 | Midtjylland | 14 | (0) |
2018–2019 | → Fredericia (loan) | 17 | (1) |
2021 | → Lamia (loan) | 7 | (0) |
2021–2022 | Vejle | 13 | (0) |
2022 | → Chornomorets Odesa (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2022–2023 | Chornomorets Odesa | 13 | (1) |
2023 | Forge FC | 26 | (0) |
2024– | Alajuelense | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2013 | Canada U20 | 1 | (0) |
2015 | Canada U23 | 3 | (0) |
2015– | Canada | 17 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 7, 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of January 7, 2020 |
Manjrekar James (born August 5, 1993) is a professional soccer player who plays as a centre-back for Costa Rican club Alajuelense. Born in Dominica, he has represented the Canada national team.
James was born in Roseau, Dominica. His father was born in Pichelin, and his mother was born in Grand Bay. James and his parents moved to North York, Ontario, Canada, when he was nine years old. [3] At age 10, James signed for North York Hearts-Azzuri youth soccer club. [3] At age 16, James signed for Sigma FC of the Ontario Soccer League. [4] At age 18, James went on trial with RCD Mallorca of La Liga. [5] Although he had a successful trial at the club, James was not signed because of strict visa laws for foreign players in Spain. [4] Following his trial at Mallorca, James went on a 10-day trial with SC Paderborn 07 of the 2. Bundesliga. During the trial, James went directly into training with the first team but was ultimately not signed. [6]
In mid April 2013, James went on trial with Pécsi MFC of the Nemzeti Bajnokság I. After several months of training with the reserve squad, James was offered a contract. James made his professional debut March 18, 2014, in a Ligakupa, the Hungarian league cup, match against Videoton FC. James made his league debut for Pécsi on October 18, 2014, coming on as a late substitute for Roland Frőhlich and playing two minutes in a 2–0 defeat to Ferencvárosi. [7] [8] At the end of the season, Pécs were relegated to the Hungarian fourth division due an unstable financial situation. James and many other first team players were subsequently released.
After leaving Pécs, James signed with fellow Hungarian club Diósgyőri VTK on August 25, 2015. [9]
James moved to fellow Hungarian side Vasas on June 8, 2016. [10] Prior to the 2017–18 Vasas season, James was criticized by the club for playing internationally with Canada during the 2017 Gold Cup, while Vasas played in the first round of the Europa League qualifiers. [11] [12] He started regularly for Vasas in 2017–18.
James joined Danish Superliga side Midtjylland on June 12, 2018, signing a four-year deal. He was immediately loaned to Danish 1st Division Fredericia for the 2018–19 season. [13] James made his debut for Fredericia on July 29 against Næstved, [14] and scored his first goal for the club on August 5 against Roskilde. [15] In January 2019, Midtjylland recalled him from Fredericia. [16] He made his competitive debut for Midtjylland on March 13, starting in a 2018–19 Danish Cup match against Kolding IF. He made his league debut five days later on March 17 against SönderjyskE. Having featured in nine first team games in his first two years with the club, in March 2020 James signed a contract extension with Midtjylland until December 2023. [17]
On January 25, 2021, James joined PAS Lamia 1964 on loan for the rest of the season. [18]
On July 1, 2021, it was announced that James had signed with Vejle Boldklub. [19] [20] On February 22, 2022, he was loaned out to Ukrainian club FC Chornomorets Odesa for the rest of 2022. [21]
On March 10, 2023, James signed with Forge FC of the Canadian Premier League. This move reunited James with manager Bobby Smyrniotis who had previously coached him as a youth at Sigma FC. [22] [23]
In October 2023, he helped Forge win their fourth league title, following a 2–1 win over Cavalry FC in the play-off final. [24] [25]
On December 30, 2023, it was announced that James would join Costa Rican club Alajuelense for an undisclosed fee, starting from the 2024 season. [26] [27]
James was called into camp with the Canada U18 squad in December 2011. In 2012 and 2013, he was again called into several camps with the U20 team in preparation for the 2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship in Mexico. In the tournament, James made one appearance, a 4–2 defeat to the United States in which he received a red card ejection. [3]
James was called up to the senior team for the first time in May 2014 for friendlies against Bulgaria and Moldova in Austria on May 23 and 27, respectively. [28] James received his second call up to the national team for a January 2015 camp and friendlies against Iceland. [29] He made his debut for Canada as a starter in the first of the two friendlies on January 16, 2015. [30] James became cap-tied to Canada on June 11, 2015, against his native Dominica. Prior to the match, James received harassment from Dominica fans. [31] James scored his first goal for Canada against Honduras in San Pedro Sula on September 2, 2016. [32]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Playoffs | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Pécsi MFC | 2013–14 | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | |
2014–15 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 24 | 0 | |||
Total | 16 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
Diósgyőri VTK | 2015–16 | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 17 | 0 | |
Vasas | 2016–17 | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 15 | 1 | |
2017–18 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 28 | 2 | |||
Total | 39 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 3 | ||
FC Midtjylland | 2018–19 | Danish Superliga | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 6 | 0 | |
2019–20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 6 | 0 | |||
2020–21 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 6 | 0 | |||
Total | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
FC Fredericia (loan) | 2018–19 | 1st Division | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 20 | 1 | |
Lamia (loan) | 2020–21 | Super League Greece | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 9 | 1 | |
Vejle | 2021–22 | Danish Superliga | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 16 | 0 | |
Chornomorets Odesa (loan) | 2021–22 | Ukrainian Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | |
Chornomorets Odesa | 2022–23 | Ukrainian Premier League | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 13 | 1 | |
Forge FC | 2023 | Canadian Premier League | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
Career total | 136 | 4 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 164 | 6 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Canada | 2015 | 3 | 0 |
2016 | 6 | 1 | |
2017 | 5 | 1 | |
2018 | 2 | 0 | |
2019 | 0 | 0 | |
2020 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 17 | 2 |
No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | September 2, 2016 | Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula, Honduras | 6 | Honduras | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
2 | June 13, 2017 | Saputo Stadium, Montreal, Canada | 11 | Curaçao | 1–1 | 2–1 | Friendly |
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