Alex Marshall (footballer)

Alex Marshall

Marshall with HFX Wanderers in 2022
Personal information
Full name	Alexander Andre Marshall [1]
Date of birth	(1998-02-24) 24 February 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth	Kingston, Jamaica
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) [2]
Position(s)	Left winger
Team information
Current team	Mount Pleasant
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2020	Cavalier	66	(21)
2020–2022	HFX Wanderers	50	(2)
2023–2024	Portmore United	38	(8)
2024-	Mount Pleasant	1	(0)
International career‡
2014–2015	Jamaica U17	9	(7)
2019	Jamaica U23	2	(0)
2017–	Jamaica	14	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:16, 21 December 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 June 2024

Alexander Andre Marshall (born 24 February 1998) is a Jamaican professional footballer who plays for Mount Pleasant as a winger.

Club career

Early career

Born in Kingston, ^[3] Marshall attended St. George's College. ^[4]

Cavalier

Marshall made his senior debut for Cavalier in the 2014–15 season, but did not make another senior appearance until after the club was relegated from the National Premier League in the 2015–16 season. ^[3] In 2015 he trained with American club Philadelphia Union. ^[4] In the KSAFA Super League, Marshall scored three goals in league play and in May 2017 he scored in the KSAFA Super League final, a 2–1 win over Santos, earning Cavalier promotion back to the National Premier League. ^{[5] [6]}

In the 2017–18 season, Marshall made 30 league appearances, scoring seven goals. ^[7] In October 2018 he was linked with a transfer to a number of English Premier League clubs, including Leicester City, Aston Villa, Tottenham Hotspur, Liverpool and West Ham United. ^[8]

The following season, Marshall made 34 appearances, scoring eleven goals. ^[7] In February 2019, he spent a month on trial with Greek Super League side Aris Thessaloniki. ^[9] In the 2019–20 season, he made ten appearances and scored three goals before departing Cavalier mid-season. ^[7]

HFX Wanderers

On 29 January 2020, Marshall signed with Canadian Premier League club HFX Wanderers. ^[10] He made his Wanderers debut on 15 August against Pacific FC ^[11] Marshall scored his first goal for the Wanderers during the 2021 season, scoring the opener in a 1-1 draw with Forge FC on 22 August. ^[12] The Wanderers announced in January 2022 that they had re-signed Marshall to a new deal through 2023. ^[13] After the conclusion of the 2022 CPL season, HFX announced they had declined Marhsall's contract option, ending his time with the club. ^[14]

Portmore United

Marshall joined Portmore United in January 2023. ^[15] Marshall won the inaugural Lynk Cup knockout competition in his first season at Portmore United, playing an influential role in the club's success. ^[16]

Mount Pleasant

In August 2024, Marshall was signed by Mount Pleasant Football Academy. ^[17] On 15 September in the first game of the 2024-25 Jamaica Premier league against his former club Portmore United. Marshall was substituted midway through the first half, having broken his leg. ^[18]

International career

Youth

Marshall represented Jamaica at the 2014 CFU Men's U-17 Tournament, scoring seven goals, and was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player. ^{[19] [20]} In the opening match of the tournament against the U.S. Virgin Islands, he scored a hat-trick in a 19–0 victory. ^[21] In the second group stage match against the Cayman Islands, Marshall scored another hat-trick in a 5–3 win. ^[22]

Marshall made five appearances at the 2015 CONCACAF U-17 Championship, including the playoff loss on penalties to the United States, which saw Jamaica miss out on qualification for the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup. ^[23]

In July 2019, Marshall played for the Jamaica's U23s in Caribbean qualifying for the 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship and was named team captain. ^[24] In the opening match against Dominica, he assisted on Nicque Daley's equalizing goal in a shock 1–1 draw. ^[25] Marshall also played in the second match against Saint Kitts and Nevis and had some good scoring opportunities, but the match ultimately finished in another 1–1 draw, eliminating Jamaica from qualifying. ^[26]

Senior

Marshall trained with the senior national team in May 2017, ^[27] and made his senior debut later that year. ^[3]

Career statistics

Club

As of 20 December 2024 ^{[3] [7]}

Club statistics

Club	Season	League			National Cup		Other [a]		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Cavalier	2014–15	National Premier League	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	2015–16	National Premier League	0	0	—		0	0	0	0
	2016–17	KSAFA Super League	?	3	—		1	1	?	4
	2017–18	National Premier League	26	6	—		4	1	30	7
	2018–19	National Premier League	29	9	—		5	2	34	11
	2019–20	National Premier League	10	3	—		0	0	10	3
	Total		66	21	0	0	10	4	76	25
HFX Wanderers	2020	Canadian Premier League	10	0	—		1	0	11	0
	2021	Canadian Premier League	22	2	1	0	—		23	1
	2022	Canadian Premier League	18	0	1	0	—		19	0
	Total		50	2	2	0	1	0	53	2
Portmore United	2022–23	National Premier League	16	5	0	0	—		16	5
	2023–24	National Premier League	22	3	0	0	—		22	3
	Total		38	8	0	0	0	0	38	8
Career total			154	31	2	0	11	4	167	35

1. Includes appearances in the KSAFA Super League Final, National Premier League Playoffs and Canadian Premier League Playoffs.

International

As of 30 June 2024 ^[3]

Jamaica national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2017	1	0
2018	6	0
2019	3	0
2020	0	0
2021	0	0
2022	2	0
2024	2	0
Total	14	0

Honours

Cavalier

• KSAFA Super League: 2017 ^[28]

Portmore United

• Lynk Cup: 2023 ^[16]

Individual

• CFU Men's U-17 Tournament MVP: 2014 ^[20]

References

1. Alex Marshall at Soccerway
2. "Player Profile: Alex Marshall". youtube.com. Island Sports Network. 11 July 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
3. "Alex Marshall". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
4. Marc Stamp (1 January 2016). "Early Shopping For Cavalier - Alex Marshall Among Strikers Added To Struggling Team". The Gleaner. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
5. "2016-17 Magnum/KSAFA Super League Leading Goal Scorer". KSAFA. 29 January 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
6. "Cavalier clip Santos for KSAFA Super League honours". 14 May 2017. Archived from the original on 15 October 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
7. "A. Marshall". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
8. Richard Cusack (15 October 2018). "Leicester City, Aston Villa, Tottenham and Liverpool linked with Jamaica prospect". Leicestershire Live. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
9. Robert Bailey (21 February 2019). "Cavalier's Marshall off to Greece - Speid: We have top- quality players ready to fill the breach". Jamaica Gleaner. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
10. Gareth Hampshire (29 January 2020). "Wanderers add flair to forward line by signing Jamaican international Alex Marshall". HFX Wanderers FC. Archived from the original on 29 January 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
11. "Canadian Premier League". 14 August 2018.
12. Reid, Brady (22 August 2021). "Match Analysis: Forge FC 1-1 HFX Wanderers". Canadian Premier League .
13. "Halifax Wanderers 2022 Roster Update". HFX Wanderers . 5 January 2022.
14. "Halifax Wanderers announce year-end roster moves". HFX Wanderers . 6 December 2022.
15. Desk, Sports. "Alex Marshall joins Portmore United on a two-and-a-half-year contract". www.sportsmax.tv. Retrieved 10 November 2023.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
16. "Marshall inspires Portmore to Lynk Cup win". jamaica-star.com. 13 April 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
17. "Mount Pleasant's new players expected to hit the ground running". jamaica-gleaner.com. 13 August 2024. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
18. Bailey, Robert (20 September 2024). "Marshall out for lengthy period with foot injury - Jamaica Observer". www.jamaicaobserver.com. Archived from the original on 22 September 2024. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
19. "CU17 Preview: February 27, 2015". CONCACAF. 27 February 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
20. Howard Walker (27 October 2014). "Nelson wins Golden Boot, Marshall MVP as U17 Boyz lose to Haiti". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
21. "US Virgin Islands falls 19–0 to Jamaica in CFU Men's U17". Caribbean Football Union. Archived from the original on 27 October 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
22. "Jamaica had to dig deep to take three points from Cayman". Caribbean Football Union. Archived from the original on 27 October 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
23. "United States 0 (5) – 0 (4) Jamaica". CONCACAF. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
24. Sean A. Williams (28 July 2019). "Not guilty!". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
25. Livingston Scott (18 July 2019). "Jamaica U23s held by Dominica". Jamaica Gleaner. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
26. Livingston Scott (22 July 2019). "U-23 Boyz fail homework". Jamaica Gleaner. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
27. Livingston Scott (18 May 2017). "Marshall Looking To Learn From Senior Boyz". The Gleaner. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
28. "Jamaica Observer Limited". Jamaica Observer. Archived from the original on 15 October 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2018.

External links

• Alex Marshall at National-Football-Teams.com