Asha James

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Asha James
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-12-05) 5 December 1999 (age 24) [1]
Place of birth Canaan, Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) [2]
Position(s) Midfielder [3]
Youth career
Signal Hill Secondary School
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017 FIU Panthers 12 (0)
2020–2022 West Texas A&M Buffaloes 52 (29)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2023– Valadares Gaia
International career
2015 Trinidad and Tobago U17 1+ (1)
2017 Trinidad and Tobago (beach soccer)
2019– Trinidad and Tobago 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 May 2021
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 October 2019

Asha James (born 5 December 1999) is a Tobagonian javelin thrower, [4] beach soccer player and a footballer who plays as a midfielder for Valadares Gaia in Portugal and for the Trinidad and Tobago women's national team.

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Early life

James was raised in Canaan, Tobago. [2]

Professional career

James signed her first professional contract in 2023, joining Portuguese club Valadares Gaia. [5]

International career

James represented Trinidad and Tobago at the 2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship qualification. At senior level, she capped during the 2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship qualification.

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References

  1. "20 Player Roster - Final List - Women's Olympic Qualifier" (PDF). Trinidad and Tobago Football Association. September 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 December 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Asha James - 2020 - Women's Soccer". West Texas A&M University Athletics. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  3. "Asha James - 2017 - Women's Soccer". FIU Athletics. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  4. "Asha James - 2019-20 - Women's Cross Country/Track". FIU Athletics. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  5. King, Nelson A. "Trini soccer star Asha James lands in Portugal". CaribbeanLife.com. Caribbean Life. Retrieved 4 November 2023.