| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jahmari Oshown Clarke [1] | ||
| Date of birth | 2 October 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | England | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Reading | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2024 | Reading | 12 | (2) |
| 2022 | → Woking (loan) | 2 | (1) |
| 2023 | → Forest Green Rovers (loan) | 4 | (1) |
| 2023–2024 | → Boreham Wood (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2024 | → Yeovil Town (loan) | 3 | (2) |
| 2024 | Wealdstone | 2 | (0) |
| 2024 | Basingstoke Town | 1 | (0) |
| 2024 | Croydon Athletic | 3 | (1) |
| 2025 | Yeovil Town | 1 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022 | Jamaica U20 | 5 | (3) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:44, 11 March 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 June 2022 | |||
Jahmari Oshown Clarke (born 2 October 2003) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward most recently for National League club Yeovil Town. Born in England, he is a youth international for Jamaica.
Clarke made his professional debut with Reading in a 3–0 EFL Cup loss to Swansea City on 10 August 2021. [2] Seven days later, 17 August 2021, Clarke replaced George Pușcaș in the 76th minute during a 3–2 defeat to Bristol City to make his league debut. Clarke's first goals for Reading came on 6 November 2021, when he again came off the bench to replace George Pușcaș, and then scored both Reading's goals in a 2-1 victory over Birmingham City.
On 7 July 2022, Reading confirmed that Clarke had signed a new contract with the club. [3]
On 29 October 2022, Clarke joined Woking on a month-long youth loan deal. [4] On 31 January 2023, Clarke joined Forest Green Rovers on loan for the remainder of the season. [5]
On 7 December 2023, Clarke joined Boreham Wood on loan until 28 January 2024. [6]
On 16 March 2024, Clarke joined Yeovil Town on loan until the end of the season. [7]
On 23 May 2024, Reading announced he would be released in the summer once his contract expired. [8]
On 17 August 2024, Clarke joined National League side Wealdstone on a short-term deal. [9] On 30 August 2024, Wealdstone announced that Clarke had been released from his contract. [10]
On 12 November 2024, Basingstoke Town announced the signing of Clarke on a short-term contract. [11]
In March 2025, Clarke returned to National League side Yeovil Town on non-contract terms. [12]
In May 2022, Clarke was selected for the Jamaica Under-20 team for the 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship. [13] He scored on his U20 debut against Costa Rica when after coming off the bench, he won and scored a penalty in the 98th minute, making the score line 1-1.
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Reading | 2021–22 [15] | Championship | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 13 | 2 | |
| 2022–23 [16] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24 [17] | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | ||
| Woking (loan) | 2022–23 [14] | National League | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | |||
| Forest Green Rovers | 2022–23 [16] | League One | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | |||
| Boreham Wood (loan) | 2023–24 [14] | National League | 5 | 0 | — | — | 1 [a] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Yeovil Town (loan) | 2023–24 [14] | National League South | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | |||
| Wealdstone | 2024–25 [14] | National League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Basingstoke Town | 2024–25 [18] | Southern League Premier Division South | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Croydon Athletic | 2024–25 [19] | Isthmian League South East Division | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | |||
| Yeovil Town | 2024–25 [14] | National League | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 33 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 6 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jamaica U20 | 2022 | 5 | 3 |