| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jorel Bellafonte [1] | ||
| Date of birth | 2 March 1995 [1] | ||
| Place of birth | Cayman Islands [1] | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Academy SC | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2020 | Roma United | ||
| 2020– | Academy SC | 2 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019– | Cayman Islands | 4 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 July 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 July 2020 | |||
Jorel Bellafonte (born 2 March 1995) is a Caymanian former track athlete, and current footballer who plays as a forward for Academy SC and the Cayman Islands national team.
Belafonte was a formerly a 800m and 1500m athlete, while at high school in Jamaica. He attended Calabar High School, where he won individual medals at the Inter-Secondary Schools Boys and Girls Championships in Jamaica, as well as team medals with his high school at the Penn Relays, winning the 4 × 800 m relay in 2014. He then went on to become a Clemson Tiger at university, moving down to the 400mH. On the international stage, he represented the Cayman Islands at the CARIFTA Games on several occasions. He holds the national Caymanian indoor 800m record, with a time of 1:52.21 on a regular indoor track, and 1:51.82 on and oversized track (OT).
On 5 September 2019, Bellafonte made his debut against the US Virgin Islands in a 0–2 victory in the CONCACAF Nations League. [2] On 8 September 2019, he scored his first goal for Cayman Islands against Barbados in a 3–2 victory. [3]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cayman Islands | 2019 | 4 | 1 |
| Total | 4 | 1 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 8 September 2019 | Truman Bodden Sports Complex, George Town, Cayman Islands |  Barbados | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League C |
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