Personal information | |||
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Full name | Shayla Brianna Smart [1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 30 May 2000||
Place of birth | Bronx, New York, United States | ||
Height | 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Forward [3] | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Wake Forest Demon Deacons | ||
Number | 20 | ||
Youth career | |||
Montverde Academy | |||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018–2021 | Wake Forest Demon Deacons | 2 | (0) |
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018 | Florida Krush | 1 | (3) |
International career‡ | |||
2016 | Jamaica U17 | 1+ | (1) |
2018 | Jamaica U20 | 2 | (0) |
2019– | Jamaica | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 June 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 July 2019 |
Shayla Brianna Smart (born 30 May 2000) is an American-born Jamaican footballer who played as a forward for Wake Forest Demon Deacons and currently plays for the Jamaica women's national team.
Smart was born to a Jamaican father and a Puerto Rican mother. [4] She attended the Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. [2]
Smart has represented Jamaica on the senior national team as well as the under-17 and under-20 national teams. She competed at the 2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship and the 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship. She made her senior debut on 28 July 2019 against Mexico in the Pan American Games. [3]
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