Shayla Smart

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Shayla Smart
Personal information
Full name Shayla Brianna Smart [1]
Date of birth (2000-05-30) 30 May 2000 (age 24) [1]
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
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2021 Wake Forest Demon Deacons 2 (0)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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.

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Early life and education

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]

International career

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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References

  1. 1 2 "Football | Athlete Profile: SMART Shayla Brianna". Pan American Games Lima 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Shayla Smart - Women's Soccer". Wake Forest University Athletics. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  3. 1 2 "Football | Results Women First Round Group A". Pan American Games Lima 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  4. Cowan, Sherdon (29 January 2019). "Shayla Smart eager to force way into Reggae Girlz set-up". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 28 July 2019.