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]

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.
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