Alex Marshall (footballer)

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Alex Marshall
Alex Marshall with HFX Wanderers FC.jpg
Marshall with HFX Wanderers in 2022
Personal information
Full name Alexander Andre Marshall [1]
Date of birth (1998-02-24) 24 February 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth Kingston, Jamaica
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) [2]
Position(s) Left winger
Team information
Current team
 Portmore United
Number 11
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2020 Cavalier 66 (21)
2020–2022 HFX Wanderers 50 (2)
2023– Portmore United 16 (5)
International career‡
2014–2015 Jamaica U17 9 (7)
2019 Jamaica U23 2 (0)
2017– Jamaica 13 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 November 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 April 2022

Alexander Andre Marshall (born 24 February 1998) is a Jamaican professional footballer who plays for Portmore United as a winger.

Contents

Club career

Early career

Born in Kingston, [3] Marshall attended St. George's College. [4]

Cavalier

Marshall made his senior debut for Cavalier in the 2014–15 season, but did not make another senior appearance until after the club was relegated from the National Premier League in the 2015–16 season. [3] In 2015 he trained with American club Philadelphia Union. [4] In the KSAFA Super League, Marshall scored three goals in league play and in May 2017 he scored in the KSAFA Super League final, a 2–1 win over Santos, earning Cavalier promotion back to the National Premier League. [5] [6]

In the 2017–18 season, Marshall made 30 league appearances, scoring seven goals. [7] In October 2018 he was linked with a transfer to a number of English Premier League clubs, including Leicester City, Aston Villa, Tottenham Hotspur, Liverpool and West Ham United. [8]

The following season, Marshall made 34 appearances, scoring eleven goals. [7] In February 2019, he spent a month on trial with Greek Super League side Aris Thessaloniki. [9] In the 2019–20 season, he made ten appearances and scored three goals before departing Cavalier mid-season. [7]

HFX Wanderers

On 29 January 2020, Marshall signed with Canadian Premier League club HFX Wanderers. [10] He made his Wanderers debut on 15 August against Pacific FC [11] Marshall scored his first goal for the Wanderers during the 2021 season, scoring the opener in a 1-1 draw with Forge FC on 22 August. [12] The Wanderers announced in January 2022 that they had re-signed Marshall to a new deal through 2023. [13] After the conclusion of the 2022 CPL season, HFX announced they had declined Marhsall's contract option, ending his time with the club. [14]

Portmore United

Marshall joined Portmore United in January 2023. [15] Marshall won the inaugural Lynk Cup knockout competition in his first season at Portmore United, playing an influential role in the club's success. [16]

International career

Youth

Marshall represented Jamaica at the 2014 CFU Men's U-17 Tournament, scoring seven goals, and was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player. [17] [18] In the opening match of the tournament against the U.S. Virgin Islands, he scored a hat-trick in a 19–0 victory. [19] In the second group stage match against the Cayman Islands, Marshall scored another hat-trick in a 5–3 win. [20]

Marshall made five appearances at the 2015 CONCACAF U-17 Championship, including the playoff loss on penalties to the United States, which saw Jamaica miss out on qualification for the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup. [21]

In July 2019, Marshall played for the Jamaica's U23s in Caribbean qualifying for the 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship and was named team captain. [22] In the opening match against Dominica, he assisted on Nicque Daley's equalizing goal in a shock 1–1 draw. [23] Marshall also played in the second match against Saint Kitts and Nevis and had some good scoring opportunities, but the match ultimately finished in another 1–1 draw, eliminating Jamaica from qualifying. [24]

Senior

Marshall trained with the senior national team in May 2017, [25] and made his senior debut later that year. [3]

Career statistics

Club

As of 9 October 2022 [3] [7]
Club statistics
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupOther [lower-alpha 1] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Cavalier 2014–15 National Premier League 10000010
2015–16 National Premier League00—0000
2016–17 KSAFA Super League ?3—11?4
2017–18 National Premier League266—41307
2018–19 National Premier League299—523411
2019–20 National Premier League103—00103
Total6621001047625
HFX Wanderers 2020 Canadian Premier League 100—10110
2021 Canadian Premier League22210—231
2022 Canadian Premier League18010—190
Total5022010532
Career total116232011412927
  1. ↑ Includes appearances in the KSAFA Super League Final, National Premier League Playoffs and Canadian Premier League Playoffs.

International

As of 9 April 2022 [3]
Jamaica national team
YearAppsGoals
201720
201860
201930
202000
202100
202220
Total130

Honours

Cavalier

Portmore United

Individual

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References

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  2. ↑ "Player Profile: Alex Marshall". youtube.com. Island Sports Network. 11 July 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Alex Marshall". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  4. 1 2 Marc Stamp (1 January 2016). "Early Shopping For Cavalier - Alex Marshall Among Strikers Added To Struggling Team". The Gleaner. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  5. ↑ "2016-17 Magnum/KSAFA Super League Leading Goal Scorer". KSAFA. 29 January 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  6. ↑ "Cavalier clip Santos for KSAFA Super League honours". 14 May 2017. Archived from the original on 15 October 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "A. Marshall". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  8. ↑ Richard Cusack (15 October 2018). "Leicester City, Aston Villa, Tottenham and Liverpool linked with Jamaica prospect". Leicestershire Live. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  9. ↑ Robert Bailey (21 February 2019). "Cavalier's Marshall off to Greece - Speid: We have top- quality players ready to fill the breach". Jamaica Gleaner. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  10. ↑ Gareth Hampshire (29 January 2020). "Wanderers add flair to forward line by signing Jamaican international Alex Marshall". HFX Wanderers FC. Archived from the original on 29 January 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  11. ↑ "Canadian Premier League". 14 August 2018.
  12. ↑ Reid, Brady (22 August 2021). "Match Analysis: Forge FC 1-1 HFX Wanderers". Canadian Premier League .
  13. ↑ "Halifax Wanderers 2022 Roster Update". HFX Wanderers . 5 January 2022.
  14. ↑ "Halifax Wanderers announce year-end roster moves". HFX Wanderers . 6 December 2022.
  15. ↑ Desk, Sports. "Alex Marshall joins Portmore United on a two-and-a-half-year contract". www.sportsmax.tv. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  16. 1 2 "Marshall inspires Portmore to Lynk Cup win". jamaica-star.com. 13 April 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  17. ↑ "CU17 Preview: February 27, 2015". CONCACAF. 27 February 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  18. 1 2 Howard Walker (27 October 2014). "Nelson wins Golden Boot, Marshall MVP as U17 Boyz lose to Haiti". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
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  20. ↑ "Jamaica had to dig deep to take three points from Cayman". Caribbean Football Union. Archived from the original on 27 October 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
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  24. ↑ Livingston Scott (22 July 2019). "U-23 Boyz fail homework". Jamaica Gleaner. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
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