Christopher Jackson (footballer)

Christopher Jackson (born 25 October 1996) is a Liberian footballer who plays as a forward for Malaysian side Kelantan FA.

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Christopher Jackson
Personal information
Full name Christopher Jackson
Date of birth (1996-10-25) 25 October 1996
Place of birth Montserrado County, Liberia
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
2010–2011 Shooting Stars
2011–2013 Manchester City (Liberia)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Keitrace 19 (10)
2014–2017 LISCR 60 (31)
2018 Shakhtyor Soligorsk 2 (0)
2019 LISCR 16 (19)
2020– Kelantan FA 0 (0)
National team‡
2017– Liberia 9 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 January 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 January 2020

Club career

Early career

Born in Montserrado County, Jackson started his playing career at community based fourth division club, Shooting Stars Football Club. After a year with Shooting Stars, Jackson went signed with Montserrado County-based third division club Manchester City, which is named after Premier League club. The young striker spent two years with Manchester City in the Liberia Third Division League.

Keitrace FC

In 2013, Christopher Jackson signed a three-year deal with second division side, Keitrace FC. His ten goals in 19 appearances helped Keitrace FC gain promotion to the top tier of Liberian football, the First Division.

LISCR FC

After a year with Keitrace, Jackson made a move to Liberian Premier League club LISCR FC. Jackson went on to score ten goals in 18 appearances in his first season. He led the team to the final of the 2015 Liberian First Division League season, where LISCR FC lost to Nimba United Football Club on penalty shootouts.[1] The following season, Jackson managed to score eight times from 17 appearances as LISCR FC struggled under new coach, Robert Lartey.[2] Under the guidance of the Gambian coach Tapha Manneh, Jackson won his first league title, playing a key role in club's of longest unbeaten run in Liberian football.[3] Jackson scored 13 goals in 25 appearances to help LISCR FC finish the 2016-17 league season unbeaten[4] and also winning the Liberian Cup to complete the double.

Shakhtyor Soligorsk

In early 2018, Jackson left LISCR FC and traveled to Belarus to attend tryouts with Belarusian Premier League club Shakhtyor Soligorsk.[5] In February, LISCR FC announced that they agreed a deal with FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk for a free transfer of Jackson.[6]

International goals
Scores and results list Liberia's goal tally first.[7]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.5 June 2017Antoinette Tubman Stadium, Monrovia, Liberia Sierra Leone1–01–0Friendly
2.23 July 2017Stade Municipal Zouérate, Zouérat, Mauritania Mauritania1–01–02018 African Nations Championship qualification
3.28 July 2019Antoinette Tubman Stadium, Monrovia, Liberia Senegal1–01–02020 African Nations Championship qualification

Honours

Club
LISCR FC

Winner

  • Liberia First Division: 2016–17[8]
  • Liberian Cup: 2016–17[8]

References
  1. "The New Dawn Liberia - Nimba United FC wins LFA Championship". www.thenewdawnliberia.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 2018-03-01.
  2. "Ex-BYC Coach Joins LISCR FC | Liberian Observer". www.liberianobserver.com. Retrieved 2018-03-01.
  3. "Tapha Manneh's LISCR FC Sets League Unbeaten Record". www.bushchicken.com. Archived from the original on 2018-06-15. Retrieved 2018-03-01.
  4. "Gambia: Tapha Manneh's Liscr FC Sets League Unbeaten Record". The Daily Observer (Banjul). 2017-07-25. Retrieved 2018-03-01.
  5. "Christopher Jackson Departs LISCR for Trials in Belarus". www.bushchicken.com. Archived from the original on 2018-08-28. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  6. "Christopher Jackson Completes Free Transfer to FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk | Liberian Observer". www.liberianobserver.com. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  7. "Christopher Jackson". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  8. "LISCR Becomes Double Champions | Liberian Observer". www.liberianobserver.com. Retrieved 2018-03-01.
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