Jamal Charles (footballer)

Jamal Charles (born in 24 November 1995), is a Grenadian footballer who currently plays for Real Sociedad, on loan from Real España, in the Liga Nacional, and for the Grenada national football team.

This article is about the football player. For the NFL Running Back playing for Kansas City Chiefs, see Jamaal Charles.
Jamal Charles
Personal information
Full name Jamal Ray Charles
Date of birth (1995-11-24) 24 November 1995[1]
Place of birth Gouyave, Grenada
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Real Sociedad
(on loan from Real España)
Number 23
Youth career
St Andrew's[3]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015 Paradise FC
2015–2017 W Connection (11)
2017–2019 Vida 31 (14)
2018 → Real Monarchs (loan) 3 (0)
2019– Real España 6 (1)
2020- → Real Sociedad (loan) 25 (8)
National team‡
–2014 Grenada U-20 ? (2)
2015– Grenada 22 (14)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 January 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 November 2019

Early life

Jamal Ray Charles is Grenadian international footballer. He's the son of Janice Charles and Raphael " Ray" Charles, a former Grenadian footballer. As a child he attended the Belair Government School in St. Andrew's, which he represented at Primary School level competitions. At the age of 12 he entered the St. Andrew's Anglican Secondary School and was selected by coach Michael " Niko" Felix to represent the school. He played during his entire six years at that institution.

Career

Club

In July 2019 Charles signed with Liga Nacional club Real España. In December 2020 he was loaned to fellow Liga side Real Sociedad.[4]

International

Charles represented Grenada at U20s level, during 2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying and scored 2 goals against the Dominica U20s.[5]

Charles was first selected to represent Grenada during the 2015 Windward Islands Tournament in Saint Lucia.[6] He made an immediate impact, scoring a brace against hosts St Lucia.[7] Charles would score another important goal for Grenada during second round qualifying for the 2018 FIFA World Cup when he scored the winning aggregate goal against Puerto Rico in a 2-0 win to send them through to the Third Round.[8]

International goals
As of match played 17 November 2019. Grenada score listed first, score column indicates score after each Charles goal.[9]
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 16 May 2015Philip Marcellin Grounds, Vieux-Fort, Saint Lucia2 Saint Lucia1–02–0Friendly
2 2–0
3 16 June 2015Grenada National Stadium, St. George's, Grenada3 Puerto Rico2–02–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification
4 19 March 20166 Trinidad and Tobago1–12–2Friendly
5 22 March 20167 Sint Maarten2–05–02017 Caribbean Cup qualification
6 7 June 2016Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda9 Antigua and Barbuda1–21–5
7 16 November 2018Kirani James Athletic Stadium, St. George's, Grenada15 Saint Martin1–05–22019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualification
8 2–0
9 5 September 201917 Saint Kitts and Nevis2–12–12019–20 CONCACAF Nations League B
10 7 June 2016Isidoro Beaton Stadium, Belmopan, Belize18 Belize2–12–1
11 13 October 2019Kirani James Athletic Stadium, St. George's, Grenada20 French Guiana1–01–0
12 17 November 201922 Belize1–03–2
13 2–2
14 3–2

References
  1. http://static.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=390808/index.html
  2. https://int.soccerway.com/players/jamal-charles/407498/
  3. Noel, Selwin (1 July 2013). "GFA Inter-parish Football". WEE FM Grenada. Archived from the original on 17 June 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  4. Orellana, Douglas (December 31, 2019). "Real Sociedad hace oficial los fichajes de Jamal Charles y Yeer Gutiérrez".
  5. "U-20 Championship: Qualifying Results & Scorers". CONCACAF. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  6. "Spiceboyz in WIFA Men's Tournament". NOW Grenada. 13 May 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  7. "Windward Islands Tournament 2015 St. Lucia: St. Lucia: 0 v Grenada: 2". weltfussballarchiv. 16 May 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  8. "Grenada 2-0 Puerto Rico". FIFA. 16 June 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  9. Jamal Charles at Soccerway
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