Shamar Nicholson

Shamar Amaro Nicholson (born 16 March 1997) is a Jamaican professional footballer who plays as a forward for Russian Premier League club Spartak Moscow and the Jamaica national team.

Shamar Nicholson
Nicholson with Spartak Moscow in 2022
Personal information
Full name Shamar Amaro Nicholson[1]
Date of birth (1997-03-16) 16 March 1997
Place of birth Kingston, Jamaica
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Spartak Moscow
Number 11
Youth career
2011–2014 Trench Town High School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 Boys' Town 75 (28)
2017–2019 Domžale 47 (18)
2019–2021 Charleroi 76 (30)
2022– Spartak Moscow 33 (8)
International career‡
2015 Jamaica U20 1 (0)
2017– Jamaica 33 (10)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 May 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 09:02, 15 June 2022 (UTC)

Club career

Boys' Town

Nicholson was developed in the Boys' Town youth system and made the transition to the first team in 2015–16. He had a trial with Real Salt Lake in 2015.[2]

Domžale

In September 2017, Nicholson signed with Domžale in Slovenia.[3]

Charleroi

Nicholson joined Belgian club Charleroi in August 2019, signing a four-year deal.[4]

Spartak Moscow

On 21 December 2021, Nicholson signed for Russian Premier League club Spartak Moscow on a four-and-a-half year contract.[5] He scored his first hat-trick on 2 March 2022, in his second game for the club during a 6–1 Cup win over PFC Kuban Krasnodar.[6] He also went on to win the Russian Cup that season in a 2–1 win over Dynamo Moscow.[7]

International career

Nicholson played for the Jamaica U20 national team at the 2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.[8]

He made his senior national team debut in February 2017.[9][10][11] Nicholson scored his first goal for Jamaica on 5 June 2019 in a friendly against the United States.[12]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 23 April 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Boys' Town 2014–15[13] National Premier League 207——207
2015–16[13] National Premier League 246——246
2016–17[13] National Premier League 3115——3115
Total 7528——7528
Domžale 2017–18[14] Slovenian PrvaLiga 155———155
2018–19[14] Slovenian PrvaLiga 29132040—3513
2019–20[14] Slovenian PrvaLiga 30—3[lower-alpha 2]2—62
Total 47182072—5620
Charleroi 2019–20[15] Belgian Pro League 25830——288
2020–21[15] Belgian Pro League 339212[lower-alpha 2]0—3710
2021–22[15] Belgian Pro League 181300——1813
Total 76305120—8331
Spartak Moscow 2021–22 Russian Premier League 12543——168
2022–23[15] Russian Premier League 18341—1[lower-alpha 3]0234
Total 30884—103912
Career total 22884155921025391
  1. Includes Slovenian Cup, Belgian Cup, Russian Cup
  2. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. Appearance in Russian Super Cup

International
As of 28 September 2022[13]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Jamaica 201760
2019127
2021113
202230
202310
Total3310
Scores and results list Jamaica's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Nicholson goal.
List of international goals scored by Shamar Nicholson
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
15 June 2019Audi Field, Washington, D.C., United States United States1–01–0Friendly
225 June 2019Banc of California Stadium, Los Angeles, United States Curaçao1–01–12019 CONCACAF Gold Cup
33 July 2019Nissan Stadium, Nashville, United States United States1–21–32019 CONCACAF Gold Cup
46 September 2019Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay, Jamaica Antigua and Barbuda1–06–02019–20 CONCACAF Nations League B
53–0
612 October 2019Independence Park, Kingston, Jamaica Aruba2–02–02019–20 CONCACAF Nations League B
715 October 2019Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad, Curaçao Aruba4–06–02019–20 CONCACAF Nations League B
812 July 2021Exploria Stadium, Orlando, United States Suriname1–02–02021 CONCACAF Gold Cup
92 September 2021Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico Mexico1–11–22022 FIFA World Cup qualification
108 September 2021Estadio Nacional, San José, Costa Rica Costa Rica1–11–12022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Spartak Moscow

Jamaica

References
  1. "40-Player National Team Roster: 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup: Jamaica" (PDF). CONCACAF. p. 9. Retrieved 21 May 2019 – via Bernews.
  2. "Jamaica Football: Nicholson earns Real Salt Lake residency trial - SportsMax TV". Digicelsportsmax.com. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  3. "Reggae Boy Nicholson signs for Slovenian club". jamaica-star.com. 2 September 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  4. "Reggae Boy Shamar Nicholson joins Sporting Charleroi for 4 years". 13 August 2019.
  5. "Shamar Nicholson joins Spartak!". FC Spartak Moscow. 21 December 2021. Archived from the original on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  6. "Spartak v Kuban game report". Soccerway. 2 March 2022. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  7. "Russian Cup final report by Soccerway". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  8. Myers, Sanjay (17 June 2016). "Shamar Nicholson keeps fire of hope burning in the darkness". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  9. "U.S. MNT vs. Jamaica". Ussoccer.com. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  10. "Jamaica camp roster features Portmore United stars". CONCACAF.com. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  11. "Playing for his father". Jamaica-gleaner.com. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  12. Butler, Dylan (5 June 2019). "Recap: United States 0, Jamaica 1".
  13. "Shamar Nicholson". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  14. Shamar Nicholson at Soccerway
  15. "Shamar Nicholson » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  16. ""Спартак" обыграл "Динамо" и стал 4-кратным победителем Кубка России" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 29 May 2022.
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