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 (age 26)
Place of birth Kingston, Jamaica
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Clermont
(on loan from Spartak Moscow)
Number 23
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 34 (8)
2023– → Clermont (loan) 14 (3)
International career‡
2015 Jamaica U20 1 (0)
2017– Jamaica 46 (16)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Jamaica
CONCACAF Gold Cup
Runner-up 2017 United States Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:47, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:00, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

Shamar Amaro Nicholson (born 16 March 1997) is a Jamaican professional footballer who plays as a forward for French Ligue 1 club Clermont, on loan from Spartak Moscow, and the Jamaica national team.

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, but it was ultimately decided that he would stay with Boys' Town[2] Nicholson played 75 matches for the team, scoring 28 goals.

Domžale

In September 2017, Nicholson signed with Domžale in Slovenia.[3] He ultimately played 47 league matches and scored 18 goals.

Charleroi

Nicholson joined Belgian club Charleroi in August 2019, signing a four-year deal.[4] Prior to his departure in 2021, Nicholson played more league games for Charleroi than for any other club in his career. He scored 30 goals in the competition.

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]

In September 2023, Nicholson made a loan move to Clermont Foot of Ligue 1.[8]

International career

Nicholson played for the Jamaica U20 national team at the 2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.[9]

He made his senior national team debut in February 2017.[10][11][12] Nicholson scored his first goal for Jamaica on 5 June 2019 in a friendly against the United States.[13]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 23 April 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Boys' Town 2014–15[14] National Premier League 20 7 — — 20 7
2015–16[14] National Premier League 24 6 — — 24 6
2016–17[14] National Premier League 31 15 — — 31 15
Total 75 28 — — 75 28
Domžale 2017–18[15] Slovenian PrvaLiga 15 5 — — — 15 5
2018–19[15] Slovenian PrvaLiga 29 13 2 0 4 0 — 35 13
2019–20[15] Slovenian PrvaLiga 3 0 — 3[b] 2 — 6 2
Total 47 18 2 0 7 2 — 56 20
Charleroi 2019–20[16] Belgian Pro League 25 8 3 0 — — 28 8
2020–21[16] Belgian Pro League 33 9 2 1 2[b] 0 — 37 10
2021–22[16] Belgian Pro League 18 13 0 0 — — 18 13
Total 76 30 5 1 2 0 — 83 31
Spartak Moscow 2021–22 Russian Premier League 12 5 4 3 — — 16 8
2022–23[16] Russian Premier League 18 3 4 1 — 1[c] 0 23 4
Total 30 8 8 4 — 1 0 39 12
Career total 228 84 15 5 9 2 1 0 253 91
  1. ^ Includes Slovenian Cup, Belgian Cup, Russian Cup
  2. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ Appearance in Russian Super Cup

International

As of 21 November 2023[14]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Jamaica 2017 6 0
2019 12 7
2021 11 3
2022 3 0
2023 14 6
Total 46 16
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
1 5 June 2019 Audi Field, Washington, D.C., United States  United States 1–0 1–0 Friendly
2 25 June 2019 Banc of California Stadium, Los Angeles, United States  Curaçao 1–0 1–1 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup
3 3 July 2019 Nissan Stadium, Nashville, United States  United States 1–2 1–3 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup
4 6 September 2019 Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay, Jamaica  Antigua and Barbuda 1–0 6–0 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League B
5 3–0
6 12 October 2019 Independence Park, Kingston, Jamaica  Aruba 2–0 2–0 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League B
7 15 October 2019 Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad, Curaçao  Aruba 4–0 6–0 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League B
8 12 July 2021 Exploria Stadium, Orlando, United States  Suriname 1–0 2–0 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup
9 2 September 2021 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico  Mexico 1–1 1–2 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
10 8 September 2021 Estadio Nacional, San José, Costa Rica  Costa Rica 1–1 1–1 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
11 15 June 2023 Wiener Neustadt Ergo Arena, Wiener Neustadt, Austria  Qatar 0–1 1–1 Friendly
12 13 October 2023 Kirani James Athletic Stadium, St. George's, Grenada  Grenada 3–1 4–1 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League A
13 16 October 2023 Trinidad Stadium, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago  Haiti 3–2 3–2 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League A
14 18 November 2023 Independence Park, Kingston, Jamaica  Canada 1–1 1–2 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League A
15 21 November 2023 BMO Field, Toronto, Canada  Canada 1–1 3–2 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League A
16 2–1

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. ^ https://www.clermontfoot.com/shamar-nicholson-arrive-au-clermont-foot-63/
  9. ^ Myers, Sanjay (17 June 2016). "Shamar Nicholson keeps fire of hope burning in the darkness". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  10. ^ "U.S. MNT vs. Jamaica". Ussoccer.com. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  11. ^ "Jamaica camp roster features Portmore United stars". CONCACAF.com. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  12. ^ "Playing for his father". Jamaica-gleaner.com. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  13. ^ Butler, Dylan (5 June 2019). "Recap: United States 0, Jamaica 1".
  14. ^ a b c d "Shamar Nicholson". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  15. ^ a b c Shamar Nicholson at Soccerway
  16. ^ a b c d "Shamar Nicholson » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  17. ^ ""Спартак" обыграл "Динамо" и стал 4-кратным победителем Кубка России" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 29 May 2022.

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Clermont Foot – current squad
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