Roger Thomas (footballer)

{{short description|Jamaican footballer (born 1973)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}}

{{Infobox football biography

|name= Roger Thomas

|birth_date= {{birth date and age|1973|4|17|df=y}}

|birth_place= Jamaica

|position= Midfielder, Forward

|years1= 1998

|clubs1= Miami Fusion

|caps1= 5

|goals1= 1

}}

Roger Thomas (born 17 April 1973) is a Jamaican retired footballer.

Career

At the age of 13, a teacher asked Thomas "what he was going to do with his life besides play soccer", which inspired him to do well in school.[https://archive.today/20200515161140/https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1998-06-11-9806110061-story.html NEW FORWARD LEARNS LESSON BEYOND SOCCER] sun-sentinel.com As a result, Thomas left Jamaica after high school to attend college in the United States.

After training with Chilean side Club Deportivo Universidad Católica, he signed for Miami Fusion in the American top flight.

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