Shayla Smart

{{short description|Jamaican footballer (born 2000)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}

{{Use Jamaican English|date=November 2021}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Shayla Smart

| image =

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| fullname = Shayla Brianna Smart{{Cite web|url=https://wrsd.lima2019.pe/PAG2019/en/results/football/athlete-profile-n1194079-smart-shayla-brianna.htm|title=Football {{!}} Athlete Profile: SMART Shayla Brianna|publisher=Pan American Games Lima 2019|access-date=28 July 2019}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|5|30|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Bronx, New York, United States

| height = 1.57 m{{Cite web|url=https://godeacs.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=5090|title=Shayla Smart - Women's Soccer|publisher=Wake Forest University Athletics|access-date=28 July 2019}}

| position = Forward{{Cite web|url=https://wrsd.lima2019.pe/PAG2019/en/results/football/results-women-gpa-000100-.htm|title=Football {{!}} Results Women First Round Group A|publisher=Pan American Games Lima 2019|access-date=28 July 2019}}

| currentclub = Wake Forest Demon Deacons

| clubnumber = 20

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Montverde Academy

| collegeyears1 = 2018–2021

| college1 = Wake Forest Demon Deacons

| collegecaps1 = 2

| collegegoals1 = 0

| years1 = 2018

| clubs1 = Florida Krush

| caps1 = 1

| goals1 = 3

| years2 =

| clubs2 =

| caps2 =

| goals2 =

| nationalyears1 = 2016

| nationalteam1 = Jamaica U17

| nationalcaps1 = 1+

| nationalgoals1 = 1

| nationalyears2 = 2018

| nationalteam2 = Jamaica U20

| nationalcaps2 = 2

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalyears3 = 2019–

| nationalteam3 = Jamaica

| nationalcaps3 = 1

| nationalgoals3 = 0

| club-update = 17 June 2018

| nationalteam-update = 28 July 2019

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Shayla Brianna Smart (born 30 May 2000) is an American-born Jamaican footballer who played as a forward for Wake Forest Demon Deacons and currently plays for the Jamaica women's national team.

Early life and education

Smart was born to a Jamaican father and a Puerto Rican mother.{{Cite web|url=http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sports/shayla-smart-eager-to-force-way-into-reggae-girlz-set-up_155843|title=Shayla Smart eager to force way into Reggae Girlz set-up|first=Sherdon|last=Cowan|access-date=28 July 2019|publisher=Jamaica Observer|date=29 January 2019}} She attended the Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

International career

Smart has represented Jamaica on the senior national team as well as the under-17 and under-20 national teams. She competed at the 2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship and the 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship. She made her senior debut on 28 July 2019 against Mexico in the Pan American Games.

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