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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| caption =
| 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
| 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
}}
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.
References
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External links
- {{Soccerway|533122}}
- {{Cite web|url=https://floridakrazekrush.com/erin-mikalsen-shayla-smart-help-jamaica-win-cfu-title/|title=Erin Mikalsen & Shayla Smart help Jamaica win CFU title|publisher=Florida Kraze Krush|access-date=28 July 2019|date=November 23, 2015}}
- {{Cite web|url=https://www.wpslsoccer.com/roster_players/25523425|publisher=WPSL|title=Florida Krush - 2018 Regular Season - Roster - # - Shayla Smart -|access-date=28 July 2019}}
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Category:Jamaican women's footballers
Category:21st-century Jamaican sportswomen
Category:Women's association football forwards
Category:Jamaica women's international footballers
Category:Pan American Games competitors for Jamaica
Category:Footballers at the 2019 Pan American Games
Category:Jamaican people of Puerto Rican descent
Category:Sportspeople from Apopka, Florida
Category:Soccer players from Florida
Category:American women's soccer players
Category:Wake Forest Demon Deacons women's soccer players
Category:Women's Premier Soccer League players
Category:African-American soccer players
Category:American sportspeople of Jamaican descent
Category:American sportspeople of Puerto Rican descent
Category:21st-century American sportswomen
Category:21st-century African-American sportswomen
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