Jahmari Clarke

Jahmari Clarke
Personal information
Full name Jahmari Oshown Clarke [1]
Date of birth (2003-10-02) 2 October 2003
Place of birth England
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
Montego Bay United
Number 9
Youth career
Reading
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2024 Reading 12 (2)
2022 → Woking (loan) 2 (1)
2023 → Forest Green Rovers (loan) 4 (1)
2023–2024 → Boreham Wood (loan) 5 (0)
2024 → Yeovil Town (loan) 3 (2)
2024 Wealdstone 2 (0)
2024 Basingstoke Town 1 (0)
2024 Croydon Athletic 3 (1)
2025 Yeovil Town 1 (0)
2025– Montego Bay United 26 (6)
International career‡
2022 Jamaica U20 5 (3)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 09:49, 12 May 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 27 June 2022

Jahmari Oshown Clarke (born 2 October 2003) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Montego Bay United in the Jamaica Premier League. Born in England, he is a youth international for Jamaica.

Career

Clarke made his professional debut with Reading in a 3–0 EFL Cup loss to Swansea City on 10 August 2021.[2] Seven days later, 17 August 2021, Clarke replaced George Pușcaș in the 76th minute during a 3–2 defeat to Bristol City to make his league debut. Clarke's first goals for Reading came on 6 November 2021, when he again came off the bench to replace George Pușcaș, and then scored both Reading's goals in a 2-1 victory over Birmingham City.

On 7 July 2022, Reading confirmed that Clarke had signed a new contract with the club.[3]

On 29 October 2022, Clarke joined Woking on a month-long youth loan deal.[4] On 31 January 2023, Clarke joined Forest Green Rovers on loan for the remainder of the season.[5]

On 7 December 2023, Clarke joined Boreham Wood on loan until 28 January 2024.[6]

On 16 March 2024, Clarke joined Yeovil Town on loan until the end of the season.[7]

On 23 May 2024, Reading announced he would be released in the summer once his contract expired.[8]

On 17 August 2024, Clarke joined National League side Wealdstone on a short-term deal.[9] On 30 August 2024, Wealdstone announced that Clarke had been released from his contract.[10]

On 12 November 2024, Basingstoke Town announced the signing of Clarke on a short-term contract.[11]

In March 2025, Clarke returned to National League side Yeovil Town on non-contract terms.[12]

On 25 August 2025, Clarke signed for Montego Bay United in the Jamaica Premier League.[13]

International career

In May 2022, Clarke was selected for the Jamaica Under-20 team for the 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.[14] He scored on his U20 debut against Costa Rica when after coming off the bench, he won and scored a penalty in the 98th minute, making the score line 1-1.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 24 May 2026[15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[a] League Cup[b] Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Reading 2021–22[16] Championship 1220010—132
2022–23[17] Championship 000010—10
2023–24[18] League One 0000000000
Total 122002000142
Woking (loan) 2022–23[15] National League 21———21
Forest Green Rovers 2022–23[17] League One 41———41
Boreham Wood (loan) 2023–24[15] National League 50——1[c]060
Yeovil Town (loan) 2023–24[15] National League South 32———32
Wealdstone 2024–25[15] National League 2000—0020
Basingstoke Town 2024–25[19] Southern League Premier Division South 1000—0010
Croydon Athletic 2024–25[20] Isthmian League South East Division 31———31
Yeovil Town 2024–25[15] National League 10———10
Montego Bay United 2025–26 Jamaica Premier League 26600—2[d]0286
Career total 61120020106412
  1. ↑ Includes FA Cup and JFF Champions Cup
  2. ↑ Includes EFL Cup
  3. ↑ Appearance in FA Trophy
  4. ↑ Appearances in the Jamaica Premier League Playoffs

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Jamaica U20 202253

References

  1. ↑ "EFL Professional retain list 2021-22" (PDF). EFL. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  2. ↑ "Reading vs. Swansea City - 10 August 2021 - Soccerway". Int.soccerway.com.
  3. ↑ "JAHMARI CLARKE COMMITS TO NEW ROYALS CONTRACT". readingfc.co.uk/. Reading F.C. 7 July 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  4. ↑ "Clarke And Bilongo Join On Loan". Woking FC. 29 October 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  5. ↑ "JAHMARI CLARKE HEADS TO FOREST GREEN ROVERS ON LOAN". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  6. ↑ "JAHMARI CLARKE JOINS BOREHAM WOOD ON LOAN". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 7 December 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  7. ↑ "Yeovil Town Football Club - TRANSFER | Jahmari Clarke joins on loan". www.ytfc.net. 16 March 2024. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  8. ↑ "ACADEMY RETAINED LIST CONFIRMED". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 23 May 2024. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  9. ↑ "FORMER READING STRIKER JAHMARI CLARKE". www.wealdstone-fc.com. 17 August 2024. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
  10. ↑ "We can announce that Jahmari Clarke has been released from his Wealdstone contract". x.com/WealdstoneFC. Wealdstone F.C. Twitter. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
  11. ↑ "Jahmari Clarke Signs". btfc.co.uk. Basingstoke Town F.C. 12 November 2024. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  12. ↑ "Jahmari Clarke returns". www.ytfc.net. 11 March 2025. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  13. ↑ "Thrilled to announce that the newest member of the United Sport Group family, Jahmari Clarke @jahmariclarke , has signed with Montego Bay FC @mobayunitedfc !". instagram.com/unitedsportgroupllc/. United Sport Group L.L.C. 25 August 2025. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
  14. ↑ "Omari Hutchinson and Jahmari clarke apart of [sic] Reggaeboyz u20 Jamaica submitted the 44 player pool". Twitter.com. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "J. Clarke: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  16. ↑ "Games played by Jahmari Clarke in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  17. 1 2 "Games played by Jahmari Clarke in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  18. ↑ "Games played by Jahmari Clarke in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  19. ↑ "Basingstoke Town Players". southern-football-league.co.uk. Southern Football League. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  20. ↑ "AFC Croydon Athletic – Appearances – Jahmari Clarke". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 11 March 2025.