Below is a short list of players with Jamaican roots who are currently garnering experience at the highest level of football around the world.
Daniel Sturridge
Daniel Andre Sturridge is an English footballer who plays for Liverpool and the England national team as a striker.
He is very proud of his Jamaican heritage and visits Jamaica regularly.
Ravel Morrison
Regarded as a prodigy, former Manchester United coach Sir Alex Ferguson described the playmaker as “the best talent he had ever seen”.
The midfielder began his career with Manchester United before joining West Ham in January 2012. He currently plays for Queens Park Rangers.
Nathan Dyer
Plays as a winger for Swansea City. He started playing as a teenager in the Southampton youth team and has played for Southampton, Sheffield United (on loan) and Swansea City.
He is also regarded as one of the best wingers in England.
Theo Walcott
Theo currently plays as a forward for Arsenal and the England national team.
On 30 May 2006 the speedy player became England’s youngest ever senior football player aged 17 years and 75 days.
Ashley Young
Young plays as a winger for Manchester United and the English national team.
This talented player has a Jamaican father and has already earned many caps for the England national team.
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
Alex plays for Arsenal and the England national football team as a winger.
Darren Bent
Darren Ashley Bent currently plays for Fulham, on loan from Aston Villa, as a striker.
He has also represented England at under-15, under-16, under-17, under-19, under-21 and senior levels.
Raheem Sterling
Sterling plays as a winger for Premier League club Liverpool and the England national team.
He represented England at under-16, under-17 and under-21 level before being capped at full level by the national side in 2012.
Aaron Lennon
Aaron Justin Lennon currently plays as a right winger for Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League and the England national team.
He has an English Jamaican father and English Irish mother.
John Barnes
John Charles Bryan Barnes MBE (born 7 November 1963) is a Jamaican-born English former footballer and manager.
He had successful periods at Watford and Liverpool in the 1980s and 1990s, winning the First Division twice, the FA Cup twice, and playing for England 79 times (at the time, a record for a black player).
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Daniel Sturridge
Daniel Andre Sturridge is an English footballer who plays for Liverpool and the England national team as a striker.
He is very proud of his Jamaican heritage and visits Jamaica regularly.
Ravel Morrison
Regarded as a prodigy, former Manchester United coach Sir Alex Ferguson described the playmaker as “the best talent he had ever seen”.
The midfielder began his career with Manchester United before joining West Ham in January 2012. He currently plays for Queens Park Rangers.
Nathan Dyer
Plays as a winger for Swansea City. He started playing as a teenager in the Southampton youth team and has played for Southampton, Sheffield United (on loan) and Swansea City.
He is also regarded as one of the best wingers in England.
Theo Walcott
Theo currently plays as a forward for Arsenal and the England national team.
On 30 May 2006 the speedy player became England’s youngest ever senior football player aged 17 years and 75 days.
Ashley Young
Young plays as a winger for Manchester United and the English national team.
This talented player has a Jamaican father and has already earned many caps for the England national team.
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
Alex plays for Arsenal and the England national football team as a winger.
Darren Bent
Darren Ashley Bent currently plays for Fulham, on loan from Aston Villa, as a striker.
He has also represented England at under-15, under-16, under-17, under-19, under-21 and senior levels.
Raheem Sterling
Sterling plays as a winger for Premier League club Liverpool and the England national team.
He represented England at under-16, under-17 and under-21 level before being capped at full level by the national side in 2012.
Aaron Lennon
Aaron Justin Lennon currently plays as a right winger for Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League and the England national team.
He has an English Jamaican father and English Irish mother.
John Barnes
John Charles Bryan Barnes MBE (born 7 November 1963) is a Jamaican-born English former footballer and manager.
He had successful periods at Watford and Liverpool in the 1980s and 1990s, winning the First Division twice, the FA Cup twice, and playing for England 79 times (at the time, a record for a black player).
http://jablogz.com/2014/03/some-of-t...ican-heritage/
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