Tarania Clarke

Tarania Caresh Clarke (3 October 1999 – 31 October 2019) was a Jamaican footballer who played as a midfielder for Waterhouse F.C. and the Jamaica women's national team. She also represented Jamaica on the under-17 and under-20 national teams.[3]

Tarania Clarke
Personal information
Full name Tarania Caresh Clarke[1]
Date of birth (1999-10-03)3 October 1999
Date of death 31 October 2019(2019-10-31) (aged 20)
Place of death Kingston, Jamaica
Playing position(s) Midfielder[2]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000-2019 Waterhouse
National team
2014 Jamaica U-15 1+ (1)
2015–2016 Jamaica U-17 4+ (6)
2019 Jamaica 3 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

On 31 October 2019, Clarke was stabbed to death in the Jamaican capital of Kingston, after a dispute over a mobile phone. A woman was arrested for her murder.[4][5]

Early life and education

Clarke graduated from Excelsior High School where she captained the soccer team for three years.[6] She planned to attend Daytona State College in Florida.[7]

International career

Clarke represented Jamaica at the 2014 CONCACAF Girls' U-15 Championship, the 2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship qualification and the 2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship. She made her senior debut for Jamaica on 30 September 2019.[8]

International goals

Scores and results list Jamaica's goal tally first

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1
30 September 2019National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica Cuba
10–1
12–1
2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship qualification
2
6 October 2019National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica Saint Lucia
11–0
11-0
2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship qualification

Death

On 31 October 2019, Clarke was stabbed to death in the Jamaican capital of Kingston, after a dispute over a mobile phone. A woman was arrested for her murder.[4][5]

References
  1. "LISTADO DEL PARTIDO" (PDF). 2019 Pan American Games.
  2. Tarania Clarke at Soccerway. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  3. "Football | Athlete Profile: CLARKE Tarania C." Pan American Games Lima 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  4. "Tarania Clarke: Jamaica women's midfielder dies after stabbing incident". November 1, 2019 – via www.bbc.com.
  5. "Excelsior's girls' football captain stabbed to death". Jamaica Observer. 1 November 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  6. sport, Guardian; agencies (2019-11-01). "Tarania Clarke, midfielder for Jamaica's Reggae Girlz, killed in Kingston stabbing". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-11-18.
  7. "Jamaican international stabbed to death". Barbados Today. 2019-11-02. Retrieved 2019-11-18.
  8. Cowan, Sherdon (1 October 2019). "Reggae Girlz maul Cuba in Olympics qualifier". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
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