Arkell Nicholas Cecil Jude-Boyd (born 22 January 2003) is a professional footballer who plays as a right back for club Cheltenham Town. Born in England, he plays for the Saint Lucia national team. Jude-Boyd progressed through Queens Park Rangers's academy and had loans at

Dagenham & Redbridge Dagenham & Redbridge Football Club is a professional association football club based in Dagenham, Greater London, England. The team competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. Often known simply as Dag ...

and Torquay United before joining Cheltenham Town in summer 2024.

Club career

Jude-Boyd joined Queens Park Rangers's academy at under-9 level. He signed his first professional contract with the club in summer 2022. In December 2022, Jude-Boyd joined National League club

on a one-month development loan. He did not make an appearance during this loan. On 28 June 2023, it was announced that he had agreed a new one-year deal with Queens Park Rangers. In February 2024, he joined

National League South The National League South, formerly Conference South, is one of the second divisions of the National League in England, immediately below the top division National League. Along with National League North, it is in the second level of the N ...

side Torquay United on loan, and made his debut on 6 February, starting a 3–2 defeat away to

Maidstone United Maidstone United Football Club is a professional football club based in Maidstone, Kent, England. The team compete in the National League, at the fifth tier of the English football league system. The current club filled the void left by the ol ...

. Jude Boyd scored 6 times in 17 matches across his Torquay loan, being awarded the club's player of the month award for February, March and April, as well as the goal of the month in March 2024 for a goal against Weymouth. He was also given Torquay's young player of the season award at the end of the season. He was released by QPR at the end of the season. In June 2024, Jude-Boyd signed for

EFL League Two The English Football League Two (often referred to as League Two for short or Sky Bet League Two for sponsorship purposes, and known as the Football League Two from 2004 until 2016) is the third and lowest division of the English Football Lea ...

club Cheltenham Town.

International career

Jude-Boyd was included in

Saint Lucia Saint Lucia ( acf, Sent Lisi, french: Sainte-Lucie) is an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean. The island was previously called Iouanalao and later Hewanorra, names given by the native Arawaks and Caribs, two Amerindian ...

's 23-man squad for the

2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League The 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League is the third season of the CONCACAF Nations League, an international association football competition involving the men's national teams of the 41 member associations of CONCACAF. The group stage is being hel ...

in November 2023, but was unable to play due to documentation issues. He was included in

's squad for the

2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League The 2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League will be the fourth season of the CONCACAF Nations League, an international association football competition involving the men's national teams of the 41 member associations of CONCACAF. The competition will b ...

in September 2024 against

Curaçao Curaçao ( ; ; pap, Kòrsou, ), officially the Country of Curaçao ( nl, Land Curaçao; pap, Pais Kòrsou), is a Lesser Antilles island country in the southern Caribbean Sea and the Dutch Caribbean region, about north of the Venezuela coast ...

and

Grenada Grenada ( ; Grenadian Creole French: ) is an island country in the West Indies in the Caribbean Sea at the southern end of the Grenadines island chain. Grenada consists of the island of Grenada itself, two smaller islands, Carriacou and Pe ...

. He made his debut against

, scoring first in an eventual 2-1 win.

Style of play

Torquay manager Gary Johnson described Jude-Boyd as "a very quick, aggressive defender who can play right-back, or right wing-back".

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jude-Boyd, Arkell 2003 births Living people People from Hillingdon Saint Lucian men's footballers Saint Lucia men's international footballers English men's footballers English people of Saint Lucian descent Men's association football fullbacks Queens Park Rangers F.C. players Dagenham & Redbridge F.C. players Torquay United F.C. players Cheltenham Town F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players