Christopher Jackson (born 25 October 1996) is a Liberian footballer who plays as a forward for LISCR.

Club career

Early career

Born in

Montserrado County Montserrado County is a county in the northwestern portion of the West African nation of Liberia containing its national capital, Monrovia. One of 15 counties that comprise the first-level of administrative division in the nation, it has 17 sub ...

, Jackson started his playing career at community based fourth division club, Shooting Stars Football Club. After a year with Shooting Stars, Jackson went signed with

-based third division club Manchester City, which is named after

Premier League The Premier League (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited) is the highest level of the men's English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Fo ...

club. The young striker spent two years with Manchester City in the Liberia Third Division League.

Keitrace FC

In 2013, Christopher Jackson signed a three-year deal with second division side, Keitrace FC. His ten goals in 19 appearances helped Keitrace FC gain promotion to the top tier of Liberian football, the First Division.

LISCR FC

After a year with Keitrace, Jackson made a move to

Liberian Premier League The Liberian First Division, formerly known as Liberian Premier League, is the highest division of football in Liberia. The first division league began in 1956 and have only once been won by a club outside Monrovia. It has been dominated by Mi ...

club

LISCR FC Liberian International Shipping & Corporate Registry FC, abbreviated to LISCR FC, is a football (soccer) club from Liberia based in Gardnersville, Montserrado County. They play their home matches at the Antoinette Tubman Stadium in central Monr ...

. Jackson went on to score ten goals in 18 appearances in his first season. He led the team to the final of the

2015 Liberian First Division League The 2015 Liberian First Division League (''known as the LFA-Cellcom First Division League for sponsorship reasons'') was the 42nd season of the Liberian Premier League, the Liberian professional league for association football clubs, since the l ...

season, where

lost to Nimba United Football Club on penalty shootouts. The following season, Jackson managed to score eight times from 17 appearances as

struggled under new coach, Robert Lartey. Under the guidance of the Gambian coach Tapha Manneh, Jackson won his first league title, playing a key role in club's of longest unbeaten run in Liberian football. Jackson scored 13 goals in 25 appearances to help

finish the 2016-17 league season unbeaten and also winning the

Liberian Cup The Liberian Football Association Cup, commonly known as the LFA Cup and currently known as the PetroTrade Cup due to sponsorship reasons, is an annual knockout cup competition in Liberian football. The LFA Cup is run by and named after the Liber ...

to complete the double.

Shakhtyor Soligorsk

In early 2018, Jackson left

and traveled to

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to attend tryouts with Belarusian Premier League club Shakhtyor Soligorsk. In February,

announced that they agreed a deal with FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk for a free transfer of Jackson.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Liberia's goal tally first.''

Honors

Club

;

Winner * Liberia First Division: 2016–17 * Liberian Cup: 2016–17

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jackson, Christopher 1996 births Living people Liberian men's footballers Liberia men's international footballers People from Montserrado County LISCR FC players FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk players Kelantan F.C. players Belarusian Premier League players Liberian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Belarus Expatriate men's footballers in Malaysia Liberian expatriate sportspeople in Belarus Liberian expatriate sportspeople in Malaysia Men's association football forwards Liberian First Division players