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Jamal Clint-Ross Blackman (born 27 October 1993) is an English professional
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, who plays as a
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for club
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. A product of the
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academy, he represented England up to under-19 level and won the
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with the under-16s in 2009. He progressed through the Chelsea academy as a youth and turned professional after winning the
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in 2012. However he never played a first-team game for the club, and instead was sent on several
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spells to
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,
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(Sweden),
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,
Sheffield United Sheffield United Football Club is a professional football club in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, which compete in the . They are nicknamed "the Blades" due to Sheffield's history of cutlery production. The team have played home games at ...
,
Leeds United Leeds United Football Club is a professional football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire in England. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of England's football league system, and plays its home matches at Elland Road S ...
, Vitesse (Netherlands),
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and
Rotherham United Rotherham United Football Club, nicknamed The Millers, is a professional football club based in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, which compete in the . The club's colours were initially yellow and black, but changed to red and white around 1 ...
, before being released at the end of his contract in June 2021. He went on to have brief spells with
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club
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and
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side
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, before joining Exeter City in July 2022.


Club career


Chelsea

Blackman joined
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at under-13 level and progressed through the club's youth system. He was named by manager
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in a senior match day squad on 29 October 2011, when he sat on the bench for a
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match against
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at
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. He began to train regularly with the first-team squad in the 2011–12 season and was an ever-present as the under-18's won that season's
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with a 4–1 aggregate victory over
Blackburn Rovers Blackburn Rovers Football Club is a professional football club, based in Blackburn, Lancashire, England, which competes in the , the second tier of the English football league system. They have played home matches at Ewood Park since 1890. T ...
. Blackman signed a new five-year contract with the club in June 2014 and extended that contract by two years in July 2017. He left Chelsea at the expiry of his contract in June 2021, having never played a first-team match during his seven years as a senior professional.


Loan to Middlesbrough

On 31 August 2014, Blackman joined
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club
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on
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until January 2015. Manager
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said that Blackman would compete with
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and
Tomás Mejías Tomás Mejías Osorio (born 30 January 1989) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for AD Ceuta FC. Club career Real Madrid Mejías was born in Madrid. In 2001, aged 12, he joined local Real Madrid's youth academy from ...
for a first-team place. He made his full debut on 23 September against
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in the third round of the
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as Boro drew 2–2 after 120 minutes but lost 14–13 in the resulting
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; his save from
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's shot forced the shoot-out to sudden death, in which Blackman scored his
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against opposition goalkeeper
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. He did not feature again for the club and on 6 January 2015, following
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's departure to
Leicester City Leicester ( ) is a city, unitary authority and the county town of Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England. It is the largest settlement in the East Midlands. The city lies on the River Soar and close to the eastern end of the National ...
, Blackman was recalled from the
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by Chelsea to work as the third goalkeeper with the first-team squad behind
Thibaut Courtois Thibaut Nicolas Marc Courtois (born 11 May 1992) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for La Liga club Real Madrid and the Belgium national team. He is considered one of the best goalkeepers in world football. Courtoi ...
and
Petr Čech Petr Čech (; born 20 May 1982) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He also plays semi-professional ice hockey as a goaltender for Chelmsford Chieftains. Described by numerous players, pundits and managers as o ...
.


Loan to Östersunds FK

On 18 March 2016, Blackman joined Swedish side
Östersund Östersund (; sma, Staare) is an urban area (city) in Jämtland in the middle of Sweden. It is the seat of Östersund Municipality and the capital of Jämtland County. Östersund is located at the shores of Sweden's fifth-largest lake, Storsjön, ...
on loan until 31 May. On 4 April, he made his
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debut in a 1–1 away draw against
Hammarby IF Hammarby Idrottsförening ("Hammarby Sports Club"), commonly known as Hammarby IF or simply Hammarby ( or, especially locally, ), is a Swedish sports club located in Stockholm, with a number of member organizations active in a variety of differe ...
, playing the full 90 minutes. He made twelve appearances, keeping three clean sheets, during his ten weeks at the
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as
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's Östersund finished in eighth-place.


Loan to Wycombe Wanderers

On 15 August 2016, Blackman joined
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side
Wycombe Wanderers Wycombe Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. The team compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. They play their home ...
on loan until 3 January 2017. The following day, he made his debut against
Accrington Stanley Accrington Stanley Football Club is a professional association football club based in Accrington, Lancashire, England. The club competes in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. They have spent their complete history ...
in a 1–1 draw at
Adams Park Adams Park is an association football stadium in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England. Built in 1990, it is the home ground of the local Wycombe Wanderers in League One. It was also leased from 2002 to 2014 to the rugby union club London Was ...
. On 20 August, Blackman kept his first clean-sheet for Wycombe in 0–0 draw at
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. He then conceded ten goals in the following three league games. On 1 January, it was announced that Blackman's loan spell had been extended until the end of the 2016–17 season. He made 52 appearances in all competitions for Wycombe as the club narrowly missed out on the play-off positions by just one point, finishing ninth. He was named as the club's Young Player of the Year and manager
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predicted that he would go on to play at the highest level.


Loan to Sheffield United

On 27 July 2017, Blackman joined Championship side
Sheffield United Sheffield United Football Club is a professional football club in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, which compete in the . They are nicknamed "the Blades" due to Sheffield's history of cutlery production. The team have played home games at ...
on a season-long loan. He was originally signed as second-choice for number one goalkeeper Simon Moore, however after an injury to Moore in pre-season, Blackman established himself as first-choice goalkeeper. He made his debut on 5 August as the season began with a 1–0 win over
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at
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. However he was stretchered off after he picked an injury following a collision with team-mate Cameron Carter-Vickers during a 1–0 defeat at
Queens Park Rangers Queens Park Rangers Football Club, commonly abbreviated to QPR, is a professional football club based in Shepherd's Bush, West London, England, which compete in the . After a nomadic early existence, they have played home matches at Loftus Ro ...
on 31 October. He returned to the starting line-up on 17 November, in a 3–1 win over
Burton Albion Burton Albion Football Club is a professional association football club in the town of Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England. The team compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. The club moved its home groun ...
. Blackman lost his place in the side to Moore after picking up a groin injury in December, but returned in a 2–1 win over
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rivals
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on 10 February, pulling off a vital save from
Pontus Jansson Pontus Sven Gustav Jansson (; born 13 February 1991) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for club Brentford, where he serves as club captain. Jansson started his career with local club Malmö FF before moving to Ita ...
. On 17 March, Blackman received the
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award after a string of saves in a 0–0 draw with
Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest Football Club is an association football club based in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England. Nottingham Forest was founded in 1865 and have been playing their home games at the City Ground, on the banks of the River Tren ...
. On 30 March, in a 1–1 draw at Brentford, he and opponent Ryan Woods were sent off for fighting over the ball after the hosts equalised. With Blackman only being at the club on loan, manager
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decided to play Moore in goal for the final five games of the season. Blackman played 33 times in all competitions throughout the 2017–18 season, and United were believed to have been interested in a deal to bring him back for the following campaign.


Loan to Leeds United

On 16 July 2018, Blackman joined Championship side Leeds United on a season-long loan to compete with
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for the starting goalkeeper position. He said that he was excited to work with manager
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. On 14 August, Blackman made his debut at
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, starting in a 2–1 win over
Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers Football Club () is a professional football club based in Horwich, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in . The club played at Burnden Park for 102 years from 1895 after moving from their original home at Pike's ...
in the EFL Cup. On 16 November, Blackman suffered a broken
tibia The tibia (; ), also known as the shinbone or shankbone, is the larger, stronger, and anterior (frontal) of the two bones in the leg below the knee in vertebrates (the other being the fibula, behind and to the outside of the tibia); it connects ...
in his leg in a 3–0 defeat in an under-23 match against
Birmingham City Birmingham City Football Club is a professional football club based in Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, it was renamed Small Heath in 1888, Birmingham in 1905, and Birmingham City in 1943. Since 2011, the first te ...
. Due to the severity of the injury, he returned to Chelsea, leaving Leeds with just one senior goalkeeper in Peacock-Farrell.


Loan to Vitesse

On 3 September 2019, Blackman joined
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side Vitesse on a season-long loan. He reportedly was affected by injury and returned to Chelsea halfway through the 2019–20 campaign without having played a first-team game at the
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.


Loan to Bristol Rovers

Blackman signed for
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club
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on a six-month loan deal on 22 January 2020; regular custodian
Anssi Jaakkola Anssi Valtteri Jaakkola (born 13 March 1987) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for EFL League Two club Bristol Rovers and the Finland national team. Jaakkola was born in Kemi. He began his senior club career playing ...
was out injured with a shoulder injury, leaving Jordi van Stappershoef and Alexis André Jr. as the only fit goalkeepers at the club. He made his debut at the Memorial Stadium three days later, in a 0–0 draw with
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. He featured ten times in the second half of the 2019–20 season as
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's side posted a 14th-place finish.


Loan to Rotherham United

On 24 August 2020, Blackman joined Championship club
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on a season-long loan. On 5 September, he made his club debut in a 1–1 draw with Salford City in the first round of the
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. He played 28 games during the
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relegation campaign as manager
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rotated between Blackman and
Viktor Johansson Viktor Tobias Johansson (born 14 September 1998) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for English club Rotherham United. A product of the Hammarby and Aston Villa academies, he has represented Sweden up to under-21 le ...
at the
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.


Los Angeles FC

On 13 September 2021, Blackman joined
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side
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. He made his debut for the club on 29 September, playing the full match in a 2–1 loss to
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. On 26 October, Blackman had his first clean sheet with LAFC during the club's 3–0 win over the
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and was named man of the match by fans. He played the final eight games of the
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season, before departing the
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along with head coach
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.


Huddersfield Town

Blackman returned to England and joined Championship side
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on 31 January 2022 on a deal until the end of the 2021–22 season. He played three games during his time at
Kirklees Stadium Kirklees Stadium (currently known due to sponsorship as the John Smith's Stadium) is a multi-use stadium in Huddersfield in West Yorkshire, England. Since 1994, it has been the home ground of football club Huddersfield Town and rugby league si ...
, and was an unused substitute at
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in the
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defeat to Nottingham Forest, and was not retained beyond the summer by manager
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.


Exeter City

Blackman signed for newly promoted League One side
Exeter City Exeter City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Exeter, Devon, England. The team play in , the third tier of the English football league system. Known as "the Grecians", the origin of their nickname is subject to ...
on 26 July 2022 on a one year deal following his release from
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.


International career

Blackman has represented England at under-16, under-17 and under-19 level, and won the
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with the under-16's in 2009. He was called up to the under-21 team in August 2014. Whilst he has represented England at youth level, Blackman is still eligible to represent
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or
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internationally.


Personal life

Blackman runs his own line of clothing, named Prodigieux.


Career statistics


Honours

Chelsea *
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: 2011–12 England U16 *
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: 2009 Individual *
Wycombe Wanderers Wycombe Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. The team compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. They play their home ...
Young Player of the Year Award: 2016–17


References

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