Shamar Amaro Nicholson (born 16 March 1997) is a Jamaican professional

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who plays as a

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for French club Clermont, on loan from

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, and the Jamaica national team.

Club career

Boys' Town

Nicholson was developed in the Boys' Town youth system and made the transition to the first team in 2015–16. He had a trial with

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in 2015, but it was ultimately decided that he would stay with Boys' Town Nicholson played 75 matches for the team, scoring 28 goals.

Domžale

In September 2017, Nicholson signed with

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in Slovenia. He ultimately played 47 league matches and scored 18 goals.

Charleroi

Nicholson joined Belgian club

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in August 2019, signing a four-year deal. Prior to his departure in 2021, Nicholson played more league games for Charleroi than for any other club in his career. He scored 30 goals in the competition.

Spartak Moscow

On 21 December 2021, Nicholson signed for

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on a four-and-a-half year contract. He scored his first hat-trick on 2 March 2022, in his second game for the club during a 6–1

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win over PFC Kuban Krasnodar. He also went on to win the Russian Cup that season in a 2–1 win over Dynamo Moscow. In September 2023, Nicholson made a loan move to

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International career

Nicholson played for the Jamaica U20 national team at the

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. He made his senior national team debut in February 2017. Nicholson scored his first goal for Jamaica on 5 June 2019 in a

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against the

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Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Jamaica's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Nicholson goal.''

Honours

Spartak Moscow * Russian Cup: 2021–22 Jamaica *

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runner-up:

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References

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* 1997 births Living people Footballers from Kingston, Jamaica Jamaican men's footballers Men's association football forwards Jamaica men's international footballers Jamaica men's under-20 international footballers Jamaica men's youth international footballers 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup players NK Domžale players R. Charleroi S.C. players FC Spartak Moscow players Clermont Foot players National Premier League players Slovenian PrvaLiga players Belgian Pro League players Russian Premier League players Jamaican expatriate men's footballers Jamaican expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia Jamaican expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Jamaican expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Jamaican expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate men's footballers in France {{Jamaica-footy-bio-stub