Shayla Brianna Smart (born 30 May 2000) is an American-born Jamaican

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who played as a

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for

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and currently plays for the Jamaica women's national team.

Early life and education

Smart was born to a Jamaican father and a Puerto Rican mother. She attended the

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International career

Smart has represented Jamaica on the senior national team as well as the under-17 and under-20 national teams. She competed at the

2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship The 2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship was the 5th edition of the CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by CONCACAF for the women's under-17 national teams of the North, Central ...

and the

2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship The 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship was the 9th edition of the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by CONCACAF for the women's under-20 national teams of the North, Central ...

. She made her senior debut on 28 July 2019 against

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in the Pan American Games.

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* * * 2000 births Living people Citizens of Jamaica through descent Jamaican women's footballers Women's association football forwards Jamaica women's international footballers Pan American Games competitors for Jamaica Footballers at the 2019 Pan American Games Jamaican people of Puerto Rican descent Sportspeople of Puerto Rican descent People from Apopka, Florida Sportspeople from Orange County, Florida Soccer players from Florida American women's soccer players Wake Forest Demon Deacons women's soccer players Women's Premier Soccer League players African-American women's soccer players American sportspeople of Jamaican descent American sportspeople of Puerto Rican descent 21st-century African-American sportspeople 21st-century African-American women 20th-century African-American sportspeople 20th-century African-American women 20th-century African-American people {{US-footy-forward-stub