Javier George (born 27 January 2001) is a Guyanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Guyana national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (2001-01-27) 27 January 2001 (age 21) | ||
| Place of birth | New Amsterdam, Guyana[1] | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2009–2017 | Toronto Skillz | ||
| 2017–2019 | Toronto FC | ||
| 2019–2020 | Stade Beaucairois | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2017 | Toronto Skillz | 5 | (0) |
| 2018 | Toronto FC III | 3 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Stade Beaucairois | 1 | (0) |
| 2021 | York United | 1 | (0) |
| 2022 | York United | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2020 | Guyana U20 | 2 | (0) |
| 2021– | Guyana | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of November 9, 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 01:02, 9 June 2021 (UTC) | |||
Born in Guyana, George moved to Canada at the age of 6.[1] At the age of 8, he started playing organized football with Toronto Skillz FC.[2]
He made his debut for the Toronto Skillz FC first team in League1 Ontario on August 28, 2016 against the Woodbridge Strikers.[3]
In 2017, he joined the Toronto FC Academy, playing for their youth teams, including three matches in League1 Ontario in 2018.[4]
In 2019, he joined the French club Stade Beaucairois.[5] He made his debut on March 8, 2020 against Toulouse Rodéo FC.[6]
On October 7, 2021 Canadian Premier League club York United announced they had signed George to a contract through the end of the 2021 season.[7] He made his debut for York on November 9 against Forge FC.[8] In June 2022, he briefly rejoined York on a short-term contract as an emergency relief player during a York injury crisis.[9]
He first represented the Guyana U20 team at the 2020 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying tournament.[1][10] After initially being denied entry into Nicaragua, the host country, after failing to satisfy the 10-day quarantine period for the Yellow Fever vaccine, he entered the country and made his debut in the team's third game against the US Virgin Islands U20 team.[11][12]
He represented the Guyana national team in a 2–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification loss to Puerto Rico on 8 June 2021.[13]
| Club | Season | League | Playoffs | Domestic Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Toronto Skillz FC | 2016[3] | League1 Ontario | 2 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2017[14] | 3 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Toronto FC III | 2018[4] | League1 Ontario | 3 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Stade Beaucairois | 2019–20 | Championnat National 3 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | ||||
| York United FC | 2021 | Canadian Premier League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | |
| Career total | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||