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Manjrekar James (born 5 August 1993) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a centre-back for Chornomorets Odesa and the Canada national team.

Manjrekar James

Personal information
Full name	Manjrekar James[1]
Date of birth	(1993-08-05) 5 August 1993 (age 29)[2]
Place of birth	Roseau, Dominica
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Club information
Current team	Chornomorets Odesa
Youth career
2003–2009	North York Hearts-Azzuri
2009–2012	Sigma FC
2012–2014	Pécs
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2015	Pécs	16	(1)
2015–2016	Diósgyőr	17	(0)
2016–2018	Vasas	39	(2)
2018–2021	Midtjylland	14	(0)
2018–2019	→ Fredericia (loan)	17	(1)
2021	→ Lamia (loan)	7	(0)
2021–2022	Vejle	13	(0)
2022	→ Chornomorets Odesa (loan)	0	(0)
2022–	Chornomorets Odesa	6	(1)
National team‡
2013	Canada U20	1	(0)
2015	Canada U23	3	(0)
2015–	Canada	17	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 8, 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of January 7, 2020

Early life

James was born in Roseau, Dominica. His father was born in Pichelin, and his mother was born in Grand Bay. James and his parents moved to North York, Ontario, Canada, when he was nine years old.[3] At age 10, James signed for North York Hearts-Azzuri youth soccer club.[3] At age 16, James signed for Sigma FC of the Ontario Soccer League.[4] At age 18, James went on trial with RCD Mallorca of La Liga.[5] Although he had a successful trial at the club, James was not signed because of strict visa laws for foreign players in Spain.[4] Following his trial at Mallorca, James went on a 10-day trial with SC Paderborn 07 of the 2. Bundesliga. During the trial, James went directly into training with the first team but was ultimately not signed.[6]

Club career

Pécsi

In mid April 2013, James went on trial with Pécsi MFC of the Nemzeti Bajnokság I. After several months of training with the reserve squad, James was offered a contract. James made his professional debut March 18, 2014 in a Ligakupa, the Hungarian league cup, match against Videoton FC. James made his league debut for Pécsi on 18 October 2014, coming on as a late substitute for Roland Frőhlich and playing two minutes in a 0–2 defeat to Ferencvárosi.[7][8] At the end of the season, Pécs were relegated to the Hungarian fourth division due an unstable financial situation. James and many other first team players were subsequently released.

Diósgyőri

After leaving Pécs, James signed with fellow Hungarian club Diósgyőri VTK on August 25, 2015.[9]

Vasas

James moved to fellow Hungarian side Vasas on June 8, 2016.[10] Prior to the 2017-18 Vasas season, James was criticized by the club for playing internationally with Canada during the 2017 Gold Cup, while Vasas played in the first round of the Europa League qualifiers.[11][12] Despite this, James would start regularly for Vasas in 2017–18.

Midtjylland

James joined Danish Superliga side Midtjylland on June 12, 2018, signing a 4-year deal. He was immediately loaned to Danish 1st Division Fredericia for the 2018–19 season.[13] James made his debut for Fredericia on July 29 against Næstved,[14] and would score his first goal for the club on August 5 against Roskilde.[15] In January 2019, Midtjylland recalled him from Fredericia.[16] He made his competitive debut for Midtjylland on March 13, starting in a Danish Cup match against Kolding IF. He made his Superliga debut five days later on March 17 against SönderjyskE. Despite only featuring in 9 first team games in his first 2 years with the club, in March 2020 James would sign a contract extension with Midtjylland until December 2023.[17]

Loan to Lamia

On 25 January 2021, James joined PAS Lamia 1964 on loan for the rest of the season.[18]

Vejle

On 1 July 2021, it was announced that James had signed with Vejle Boldklub.[19][20] On 22 February 2022, James was loaned out to Ukrainian club FC Chornomorets Odesa for the rest of 2022.[21]

International career

Youth

James was called into camp with the Canada U18 squad in December 2011. In 2012 and 2013, he was again called into several camps with the U20 team in preparation for the 2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship in Mexico. In the tournament, James made one appearance, a 2–4 defeat to the United States in which he received a red card ejection.[3]

Senior

James was called up to the senior team for the first time in May 2014 for friendlies against Bulgaria and Moldova in Austria on May 23 and 27, respectively.[22] James received his second call up to the national team for a January 2015 camp and friendlies against Iceland.[23] He made his debut for Canada as a starter in the first of the two friendlies on January 16, 2015.[24] James became cap-tied to Canada on June 11, 2015 against his native Dominica. Prior to the match, James received harassment from Dominica fans.[25] James scored his first goal for Canada against Honduras in San Pedro Sula on September 2, 2016.[26]

Career statistics

Club

As of October 8, 2022

Club	League	Season	League		Cup		Continental		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Pécsi MFC	OTP Bank Liga	2013–14	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
		2014–15	16	0	8	0	0	0	24	0
	Total		16	0	10	0	0	0	26	0
Diósgyőri VTK	OTP Bank Liga	2015–16	17	0	0	0	0	0	17	0
Vasas		2016–17	11	0	4	1	0	0	15	1
		2017–18	28	2	0	0	0	0	28	2
	Total		39	2	4	1	0	0	43	3
FC Midtjylland	Danish Superliga	2018–19	5	0	1	0	0	0	6	0
		2019–20	5	0	1	0	0	0	6	0
		2020–21	4	0	1	0	1	0	6	0
	Total		14	0	3	0	1	0	18	0
FC Fredericia (loan)	1st Division	2018–19	17	1	3	0	0	0	20	1
Lamia (loan)	Super League Greece	2020–21	7	0	2	1	0	0	9	1
Vejle	Danish Superliga	2021–22	13	0	3	0	0	0	16	0
Chornomorets Odesa (loan)	Ukrainian Premier League	2021–22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chornomorets Odesa		2022–23	6	1	0	0	0	0	6	1
Career Total			129	4	25	2	1	0	155	6

International

As of match played January 7, 2020

Canada
Year	Apps	Goals
2015	3	0
2016	6	1
2017	5	1
2018	2	0
2019	0	0
2020	1	0
Total	17	2

International goals

As of match played June 13, 2017. Canada score listed first

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	September 2, 2016	Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula, Honduras	6	Honduras	1–0	1–2	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	June 13, 2017	Saputo Stadium, Montreal, Canada	11	Curaçao	1–1	2–1	Friendly

References

External links

• Manjrekar James at the Canadian Soccer Association
• Manjrekar James at Soccerway

На других языках

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[de] Manjrekar James

Manjrekar James (* 5. August 1993 in Roseau) ist ein dominicanisch-kanadischer Fußballspieler. Der Abwehrspieler, der auch im Mittelfeld einsetzbar ist, spielt seit 2014 für den ungarischen Erstligisten Pécsi Mecsek FC.

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- [en] Manjrekar James

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[fr] Manjrekar James

Manjrekar James, né le 5 août 1993 à Roseau à la Dominique, est un joueur international canadien de soccer. Il évolue au poste de défenseur central avec le Tchornomorets Odessa, en prêt du Vejle BK.

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[it] Manjrekar James

Manjrekar James (Roseau, 5 agosto 1993) è un calciatore canadese, difensore del Čornomorec' e della nazionale canadese.

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[ru] Джеймс, Манджрекар

Манджрекар Джеймс (англ. Manjrekar James; родился 5 августа 1993 года в Розо, Доминика) — канадский футболист, защитник одесского «Черноморца» и сборной Канады.

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