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Latest revision as of 03:24, 24 January 2026
Barbadian footballer
Tajio James (born 17 December 2003) is a Barbadian footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Central Arkansas Bears and the Barbados national team.
As a youth James was part of the KFC Pinelands Football Academy and Pro Shottas United. With the latter he won a number of youth titles.[1][2][3] For the 2020 Barbados Premier League season he was part of the youth movement at UWI Blackbirds FC.[4] He scored his first two Premier League goals on 3 March 2020 in a 4–0 victory over Brittons Hill FC.[5]
In August 2021 it was announced that James and fellow-Barbadian Devonte Richards had received a scholarship to play college soccer in the United States for the Golden Eagles of Feather River College.[2] During his first season with the team, James tallied nine assists and a team-high thirteen goals as Feather River College won the CCCAA Golden Valley Conference Championship.[6] Late in the season he was leading the conference in both goals and points.[7] Following his sophomore season, James was named to the second team of the United Soccer Coaches 2022 Junior College Division III All-America Team.[8]
In April 2023 it was announced that James had transferred to NCAA Division I school Central Arkansas University to play for the Bears.[9]
International career
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James represented Barbados as a youth at the U15 and U17 levels,[4] including three appearances in the 2019 CONCACAF U-17 Championship.[10] He received his first senior call-up by head coach Russell Latapy in February 2021.[11] He was called up again for the 2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League B.[12] James went on to make his senior international debut on 2 June 2022 in Barbados’s opening match against Antigua and Barbuda.[13][14]
James scored his first senior international goal in a 1–1 friendly draw with Grenada on 22 February 2023.[15] Two days later he scored two more goals in another draw with the same opponent.[16][17]
International goals
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Scores and results list Barbados’s goal tally first.[13]
International career statistics
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- As of match played 20 November 2023.[13]
| Barbados | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 |
| 2023 | 6 | 5 |
| Total | 10 | 5 |
- ^ Phillips, Michael. “FOOTBALL: TEAMS SLIPPING INTO POLE POSITION IN GUARDIAN GROUP TOURNEY”. Barbados Advocate. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ^ a b Gilkes, Renaldo. “Pine pair earn scholarship to the United States”. Loop News. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ^ “Goal feast for usual suspects”. Nation News. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ^ a b Gilkes, Renaldo. “From the BFA dug outs: A minute with Tajio James”. Loop News. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ^ “James brace leads UWI in Premier League victory”. Loops News. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
- ^ Gilkes, Renaldo. “Bajan duo earn Conference title in the US”. Loop News. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ^ “Golden Eagle’s Lead GVC, Face #11 Butte College”. Feather River College Athletics. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ^ “United Soccer Coaches Announces 2022 Junior College All-Americans”. National Soccer Coaches. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
- ^ Thiele, Ryan. “Men’s Soccer Adds to 2023 Signing Class”. Central Arkansas Athletics. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
- ^ “Global Sports Archive profile”. Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
- ^ Gilkes, Renaldo. “Loop speaks to Tridents’ “New kids on the block”“. Loop News. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ^ Lindsay, Morrisa. “Barbados team named; Gale missing again”. Barbados Today. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ^ a b c “NFT profile”. National Football Teams. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ^ “Philip strikes late for Antigua & Barbuda winner vs Barbados”. CONCACAF. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ^ “Grenada Draws First International Friendly Against Barbados”. Mikey Live. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
- ^ Clarke, Sherrylyn. “Tajio strikes twice”. Nation News. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
- ^ “Decisive tests await Cuba, Guadeloupe as League B returns”. CONCACAF. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
