Asha James

{{Short description|Tobagonian javelin thrower, Beach soccer player & Footballer (born 1999)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Asha James | image = | fullname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1999|12|5|df=y}}<ref name=TT>{{cite web |url=http://ttfootball.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Final-List.pdf |title=20 Player Roster - Final List - Women's Olympic Qualifier |website=Trinidad and Tobago Football Association |date=September 2019 |access-date=12 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191225172652/http://ttfootball.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Final-List.pdf |archive-date=25 December 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | birth_place = Canaan, Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago | height = 1.65 m<ref name=WTAMUA>{{Cite web|url=https://gobuffsgo.com/sports/womens-soccer/roster/asha-james/10018|title=Asha James - 2020 - Women's Soccer|website=West Texas A&M University Athletics|accessdate=3 January 2021}}</ref> | position = Midfielder<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fiusports.com/sports/womens-soccer/roster/asha-james/5307|title=Asha James - 2017 - Women's Soccer|website=FIU Athletics|access-date=12 February 2020}}</ref> | currentclub = AC Port of Spain (Trinidad) | clubnumber = 10 | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Signal Hill Secondary School | collegeyears1 = 2017 | college1 = FIU Panthers | collegecaps1 = 12 | collegegoals1 = 0 | collegeyears2 = 2020–2023 | college2 = West Texas A&M Buffaloes | collegecaps2 = 52 | collegegoals2 = 29 | years1 = 2023– | clubs1 = Valadares Gaia | caps1 = | goals1 = | nationalyears1 = 2013- present | nationalteam1 = Trinidad and Tobago U17 | nationalcaps1 = 1+ | nationalgoals1 = 1 | nationalyears2 = 2017 | nationalteam2 = Trinidad and Tobago (beach soccer) | nationalcaps2 = | nationalgoals2 = | nationalyears3 = 2019– | nationalteam3 = Trinidad and Tobago | nationalcaps3 = 20 | nationalgoals3 = 4 | pcupdate = 20 May 2021 | ntupdate = 11:03, April 18, 2026 (UTC) }} '''Asha James''' (born 5 December 1999) is a Tobagonian javelin thrower,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fiusports.com/sports/womens-track-and-field/roster/asha-james/7644|title=Asha James - 2019-20 - Women's Cross Country/Track|website=FIU Athletics|access-date=12 February 2020}}</ref> beach soccer player and a footballer who plays as a midfielder for Valadares Gaia in Portugal and for the Trinidad and Tobago women's national team.

==Early life== James was raised in Canaan, Tobago.<ref name=WTAMUA/>

==Professional career== James signed her first professional contract in 2023, joining Portuguese club Valadares Gaia.<ref>{{cite web |last1=King |first1=Nelson A. |title=Trini soccer star Asha James lands in Portugal |url=https://www.caribbeanlife.com/trini-soccer-star-asha-james-lands-in-portugal/ |website=CaribbeanLife.com |date=7 February 2023 |publisher=Caribbean Life |access-date=4 November 2023}}</ref>

==International career== James represented Trinidad and Tobago at the 2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship qualification. At senior level, she capped during the 2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship qualification.

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==External links== *{{Cite web|url=https://globalsportsarchive.com/people/soccer/asha-james/345459/|title=Asha James|website=Global Sports Archive|access-date=12 February 2020}} *{{Instagram|officialashajames}}

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