{{Short description|Somali footballer (born 1994)}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Jama Boss | image = | caption = | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|3|5|df=y}} | birth_place = Somalia | height = | position = Forward | currentclub = Hamilton Wanderers | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = 2013–2015 | youthclubs1 = Waikato | years1 = 2015–2017 | clubs1 = Hamilton Wanderers | caps1 = 50 | goals1 = 25 | years2 = 2017–2019 | clubs2 = Melville United | caps2 = 60 | goals2 = 35 | years3 = 2019–2020 | clubs3 = Tasman United | caps3 = 8 | goals3 = 1 | years4 = 2020 | clubs4 = Hamilton Wanderers | caps4 = 9 | goals4 = 6 | years5 = 2020 | clubs5 = Manukau United | caps5 = 20 | goals5 = 16 | years6 = 2021 | clubs6 = Melville United | caps6 = 8 | goals6 = 5 | years7 = 2021–2023 | clubs7 = St Albans Saints | caps7 = 6 | goals7 = 0 | years8 = 2024– | clubs8 = Hamilton Wanderers | caps8 = 0 | goals8 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2022– | nationalteam1 = Somalia | nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | club-update = 16:45, 3 April 2022 (UTC) | ntupdate = 16:45, 3 April 2022 (UTC) }} '''Jama Boss''' (born 5 March 1994) is a Somali footballer who plays as a forward for New Zealand club Hamilton Wanderers and the Somalia national team. He has played in Australia and New Zealand.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.friendsoffootballnz.com/2022/03/14/waikato-pair-get-international-call-up-for-africa-cup-of-nations-qualifiers/|title=Jama Boss - Friends of Football article|date=14 March 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/sport/81328328/hamilton-wanderers-beat-melville-united-with-a-bit-of-jama-boss-brilliance|title=Hamilton Wanderers beat Melville United with a bit of Jama Boss brilliance|publisher=stuff.co.nz}}</ref><ref name=intBoss>{{cite web |title=J. Boss |url=https://au.soccerway.com/players/jama-boss/465935/ |website=Soccerway |publisher=Perform Group |access-date=27 January 2024}}</ref>
==Club career== Born in Somalia, Boss moved to Yemen with his family when he was three-months-old. At the age of 12, following the death of his father, Boss moved to Hamilton, New Zealand in order to be closer to his relatives.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nelsonweekly.co.nz/2019/10/bossmans-journey-from-yemen-to-tasman/|title='Bossman's' journey from Yemen to Tasman|publisher=Nelson Weekly|date=3 October 2019|accessdate=3 April 2022}}</ref>
In December 2013, Boss joined Waikato,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.waibopunited.co.nz/player/jama-boss/|title=Jama Boss|publisher=WaiBOP United|accessdate=3 April 2022}}</ref> signing for Hamilton Wanderers in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/sport/72001708/local-derby-win-confirms-hamilton-wanderers-dominance-over-melville-united|title=Local derby win confirms Hamilton Wanderers' dominance over Melville United|publisher=Stuff|date=13 September 2015|accessdate=3 April 2022}}</ref> In 2017, Boss signed for Melville United. After three seasons with Melville, Boss joined Tasman United. At Tasman, Boss scored one league goal in eight appearances, rejoining Hamilton Wanderers in 2020. After a short five game stint with Hamilton, Boss signed for Manukau United later that year. In 2021, Melville re-signed Boss. During the 2021 New Zealand National League season, Boss scored five goals in eight games for Melville. In 2021, Boss moved to Australia, signing for St Albans Saints.<ref name = "NFT">{{NFT player|pid=87116|accessdate=3 April 2022}}</ref>
On 25 January 2024, Boss signed for Hamilton Wanderers for the 2024 New Zealand National League.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.friendsoffootballnz.com/2024/01/27/striker-jama-boss-signs-for-former-club-wanderers/|title=Striker Jama Boss signs for former club Wanderers after return from Australia|publisher=friendsoffootballnz.com|date=27 January 2024|access-date=27 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/C2iZDgFytbP/|title=🔵Hamilton Wanderers Player Release🔵|publisher=Hamilton Wanderers AFC|via=instagram|date=25 January 2024|access-date=27 January 2024}}</ref>
==International career== On 27 March 2022, Boss made his debut for Somalia in a 2–1 loss against Eswatini in the qualification for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.<ref name = "NFT"/>
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