Jake Beckford
Costa Rican footballer (born 1994)
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Jake Gerardo Beckford Edwards (born 31 July 1994) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Escorpiones de Belén.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jake Gerardo Beckford Edwards | ||
| Date of birth | 31 July 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | San José, Costa Rica | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Escorpiones de Belén | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Deportivo Saprissa[1] | |||
| Carolina Railhawks | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2014 | Carolina Railhawks | 2 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Limón | 24 | (1) |
| 2015–2016 | Uruguay de Coronado | 8 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | San Carlos | 18 | (1) |
| 2017–2019 | Alajuelense | 20 | (1) |
| 2019 | → UCR (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Pérez Zeledón | 26 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Fútbol Consultants | ||
| 2021 | Limón | ||
| 2021 | Municipal Liberia | ||
| 2022–2023 | Carmelita | ||
| 2023 | Guadalupe | ||
| 2024– | Escorpiones de Belén | ||
| International career | |||
| 2011 | Costa Rica U17 | 5 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10 August 2020 | |||
Club career
Born in Costa Rica, Beckford made his debut for the Carolina Railhawks of the North American Soccer League on June 29, 2013 against the Atlanta Silverbacks in which he came on in the 88th minute for César Elizondo as Carolina drew the match 1–1.[2] Just before his debut however, Beckford had already drawn a red card on June 8, 2013 in the Railhawks 2–1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rowdies in which he was red carded in the 96th minute, along with Tampa Bay player, Shane Hill, despite not coming off the bench in that game after there was a mini-brawl on the pitch when the match ended.[3]
International
Beckford has represented his country at the under-17 for Costa Rica during the 2011 CONCACAF U-17 Championship.
Career statistics
- As of July 27, 2013[5]
| Club | Season | League | League Cup | Domestic Cup | CONCACAF | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Carolina Railhawks | 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Career total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |