Onandi Lowe

After leaving Dunoon Technical High in his hometown of Kingston,^[5] Lowe joined Harbour View, a top Jamaican club, in 1993. A big, versatile free-kick specialist who could play anywhere on the pitch and was known for his strong left foot,^[6] Lowe moved to Canada in 1996 to join Montreal Impact. He helped Impact to the A-League's Northeast Division final in 1997, scoring twice against Toronto Lynx in the semi-finals.^[7] He returned to Jamaica after two seasons with Impact, joining Waterhouse and then Arnett Gardens. He moved back to the A-League with Richmond Kickers, scoring 15 goals and gaining seven assists in 1999. He played for Rochester Raging Rhinos in 2000 and scored in the tournament's final, in a 3–1 win over Minnesota Thunder at Frontier Field.

In 2001, he tried his luck in Europe, joining Port Vale on loan for the end of the 2000–01 season. However, his deal at Vale Park was not made permanent after he quit the club when chairman Bill Bell refused to provide him with a car; when a reporter asked if he was upset about paying the wages of a player that had absconded, Bell replied "dunner worry kid, we won't be paying him".^[8] He scored two goals for Port Vale, the first against Darlington in the Football League Trophy;^[9] Vale would go on to win the trophy in his absence. He scored once in a league game against Cambridge United. He spent the rest of the year with Kansas City Wizards and scored eight goals in 20 games.

Lowe joined Rushden & Diamonds of the Football League Third Division on loan in December 2001, then signed permanently with "Diamonds" in February 2002.^[10] He spent two years with the club, during which time he made close to 100 appearances, keeping a goalscoring rate of better than one every two games, making him a crowd favourite at Nene Park. This record includes a hat-trick against Mansfield Town at Field Mill on 30 March 2002, as part of the club's run to the play-off final, which ended in a 3–1 defeat to Cheltenham Town at the Millennium Stadium.^[11] He went on to score 16 goals in 42 games in 2002–03, as the club finished as the division's champions. Moving on to Coventry City in March 2004,^[12] he got off to a bad start with manager Eric Black after failing to report for duty following an international game.^[13] He scored once against Crewe Alexandra^[14] in two matches before he was released at the end of the 2003–04 season due to his ongoing drug trial.

Returning to Jamaica with old club Arnett Gardens, he attempted to return to England with Peterborough United in March 2005 and ran into problems gaining a work permit;^[15] rejection for his permit also prevented him a move to Oxford United later in the year.^[16] He started the 2006 season with Miami FC in the US,^[17] only to be released after a month because of disciplinary problems.^[18] After two years with Portmore United he rejoined Arnett in the Jamaica National Premier League during the January 2008 transfer window.

Lowe debuted for the Jamaica in 1995. He went on to play at the 1995 Caribbean Cup, scoring in a 2–1 win over Saint Lucia at The National Stadium. He also scored at the 1996 Caribbean Cup, winning Jamaica's consolidation goal in a 3–1 defeat to Suriname at the Hasely Crawford Stadium. He formed a prolific strike partnership with Walter Boyd in the "Reggae Boyz" "Road To France Campaign" in 1998. He then found himself in and out of the team for mainly disciplinary reasons. He played two matches at the 1998 World Cup, the 3–1 defeat to Croatia and the 2–1 win over Japan, after being selected by coach René Simões.^[19][20] He went on to score twice in his country's success at the 1998 Caribbean Cup, against Netherlands Antilles in a group win, as well as the only goal of the semi-final clash with Antigua and Barbuda.

He featured in qualification for the 2002 World Cup, scoring against Costa Rica and Trinidad and Tobago in June 2001. He featured in the 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup. He scored and was then sent off in a 2–0 win over Guatemala at the Miami Orange Bowl.^[21] Jamaica went on to lose 5–0 to Mexico at the quarter-final stage. His last international was a March 2004 friendly match against Honduras in which he also scored a goal. During his 2004 drug trial, he was suspended from international duty, and despite being cleared of the charges in 2005, the 31-year-old Lowe was not selected again. He earned 65 caps for his country.^[22]

British police arrested Lowe in April 2004 for trafficking £117,000 worth of crack cocaine; he denied the charges.^[23] The exact charge was 'attempting to possess 1.17 kg (2.5 lb) of crack cocaine with intent to supply'.^[24] The Prosecution claimed he signed for the package under the fake name of "Kevin Brown" and intended to profit financially from knowingly trafficking the drugs. Lowe countered that the fake name was to avoid paparazzi and that he had no idea about the contents of the package: "I am Jamaican, maybe you think differently. If I am a mate and you said, 'can you do that for me', I am not going to think anything bad of you."^[25] Lowe said in a police interview: "I thought he was a friend". In February 2005, he was cleared as the charges were dismissed for lack of evidence.^[26]

He was arrested and charged in St Catherine in December 2007 for possession of marijuana.^[27] He had been driving a car with 42 marijuana cigarettes, he posted the $300 bail and was released from custody.^[28]

After completing his JFF coaching certification, Lowe coached briefly with August Town in the National Premier League.

Club

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[29]

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Montreal Impact[30]	1996	A-League	14	9
	1997	USISL A-League	12	7
	Total		26	16
Waterhouse[30]	1997–98	National Premier League	30	14
Arnett Gardens[30]	1998–99	National Premier League	10	8
Richmond Kickers[30]	1999	USL A-League	16	15
Rochester Raging Rhinos[30]	2000	USL A-League	19	5
Kansas City Wizards[30]	2001	Major League Soccer	13	4
Port Vale (loan)	2000–01	Second Division	5	1	—		1	1	6	1
Rushden & Diamonds	2001–02	Third Division	25	19	1	0	3	1	29	20
	2002–03	Third Division	39	15	2	1	1	0	42	16
	2003–04	Second Division	26	15	0	0	1	1	27	16
	Total		90	49	3	1	5	2	98	52
Coventry City	2003–04	First Division	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
Miami FC[30]	2006	USL First Division	0	0

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International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year^[30]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Jamaica	1995	10	3
	1996	17	3
	1997	2	0
	1998	16	2
	1999	6	0
	2000	10	9
	2001	10	5
	2002	1	0
	2003	7	3
	2004	2	2
Total		81	27

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Scores and results list Jamaica's' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Lowe goal.

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List of international goals scored by Onandi Lowe

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	19 July 1995	National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica	Saint Lucia	1–0	2–1	1995 Caribbean Cup	[31]
2	1 August 1995	Varsity Stadium, Toronto, Canada	Canada	1–0	1–3	Friendly	[32]
3	6 December 1995	Warner Park Sporting Complex, Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis	Saint Kitts and Nevis	3–0	3–0	Friendly	[33]
4	28 May 1996	Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	Suriname	1–3	1–3	1996 Caribbean Cup	[34]
5	4 September 1996	National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica	Costa Rica	2–0	2–0	Friendly	[35]
6	4 October 1996	Estadio Bellavista, Ambato, Ecuador	Ecuador	1–1	1–2	Friendly	[36]
7	24 July 1998	National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica	Netherlands Antilles	1–0	3–2	1998 Caribbean Cup	[37]
8	29 July 1998	Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	Antigua and Barbuda	1–0	1–0	1998 Caribbean Cup	[38]
9	5 July 2000	National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica	Barbados	2–0	5–0	Friendly	[39]
10				3–0
11	8 July 2000	Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad and Tobago	1–1	4–2	Friendly	[40]
12				2–1
13				4–2
14	16 July 2000	Arnos Vale Stadium, Arnos Vale, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1–0	1–0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification	[41]
15	23 July 2000	National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica	Honduras	2–1	3–1	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification	[42]
16	16 August 2000	National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica	El Salvador	1–0	1–0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification	[43]
17	3 September 2000	National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2–0	2–0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification	[44]
18	27 January 2001	Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, United States	Bolivia	1–0	3–0	Friendly	[45]
19	10 June 2001	National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica	Cuba	1–0	4–1	Friendly	[46]
20				4–1
21	20 June 2001	Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela, Costa Rica	Costa Rica	1–1	1–2	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification	[47]
22	30 June 2001	Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad and Tobago	1–1	2–1	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification	[48]
23	12 February 2003	National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica	United States	1–2	1–2	Friendly	[49]
24	25 May 2003	National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica	Nigeria	1–0	3–2	Friendly	[50]
25	15 July 2003	Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, United States	Guatemala	1–0	2–0	2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup	[51]
26	18 February 2004	National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica	Uruguay	1–0	2–0	Friendly	[52]
27	31 March 2004	National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica	Honduras	1–0	2–2	Friendly	[53]

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Jamaica

• Caribbean Cup: 1998

Rochester Raging Rhinos

• A-League: 2000

Rushden & Diamonds

• Football League Third Division: 2002–03