Jason Cunliffe (footballer)

Jason Cunliffe
Personal information
Full nameJason Ryan Quitugua Cunliffe[1]
Date of birthOctober 23, 1983
Place of birthHagåtña, Guam
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing positionforward
Club information
Current team
Pachanga
Number10
Youth career
Tumon Soccer Club
Houston Texans
2001–2004Santa Clara Broncos
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2006–2008Quality Distributors49(38)
2010–2012Guam Shipyard36(30)
2012–2013Pachanga Diliman13(4)
2013–Rovers FC
National team
2006–Guam35(17)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:30, 8 June 2013 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 31 March 2015

Jason Ryan Quitugua Cunliffe (born 23 October 1983) is a Guamanian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Pachanga Diliman in the United Football League, and the current captain of the Guam national football team.[2]

Youth and club career

Cunliffe first played for Guam’s Tumon Soccer Club at the age of five. He was part of the Houston Texans team that won two youth national championships in 2001 and 2002, and was part of the 2001 Texans team that won the Brazil Cup. Cunliffe played for the NCAA Division I men’s soccer team for the Santa Clara University Broncos, including playing for its 2003 team that competed in the NCAA Final Four.[1]

Since 2010, he played for Guam Shipyard for the Guam Men's Soccer League. In 2012, he signed for Philippine side Pachanga, currently playing in the United Football League.[3]

International career

He has first represented Guam at youth level for its under-16 national team.[1] He made his senior debut in the 2006 AFC Challenge Cup,[4] and has gone on to become the captain of the side.

International goals

Score and Result list Guam's goal tally first
Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1. 15 March 2009 Leo Palace Resort Soccer Ground, Yona, Guam  Macau
2–2
2–2
2010 East Asian Football Championship
2. 23 August 2009 National Stadium, Kaohsiung, Taiwan  North Korea
2–2
2–9
2010 East Asian Football Championship
3. 19 June 2010 Oleai Sports Complex, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands  Northern Mariana Islands
1–1
1–1
Friendly
4. 2 September 2011 Stade Rivière Salée, Nouméa, New Caledonia  Vanuatu
1–0
1–4
2011 Pacific Games
5. 4 September 2011 Stade Rivière Salée, Nouméa, New Caledonia  Tuvalu
1–0
1–1
2011 Pacific Games
6. 18 July 2012 Leo Palace Resort Soccer Ground, Yona, Guam  Northern Mariana Islands
1–1
3–1
2013 EAFF East Asian Cup
7.
2–1
8.
3–1
9. 22 July 2012 Leo Palace Resort Soccer Ground, Yona, Guam  Macau
1–0
3–0
2013 EAFF East Asian Cup
10. 6 March 2013 Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Burma  Chinese Taipei
1–0
3–0
2014 AFC Challenge Cup
11.
3–0
12. 16 November 2013 New Laos National Stadium, Vientiane, Laos  Laos
1–1
1–1
Friendly
13. 28 March 2014 Trinidad Stadium, Oranjestad, Aruba  Aruba
1–1
2–2
Friendly
14.
2–1
15. 13 November 2014 Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei, Taiwan  Chinese Taipei
1–0
2–1
2015 EAFF East Asian Cup
16. 16 November 2014 Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei, Taiwan  North Korea
1–1
1–4
2015 EAFF East Asian Cup
17. 31 March 2015 Jalan Besar Stadium, Jalan Besar, Singapore  Singapore
2–1
2–2
Friendly

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Jason Ryan Quitugua Cunliffe". Diadora. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  2. "Jason Cunliffe". National Football Teams. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
  3. Salonga, Jady. "UFL releases Division 1 lineup". Soccer Central Philippines. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
  4. "Match Summary - Guam v Bangladesh". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 2012-09-15.