Jamal Blackman

Jamal Clint-Ross Blackman (born 27 October 1993) is an English professional footballer, who plays as a goalkeeper for Exeter City.

A product of the Chelsea academy, he represented England up to under-19 level and won the Victory Shield with the under-16s in 2009. He progressed through the Chelsea academy as a youth and turned professional after winning the FA Youth Cup in 2012. However he never played a first-team game for the club, and instead was sent on several loan spells to Middlesbrough, Ostersund (Sweden), Wycombe Wanderers, Sheffield United, Leeds United, Vitesse (Netherlands), Bristol Rovers and Rotherham United, before being released at the end of his contract in June 2021. He went on to have brief spells with Major League Soccer club Los Angeles FC and EFL Championship side Huddersfield Town.

Club Career

Chelsea

Blackman joined Chelsea at under-13 level and progressed through the club's youth system. He was named by manager Andre Villas-Boas in a senior match day squad on 29 October 2011, when he sat on the bench for a Premier League match against Arsenal at Stamford Bridge. He began to train regularly with the first-team squad in the 2011–12 season and was an ever-present as the under-18's won that season's FA Youth Cup with a 4–1 aggregate victory over Blackburn Rovers. Blackman signed a new five-year contract with the club in June 2014 and extended that contract by two years in July 2017. He left Chelsea at the expiry of his contract in June 2021, having never played a first-team match during his seven years as a senior professional.

Loan to Middlesbrough

On 31 August 2014, Blackman joined Championship club Middlesbrough on loan until January 2015. Manager Aitor Karanka said that Blackman would compete with Dimitrios Konstantopoulos and Tomas Mejias for a first-team place.

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