Jamil Roberts

Jamil Roberts

Personal information
Full name	Jamil Roberts
Date of birth	(1986-03-04) March 4, 1986
Place of birth	Fremont, California, United States
Height
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
2004–2007	Santa Clara Broncos
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008	FC Dallas	0	(0)
2008–2009	San Jose Earthquakes	1	(0)
International career‡
2005	United States U-17	4	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 October 2009 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 March 2009

Jamil Roberts (born March 4, 1986 in Fremont, California) is an American soccer player who most recently played for the San Jose Earthquakes in Major League Soccer.

Career

Youth and College

Roberts attended Washington High School in Fremont, California (where his coach was Johnny Kinnear, brother of Dominic Kinnear) and played college soccer at Santa Clara University, where he played in 80 games and scored five goals. He was named WCC Defensive Player of the Year in 2007, and was named to the All-WCC First Team, the NSCAA All-Far West Region First Team and the College Soccer News All-American Third Team. He also played club soccer for local team Fremont Lazio.

Professional

Roberts was drafted 45th overall by FC Dallas in the 2008 MLS SuperDraft, but was traded to the San Jose Earthquakes before playing a first team game. He made his MLS debut for the Earthquakes' as a second half substitute against Los Angeles Galaxy on 14 June 2008.

International

As a youth, Roberts played 90 minutes for the United States U-17 in wins over Brazil, Serbia and Montenegro and Northern Ireland in the elite group of the 2005 Milk Cup.

Personal

He is the younger brother of fellow professional soccer player Troy Roberts.

See also

• List of current MLS players

External links

• MLS player profile
• Santa Clara bio