| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Jayda Cheyni Hylton-Pelaia[1] | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1998-05-30) 30 May 1998 (age 26) | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Brampton, Ontario, Canada | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)[2] | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Full-back | |||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Woodbridge Strikers | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| 2006–2012 | Brams United SC | |||||||||||||
| 2012–2015 | Woodbridge Strikers | |||||||||||||
| College career | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2016–2019 | East Carolina Pirates | 56 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 2021 | Arizona State Sun Devils | 19 | (1) | |||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2015–2019 | Woodbridge Strikers | 31+ | (2+) | |||||||||||
| 2022– | Woodbridge Strikers | 11 | (0) | |||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Jamaica U20 | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2019– | Jamaica | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 July 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 July 2022 | ||||||||||||||
Jayda Cheyni Hylton-Pelaia (born 30 May 1998) is a footballer who plays as a full-back for League1 Ontario club Woodbridge Strikers and the Jamaica women's national team. Born in Canada, she represents Jamaica at international level.
Hylton-Pelaia was born in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. Her father, Gary Hylton, was born in Jamaica and lived there until he was a teenager and her mother, Tracy Pelaia, is Italian.[3] She began playing soccer at the age of eight with Brams United SC and joined the youth teams of Woodbridge Strikers while in high school.[4] Hylton-Pelaia attended St. Augustine Catholic Secondary School in Brampton, where she was a team captain and two-time most valuable player during her four years with the Falcons.[5]
Hylton-Pelaia attended East Carolina UniversityinGreenville, North Carolina, United States.[2]
Although she was born in Canada, Hylton-Pelaia was also able to represent Jamaica, through her father, and Italy, through her mother.[3] She was first called up by Jamaica at the under-20 level, named to the squad for the 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship.[6] Hylton-Pelaia made her debut in the lead-up to the tournament, starting a friendly against Costa Rica in January.[7] At the championship, she started the Group B finale and played the entirety of a draw against Nicaragua.[8]
At the senior level, Hylton-Pelaia was called up for the first time at the 2019 Pan American Games.[9] She earned her debut senior cap in the Group A opener against Mexico and went on to play in every minute of the tournament as Jamaica finished in seventh place.[10] Following the end of the Games, head coach Hue Menzies said that Hylton-Pelaia "did well" and that she would be in consideration for future call-ups during the 2020 Summer Olympics qualifying process.[11]
However, due to injury and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Hylton-Pelaia did not appear for Jamaica for three years. Her next call was for the 2022 CONCACAF W Championship.[12]
| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Woodbridge Strikers | 2015 | League1 Ontario | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016[14] | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 14 | 1 | |||
| 2017[15] | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | |||
| 2018[16] | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | ||
| 2019[17] | 8 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | |||
| Total | 31+ | 2+ | 7+ | 1+ | 0 | 0 | 38+ | 3+ | ||
| Woodbridge Strikers | 2022[18] | League1 Ontario | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2023[19] | 8 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |||
| Total | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 42+ | 2+ | 7+ | 1+ | 0 | 0 | 49+ | 3+ | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jamaica | 2019 | 4 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 6 | 0 | |
"Jayda Hylton-Pelaia and Madiya Harriott did well, and both will be in the contingent for the Olympic qualifier selection process," he noted.
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