| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Shaqai Tyreece Steven Forde | ||
| Date of birth | (2004-05-05) 5 May 2004 (age 20) | ||
| Place of birth | Watford, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.74 m)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Leyton Orient (on loan from Watford) | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2012–2022 | Watford | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022– | Watford | 0 | (0) |
| 2022 | → Kings Langley (loan) | 3 | (2) |
| 2022–2023 | → York City (loan) | 20 | (9) |
| 2023–2024 | → Leyton Orient (loan) | 40 | (9) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
Shaqai Tyreece Steven Forde (born 5 May 2004) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for EFL League One side Leyton Orient, on loan from Watford.[2]
Shaqai Tyreece Steven Forde[3] was born on 5 May 2004 in Watford, Hertfordshire.[1] He is the son of former footballer Fabian Forde[4] and is of Barbadian descent through his father, who played for the Barbados national team.[5]
Forde started his career with Watford in 2012.[6] He made his first-team debut on 8 January 2022 aged 17 as a 74th-minute substitute in a 4–1 away defeat to Leicester City in the 2021–22 FA Cup third round.[7]
In February 2022, Forde joined Southern League Premier Division South club Kings Langley on a one-month loan.[8] He made his debut on 26 February in a 4–0 home win over Wimborne Town in the league, in which he scored a goal 10 minutes into the match, won a penalty kick and recorded an assist.[8] The loan was extended by a further month in March[9] before Forde was recalled by Watford on 1 April to join first-team training,[10] having scored two goals in three appearances for Kings Langley.[11] A successful 2021–22 season saw him named Watford's Young Player of the Season[12] before signing a professional contract with the club in July.[13]
Forde joined National League club York City on 28 December 2022 on loan until the end of the 2022–23 season.[14] He scored in the 90th minute of his debut on 2 January 2023 with a shot into the bottom-right corner of the goal as York drew 2–2 away to Gateshead, after entering the match as a 66th-minute substitute.[15] Five days later, on his first start for the team, he scored a hat trick, helping York City to a 4–1 home win over Maidstone United.[16] He had a successful spell at York City, scoring nine goals in 20 appearance.[17]
Forde plays as a forward and in March 2022 described himself as being "creative, powerful and always looking to go forwards".[18]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Watford | 2021–22[19] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| Kings Langley (loan) | 2021–22[11] | Southern League Premier Division South |
3 | 2 | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | |||
| York City (loan) | 2022–23[1] | National League | 20 | 9 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 20 | 9 | ||
| Career total | 23 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 11 | ||
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