Jaylon Bather (born 31 December 1992) is a Bermudian footballer who plays for

PHC Zebras The Pembroke Hamilton Club Zebras is a Football in Bermuda, Bermudian professional association football, football club based in Hamilton, Bermuda, Hamilton that participates in the Bermudian Premier Division. They play their home games on PHC F ...

and the

Bermuda national football team The Bermuda national football team represents Bermuda in international football, and is controlled by the Bermuda Football Association, which is a member of FIFA since 1962, a member of CONCACAF since 1967 and also a member of CFU. History 1 ...

Career

College

Bather attended

Darton State College Darton State College was a public college in Albany, Georgia. It was part of the University System of Georgia and had its highest enrollment, 6,097 students, in 2011. Prior to its merger with Albany State University in 2016, the college offered 8 ...

in 2011 and 2012, helping the team to a regional championship in the latter season.

Club

In his youth, Bather played for several programs in his native Bermuda. After starting out in the BYSP, he joined

, before leaving the club at the age of 12. In 2016, he moved abroad, joining English club

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in an effort to secure more time in the professional game. He would return to Bermuda following the 2016/17 season. In 2022, Bather returned to PHC Zebras, stating that he wished to give back to the club with which he started his career.

International

Bather made his senior international debut in March 2015, appearing in a 2–0 friendly victory over

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. Bather was a member of Bermuda's

2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup The 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the 15th edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup, the biennial international men's association football, soccer championship of the North, Central American, and Caribbean region organized by CONCACAF. The tournament was p ...

roster, and was a key member of the team that reached League A in the

2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League The 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League was the inaugural season of the CONCACAF Nations League, an international association football competition involving the men's national teams of the 41 member associations of CONCACAF. The Nations League qua ...

Career statistics

International

International Goals

:''Scores and results list Bermuda's goal tally first.''

References

External links

* 1992 births Living people Bermudian men's footballers Bermuda men's international footballers Men's association football defenders 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 21st-century British sportsmen {{Bermuda-footy-bio-stub