Amferny Sinclair | |
Full Name: | Amferny Stward Arias Sinclair |
Birth Date: | 15 January 2000 |
Birth Place: | Alajuela, Costa Rica |
Height: | 180 cm |
Position: | Defensive Midfielder |
Currentclub: | Puntarenas F.C. |
Clubnumber: | 55 |
Youthclubs1: | Alajuelense |
Youthyears1: | 2008–2018 |
Collegeyears1: | 2019–2022 |
College1: | Syracuse Orange |
Collegecaps1: | 64 |
Collegegoals1: | 1 |
Clubs1: | Reading United |
Years1: | 2019 |
Caps1: | 6 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Clubs2: | One Knoxville |
Years2: | 2022 |
Caps2: | 5 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Clubs3: | Real Monarchs |
Years3: | 2023 |
Caps3: | 17 |
Goals3: | 1 |
Nationalyears1: | 2017 |
Nationalteam1: | Costa Rica U17 |
Nationalcaps1: | 7 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Nationalyears2: | 2018 |
Nationalteam2: | Costa Rica U20 |
Nationalcaps2: | 4 |
Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
Club-Update: | 16 December 2023 |
Nationalteam-Update: | 16 March 2023 |
Amferny Stward Arias Sinclair (born January 15, 2000) is a Costa Rican professional soccer player for Puntarenas F.C.. He played college soccer for Syracuse University.
Amferney Sinclair was born Ronald Arias Jimenez and Yorleny Sinclair Clark in Alajuela, Costa Rica. He attended Escuela Bri-Bri and was a standout at Liga Deportiva Alajuelense for 11 years.
He has appeared for his home country at various youth levels, most notably at the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup and the 2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.
Sinclair chose to pursue college soccer at Syracuse University in 2019.[1] At Syracuse, Sinclair appeared in 64 matches during his four years, starting every match of his senior year. As a senior in 2022, Sinclair was named a team captain. He helped clinch Syracuse's first ever national championship with a successful penalty kick in the 7–6 shootout against Indiana. He started 21 matches and played 1,890 minutes.[2]
Sinclair played for Reading United AC in 2019 and One Knoxville SC in 2022.[3] [4]
On December 21, 2022, Sinclair was selected by the Real Salt Lake as the 45th overall pick in the 2023 MLS SuperDraft.[5] He signed with Salt Lake's MLS Next Pro side Real Monarchs on 9 May 2023.[6]
Syracuse University