| Ne-Jai Tucker | |
| Birth Date: | 20 August 2002 |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Youthclubs1: | North Village Rams |
| Youthclubs2: | ABC Valencia |
| Youthclubs3: | Manchester City |
| Youthclubs4: | Burnley |
| Years1: | 2021–2023 |
| Clubs1: | Burnley |
| Caps1: | 0 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2019 |
| Nationalteam1: | Bermuda U-17 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2020 |
| Nationalteam2: | Bermuda U-20 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2023 |
| Nationalteam3: | Bermuda U-23 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 4 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 1 |
| Nationalyears4: | 2023- |
| Nationalteam4: | Bermuda |
| Nationalcaps4: | 13 |
| Nationalgoals4: | 1 |
| Club-Update: | 00:15, 23 September 2023 (UTC) |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 27 November 2024 (UTC) |
Ne-Jai Tucker (born 20 August 2002) is a Bermudan footballer who plays as a midfielder. He is a full Bermuda international.
From the age of four years-old Tucker played football for North Village Rams and ABC Valencia on the island of Bermuda. At the age of eleven he moved with his family to the United Kingdom. He spent a couple of years in the Manchester City academy before being scouted playing football near Manchester for Urmston Sports Club in May 2016, and was invited to trial for Burnley, and played for the Burnley under-15s at Turf Moor the following day.[1]
In July 2021 Tucker signedhis first professional contract with Burnley.[2] [3] In September 2021 Tucker scored his first goal for the Burnley under-23 team in Premier League 2 against Southampton under-23s at St Mary's Stadium.[4] Tucker's contract was due to expire at the end of the season,[5] but Burnley announced they had activated the option for a further year in June 2022.[6] Tucker was personally name checked by new Burnley manager Vincent Kompany as a youngster that had impressed him during pre-season training in July 2022.[7] He was released by Burnley at the end of the 2022–23 season.[8]
Tucker is a Bermuda international.[9] He represented the Bermuda national under-20 football team in 2020 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying matches.[10] He scored for Bermuda U23s at the 2023 Island Games, held in Guernsey.[11]
He made his senior debut for Bermuda on 12 September 2023 in the CONCACAF Nations League against Saint Vincent and the Grenadines national football team. He scored his first and only International goal on the 17th November 2023 against Saint Vincent and the Grenadines national football team.[12] [13]