Garath McCleary

Club

Gillingham

Position

Winger

Nationality

Jamaica

Date of birth

1987-05-15

Birthplace

Oxford, England

Height

1.73

Weight

168 lbs

Shirt number

12

Garath James McCleary is a professional footballer who plays as a right winger or attacking midfielder for EFL League Two club Gillingham.
McCleary's football career began with Oxford City, and spent time with Oxford United but never signed a contract with the team despite spending 3 months with the club.

He joined Slough Town playing in 24 games and scoring on six occasions. He then moved to Bromley in January 2007. In total McCleary made over 40 appearances for Bromley scoring 11 goals. Nottingham Forest manager Colin Calderwood offered him a trial at the City Ground where he did well enough to secure a contract on 31 January 2008.

In October 2012 he was earmarked by the Jamaica Football Federation to play for Jamaica during their 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign. He received his first call up on 24 January 2013 alongside Reading team mates Jobi McAnuff and Adrian Mariappa for the World Cup qualifier against Mexico on 6 February. McCleary started the match and helped Jamaica to a 0–0 draw at the Estadio Azteca.