Personal information | |||
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Full name | Wolde Selassie Amefika Jaha Harris | ||
Date of birth | 26 January 1974 | ||
Place of birth | Kingston, Jamaica | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
Playing position | Striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Winnipeg Alliance | ||
Youth career | |||
1994–1995 | Clemson University | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1996 | Colorado Foxes | 27 | (17) |
1997–1999 | Colorado Rapids | 83 | (26) |
2000–2003 | New England Revolution | 91 | (24) |
2003 | Kansas City Wizards | 10 | (0) |
2004 | Charleston Battery | 8 | (2) |
2004 | Bodens BK | 17 | (4) |
2005 | Colorado Rapids | 10 | (1) |
2006–2009 | FAS | ||
2009– | Winnipeg Alliance | ||
National team | |||
1997–2002 | Jamaica | 28 | (7) |
Teams managed | |||
2010 | Kingston College (assistant) | ||
2011 | Clemson University (student assistant) | ||
2015– | Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC (assistant) | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Wolde Selassie Harris (born 26 January 1974 in Kingston) is a Jamaican football striker who played professionally in Major League Soccer and was the 1996 A-League MVP & Rookie of the Year. He earned twenty-eight caps with the Jamaican national team.
Harris played college soccer for his freshman year at the University of Connecticut and then transferred to Clemson University, leaving as the college's all-time leading scorer with 76 goals in three years. He joined MLS for the first time in 1997, after spending 1996 with the Colorado Foxes, leading the A-League in goals with 17. Harris played three seasons with the Colorado Rapids, scoring 13 goals in 1998. In 2000, he was traded to the New England Revolution for draft picks. Wolde's best season with the Revs was his first, when he scored 15 goals. Harris would spend three and a half season in New England, before a trade to the Kansas City Wizards midway through 2003. He spent 2004 with Swedish club Bodens BK before coming back to MLS and Colorado in 2005. In eight years in MLS league play, Harris scored 51 goals and added 31 assists. He signed for Salvadoran outfit Club Deportivo FAS in August 2006 and retired at the end of the season.