Jason Cunliffe

This article is about the Guam footballer. For the character from the British soap opera Hollyoaks, see Jason Cunliffe (Hollyoaks).

Jason Ryan Quitugua Cunliffe (born October 23, 1983) is a Guamanian footballer who plays as a striker and midfielder for Bank of Guam Strykers in the Guam Soccer League, and is the current captain of the Guamanian national team.^[2]

Jason Cunliffe

Cunliffe lining up for Guam in 2012.
Personal information
Full name	Jason Ryan Quitugua Cunliffe[1]
Date of birth	(1983-10-23) October 23, 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth	Hagåtña, Guam
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Striker, midfielder
Team information
Current team	Bank of Guam Strykers
Youth career
	Tumon Soccer Club
	Houston Texans
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2004	Santa Clara Broncos
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2008	Quality Distributors	49	(38)
2010–2012	Guam Shipyard	55	(52)
2012–2013	Pachanga Diliman	13	(4)
2013–2018	Rovers	36	(43)
2018–	Bank of Guam Strykers	28	(19)
International career‡
2006–	Guam	66	(26)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 January 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 September 2024

Youth and club career

Cunliffe first played for Guam’s Tumon Soccer Club at the age of five. He was part of the Houston Texans team that won two youth national championships in 2001 and 2002, and was part of the 2001 Texans team that won the Brazil Cup. Cunliffe played for the NCAA Division I men’s soccer team, the Santa Clara University Broncos, including playing for its 2003 team that competed in the NCAA Final Four.^[1]

From 2010 to 2012, he played for Guam Shipyard in the Guam Men's Soccer League. In 2012, he signed for Philippine side Pachanga in the United Football League.^[3]

After his stint with the Philippine club, Cunliffe returned home to Guam to join Rovers FC. He played for the Rovers from 2013 to 2018, including the 2017 AFC Cup playoff qualifiers. He then moved to Bank of Guam Strykers FC and played for them at the 2018 Guam FA Cup.^[4]

International career

He first represented Guam at youth level for its under-16 national team. He made his senior debut in the 2006 AFC Challenge Cup,^[5] with his first match as a starting player on 3 April 2006 against the host nation, Bangladesh. Since 2006, Cunliffe has become a mainstay in the national team and has been captain since 2012.

He made his first hat-trick for Guam in the 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup match against the Northern Mariana Islands, which helped them to win 3–1. He scored another hat trick against Bhutan in a 2022 World Cup qualifier on 11 June 2019, which ended 5–0 for Guam.

He made his 50th international cap on September 4, 2018, in Guam's match against Macau at the 2019 EAFF Football Championship. He is the first Guam national team player to achieve the said feat.^[4]

International goals

Scores and results list Guam's goal tally first.^[6]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1.	March 15, 2009	Leo Palace Resort Soccer Ground, Yona, Guam	Macau	2–2	2–2	2010 East Asian Football Championship
2.	August 23, 2009	National Stadium, Kaohsiung, Taiwan	North Korea	2–2	2–9
3.	June 19, 2010	Oleai Sports Complex, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands	Northern Mariana Islands	1–1	1–1	Friendly
4.	September 3, 2011	Stade Rivière Salée, Nouméa, New Caledonia	Vanuatu	1–0	1–4	2011 Pacific Games
5.	September 5, 2011	Stade Rivière Salée, Nouméa, New Caledonia	Tuvalu	1–0	1–1
6.	July 18, 2012	Leo Palace Resort Soccer Ground, Yona, Guam	Northern Mariana Islands	1–1	3–1	2013 EAFF East Asian Cup
7.				2–1
8.				3–1
9.	July 22, 2012	Leo Palace Resort Soccer Ground, Yona, Guam	Macau	1–0	3–0
10.	March 6, 2013	Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Burma	Chinese Taipei	1–0	3–0	2014 AFC Challenge Cup
11.				3–0
12.	November 16, 2013	New Laos National Stadium, Vientiane, Laos	Laos	1–1	1–1	Friendly
13.	March 27, 2014	Trinidad Stadium, Oranjestad, Aruba	Aruba	1–1	2–2	Friendly
14.				2–1
15.	November 13, 2014	Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei, Taiwan	Chinese Taipei	1–0	2–1	2015 EAFF East Asian Cup
16.	November 16, 2014	Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei, Taiwan	North Korea	1–1	1–4
17.	March 31, 2015	Jalan Besar Stadium, Jalan Besar, Singapore	Singapore	2–1	2–2	Friendly
18.	November 6, 2016	Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong	Hong Kong	1–3	2–3	2017 EAFF East Asian Cup
19.	September 2, 2018	MFF Football Centre, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	Northern Mariana Islands	3–0	4–0	2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship
20.	June 11, 2019	Guam FA National Training Center, Dededo, Guam	Bhutan	2–0	5–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
21.				4–0
22.				5–0
23.	February 22, 2022	Guam National Football Stadium, Hagåtña, Guam	Northern Mariana Islands	1–1	3–2	Friendly	[7]
24.				2–2
25.				3–2
26.	October 12, 2023	National Stadium, Kallang, Singapore	Singapore	1–2	1–2	2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

References

1. "Jason Ryan Quitugua Cunliffe". Diadora. Archived from the original on August 29, 2012. Retrieved September 9, 2012.
2. "Jason Cunliffe". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved June 11, 2012.
3. Salonga, Jady. "UFL releases Division 1 lineup". Soccer Central Philippines. Archived from the original on September 23, 2012. Retrieved September 15, 2012.
4. Payumo, Leo (September 30, 2018). "Cunliffe becomes first Guam international to earn 50 caps". PNC News First. Archived from the original on October 1, 2018. Retrieved September 30, 2018.
5. "Match Summary – Guam v Bangladesh" (PDF). The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 30, 2018. Retrieved September 15, 2012.
6. "Jason Cunliffe". National Football Teams. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
7. Santo Tomas, Jojo (February 23, 2022). "Guam splits wins with NMI in heated training matches". Guam Pacific Daily News. Retrieved March 1, 2022.