Jamal Blackman

Chelsea

Blackman joined Chelsea at under-13 level and progressed through the club's youth system. He was named by manager André Villas-Boas in a senior match day squad on 29 October 2011, when he sat on the bench for a Premier League match against Arsenal at Stamford Bridge. He began to train regularly with the first-team squad in the 2011–12 season and was an ever-present as the under-18's won that season's FA Youth Cup with a 4–1 aggregate victory over Blackburn Rovers. Blackman signed a new five-year contract with the club in June 2014 and extended that contract by two years in July 2017. He left Chelsea at the expiry of his contract in June 2021, having never played a first-team match during his seven years as a senior professional.

Loan to Middlesbrough

On 31 August 2014, Blackman joined Championship club Middlesbrough on loan until January 2015. Manager Aitor Karanka said that Blackman would compete with Dimitrios Konstantopoulos and Tomás Mejías for a first-team place. He made his full debut on 23 September against Liverpool in the third round of the League Cup as Boro drew 2–2 after 120 minutes but lost 14–13 in the resulting penalty shoot-out; his save from Raheem Sterling's shot forced the shoot-out to sudden death, in which Blackman scored his penalty kick against opposition goalkeeper Simon Mignolet. He did not feature again for the club and on 6 January 2015, following Mark Schwarzer's departure to Leicester City, Blackman was recalled from…

Blackman has represented England at under-16, under-17 and under-19 level, and won the Victory Shield with the under-16's in 2009. He was called up to the under-21 team in August 2014. Whilst he has represented England at youth level, Blackman is still eligible to represent Jamaica or Barbados internationally.

As of match played 25 January 2025

Blackman runs his own line of clothing, named Prodigieux.