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Jamal Julian Campbell Ryce (born 6 April 1983 in Lambeth, Greater London) is an English-Jamaican professional footballer currently playing for English Championship club Barnsley. He is a Jamaican international, qualifying through his parents.

Campbell-Ryce played a handful of games for Southend United in the 05/06 season during a loan deal from Rotherham United. However, the deal turned sour, and left him in the limbo so Rotherham recalled him and sent him to local rivals Colchester United to get some first team football. The tricky winger has also played for Charlton Athletic, Chesterfield, Wimbledon , Colchester and Leyton Orient.

Campbell-Ryce joined Southend in the summer of 2006 after a deal was agreed between Southend and Rotherham. As both Southend and Colchester were promoted to the Championship at the end of the 2005–06 season, and Campbell-Ryce had played for both clubs during the season, he had the unusual privilege of touring both towns on open-top bus victory parades on successive days.

In early August in 2007, Southend rejected a £250,000 bid from Barnsley for Campbell-Ryce, though he finally completed his move to Barnsley on the deadline day for an undisclosed fee.

He scored his first Barnsley goal on 29 December 2007 in the 2–2 draw with Southampton, cutting in from the right and unleashing a rising piledriver into the top corner. On 26 January 2008, Campbell-Ryce scored the winner in Barnsley's 1–0 away win against his former club Southend in the fourth round of the FA Cup.^[1]

In October, Campbell-Ryce signed a new three-year deal at Oakwell, keeping him with Barnsley until the summer of 2011.

In February 2009, he etched himself into Barnsley FC folklore with a stunning goal at Hillsborough to sink Sheffield Wednesday and complete the first double over the Owls for 63 years and the Reds' first win there since 1983. On May 3rd 2009 he scored the winner in a 2-1 win over Plymouth Argyle which kept the club in the Coca-Cola Championship.

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• Jamal Campbell-Ryce profile at barnsleyfc.co.uk
• Jamal Campbell-Ryce profile at cafc.co.uk
• Jamal Campbell-Ryce career stats at Soccerbase

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