After a breakout season with Championship side Reading, defender Michael Hector is looking to carry his form into his first international appearance for Jamaica.
Despite having never been to the island nation, Hector, 22, is about to form a big part of their defence at the Copa America.
Hector, whose family all live in London where he has been tied to Reading since 2009, said he was still a proud Jamaican despite never travelling there.
It s a big part of my family, the centre-back said, via the Jamaica Football Federation.
Since I was young, I was always in a Jamaica shirt. I ve always wanted to do my family proud, and I knew that playing for Jamaica, that would make my family proud.
While his family hails from Kingston, Hector packs a hea…