Kharlton Belmar is the Richmond Kickers’ traveling man. Both his suitcase and soccer cleats are high mileage.

The old Johnny Cash song, “I’ve been everywhere, man,” wasn’t written about Belmar, but it could have been.

Belmar’s soccer roadmap includes stops in Oregon, Missouri, Kentucky, Colorado, Ten- nessee, Florida, Colorado and even to the far-away Caribbean Island of Grenada, his parents’ homeland.

He is also more than able to show folks to whatever field you’re looking for in the Richmond area, having dribbled a ball around town as a youth, VCU star and now with the pro Kickers of USL League One.

Belmar is the Kickers’ man for all time zones, and he’s still only 30 and nowhere near his desired finish line.

“I’ve got a lot left in the tank ... a lot of energy,” he told the Free Press. “I’ll keep pushing forward to reach the highest level.”

This has been a fair-to-middling season, so far, for both the Kickers and Belmar, who plays a dynamic forward for Coach Darren Sawatsky.

After winning the league a year ago, the 2023 Kickers were 6-8-9 (that’s six wins, eight losses and nine ties) as of last week. Belmar had two goals and three assists in 1,091 minutes on the grass.

Despite the mediocre record, the team remains very much in line for the postseason playoffs.

“It’s been up and down,” he said. “We’ve had some good moments and not so good,” he said.

“We need to be more resilient ... and that means getting back out there and banging in some more goals.”

Belmar was born in Washington, D.C., but grew up in Virginia Beach where he starred for Salem High and the Virginia Rush travel team.

Often, those travels were to the Richmond area.

“Played a lot as a an amateur at Striker Park, Ukrop Park, against the Strikers and Kickers,” he said. “That where I got my first taste of soccer on a higher level ... I found out what it was like out of my little bubble.”

Belmar starred at VCU from 2011 to 2014, competing in 76 games with 18 goals and five assists to show for his efforts.

“It was an awesome experience, play for Coach (Dave) Giffard,” he said. “Many of the players I was with then are still among my best friends.”

There are two other ex-Rams on the Kickers roster, Dakota Barnathan and Simon Fitch.

Then began a long journey across America.

He’s not complaining.

“The travel is the best part, to be honest,” he said. “I’ve gotten to see a lot of places and cultures, taste a bunch of different cities.

“It’s been nothing short of a blessing.”