Alexandre Jankewitz

Alexandre Jankewitz
Personal information
Full name Alexandre Tounde Dimitri Jankewitz[1]
Date of birth (2001-12-25) 25 December 2001 (age 22)
Place of birth Vevey, Switzerland
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Winterthur
Number 45
Youth career
0000–2018 Servette
2018–2021 Southampton
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021 Southampton 2 (0)
2021–2024 Young Boys 6 (0)
2021 Young Boys II 4 (0)
2022 → St. Gallen (loan) 16 (0)
2022–2023 → Thun (loan) 26 (1)
2023–2024 → Winterthur (loan) 18 (0)
2024– Winterthur 0 (0)
International career‡
2015–2016 Switzerland U15 5 (1)
2016–2017 Switzerland U16 4 (0)
2017–2018 Switzerland U17 11 (0)
2018–2019 Switzerland U18 4 (1)
2019 Switzerland U19 6 (0)
2020– Switzerland U21 20 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 May 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 September 2022

Alexandre Tounde Dimitri Jankewitz (born 25 December 2001) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Winterthur.

Club career

Southampton

Jankewitz signed his first professional contract in July 2019.[2] On 19 January 2021, he made his first professional appearance for Saints in a 2–0 home victory over Shrewsbury Town in the FA Cup.[3] On 30 January 2021, Jankewitz made his Premier League debut as a substitute for Oriol Romeu in a 1–0 home defeat by Aston Villa.[4]

On 2 February 2021, he was sent off on his first Premier League start within the first two minutes of the away game against Manchester United, for a dangerous tackle on Scott McTominay. Southampton went on to lose the match by a record-equalling score of 9–0.[5] After the defeat, Jankewitz was subjected to racist abuse on social media, which Southampton passed on to Hampshire Police.[6]

Young Boys

On 12 July 2021, Jankewitz joined BSC Young Boys for an undisclosed fee.[7]

Loan to St. Gallen

In January 2022, he joined St. Gallen on loan until the end of the season.[8]

Return to Young Boys and loan to Thun

After returning to Young Boys, Jankewitz made several substitute league appearances and was a starter in three Conference League qualifying games. After Young Boys failed to qualify for the group stage of the competition, on 30 August 2022 Jankewitz moved to Thun on loan.[9]

Loan to Winterthur

On 8 June 2023, he joined FC Winterthur for another loan spell.[10]

International career

Born in Switzerland, Jankewitz is of Cameroonian descent. He is a youth international for Switzerland.[11]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 3 March 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Southampton 2020–21[12] Premier League 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Young Boys 2021–22[13] Swiss Super League 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
St Gallen (loan) 2021–22[13] Swiss Super League 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Career total 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 0

References

  1. ^ "2020/21 Premier League squads confirmed". Premier League. 20 October 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Four youngsters sign professional deals". Southampton FC. 17 July 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Southampton 2–0 Shrewsbury Town". 19 January 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Southampton 0–1 Aston Villa". 30 January 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  5. ^ Stone, Simon (2 February 2021). "Manchester United 9–0 Southampton". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  6. ^ "Jankewitz receives racist abuse". Southampton F.C. 3 February 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  7. ^ "Alex Jankewitz joins BSC Young Boys". Southampton FC. 12 July 2021. Archived from the original on 12 July 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Alex Jankewitz moves again, six months after leaving Saints". dailyecho.co.uk. 4 January 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  9. ^ "Jankewitz nach Thun" (in German). Thun. 30 August 2022. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  10. ^ "News zur Saisonvorbereitung / Kadermutationen". FC Winterthur. 13 June 2023.
  11. ^ "Jankewitz features in Swiss defeat". Southampton FC. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  12. ^ "Games played by Alexandre Jankewitz in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  13. ^ a b "Games played by Alexandre Jankewitz in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 October 2021.


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