Jenson Metcalfe

Jenson Metcalfe
Personal information
Full name Jenson Metcalfe[1]
Date of birth (2004-09-06) 6 September 2004 (age 20)
Place of birth Wigan, England
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Chesterfield
(on loan from Everton)
Number 26
Youth career
–2024 Everton
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2024– Everton 0 (0)
2024– → Chesterfield (loan) 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 08:42, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

Jenson Metcalfe (born 6 September 2004) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for League Two club Chesterfield on loan from Premier League club Everton.

Career

He was born in Wigan.[2] He joined the Everton youth academy at the age of five years-old and signed his first professional contract shortly after his seventeenth birthday.[3] He suffered a cruciate knee ligament injury in early 2022 but later that year signed a new four-year contract with the club. Whilst still a teenager, he became a regular player for the club's U21 side and featured in the Premier League 2 during the 2023-24 season 18 times, contributing two goals and four assists.[4][5]

He was named among the match-day substitutes for Everton on the opening day of the 2024-25 Premier League season at home against Brighton and Hove Albion on 17 August 2024.[6]

On 30 August 2024, Metcalfe joined League Two club Chesterfield on a season-long loan deal.[7]

References

  1. ^ "EFL Squad List: Season 2024/25". English Football League. 6 September 2024. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  2. ^ Sinclair, Angus (12 May 2023). "Everton: Jenson Metcalfe could be Dyche's own Rice". Footballfancast. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Next Generation 2021: 20 of the best talents at Premier League clubs". The Guardian. 6 October 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  4. ^ Lamb, Ethan (May 13, 2024). "Everton already have their Onana replacement in talented academy star". Footballfancast. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  5. ^ "Metcalfe signs new deal until 2026". BBC Sport. 27 September 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  6. ^ "EVERTON VS. BRIGHTON". Soccerway. 17 August 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  7. ^ "Young Everton midfielder joins Spireites". chesterfield-fc.co.uk. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.