![]() Meghoma in 2025 | |||
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Jayden Ade Trindade Meghoma | ||
Date of birth | 28 June 2006 | ||
Place of birth | Slough, Berkshire, England | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Left-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Rangers (on loan from Brentford) | ||
Number | 30 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2022 | Tottenham Hotspur | ||
2022–2023 | Southampton | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2023–2024 | Southampton | 0 | (0) |
2024– | Brentford | 1 | (0) |
2025 | → Preston North End (loan) | 12 | (0) |
2025– | → Rangers (loan) | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2021–2022 | England U16 | 11 | (0) |
2022–2023 | England U17 | 16 | (0) |
2023–2024 | England U18 | 8 | (0) |
2024–2025 | England U19 | 11 | (0) |
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 05:08, 24 April 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 05:22, 11 August 2025 (UTC) |
Jayden Ade Trindade Meghoma (born 28 June 2006) is an English professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Scottish Premiership club Rangers, on loan from Premier League club Brentford.
On 4 August 2022, Meghoma signed for Southampton on an initial scholarship deal. [1] [2] Meghoma signed his first professional contract on 13 July 2023, keeping him at the club until 2025. [3] On 8 August 2023, he made his professional debut in a 3–1 defeat to Gillingham in the EFL Cup. [4]
On 30 August 2024, Meghoma joined Premier League side Brentford on a four-year contract with the option to extend the deal by two years. [5] He made his Premier League debut for Brentford as an 86th minute substitution in a 2–1 loss away to Chelsea on 15 December 2024. [6]
On 16 January 2025, Meghoma joined Preston North End on loan for the remainder of the season. [7] He made his debut for the club on 21 January 2025 in a 2–1 away victory against Watford. [8] He started in their FA Cup quarter-final elimination against Aston Villa. [9]
On 17 August 2025, Meghoma joined Rangers on a season-long loan. [10] Two days later he made his debut for the club starting in a UEFA Champions League qualifying round defeat against Club Brugge. [11]
Born in England, Meghoma is of Nigerian descent and holds dual-citizenship. [12] He has represented England at under-16 and under-17 level. [13] [14]
Meghoma was a member of the England under-17 squad that finished fifth at the 2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship. [15] On 6 September 2023, he made his England under-18 debut during a 2–0 defeat to France in Limoges. [16] Meghoma was included in the England squad for the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup and started in their round of sixteen elimination against Uzbekistan. [17] [18]
On 4 September 2024, Meghoma made his England U19 debut as a substitute against Italy in Nedelišće. [19] He was a member of England's squad at the 2025 UEFA European Under-19 Championship. [20] [21]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Southampton | 2023–24 [22] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||
Brentford | 2024–25 [23] | Premier League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||
2025–26 [24] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
Preston North End (loan) | 2024–25 [23] | Championship | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | ||
Rangers (loan) | 2025–26 [24] | Scottish Premiership | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 [a] | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
Career total | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
England U18