Jenson Metcalfe

Jenson Metcalfe

Metcalfe with Bradford City in 2025
Personal information
Full name	Jenson Metcalfe [1]
Date of birth	(2004-09-06) 6 September 2004 (age 21)
Place of birth	Wigan, England
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Bradford City
Number	21
Youth career
0000–2024	Everton
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2024–2025	Everton	0	(0)
2024–2025	→ Chesterfield (loan)	30	(1)
2025–	Bradford City	36	(2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 7 April 2026 (UTC)

Jenson Metcalfe (born 6 September 2004) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for EFL League One club Bradford City. ^[2]

Career

Everton

He was born in Wigan. ^[3] He joined the Everton youth academy at the age of five years-old and signed his first professional contract shortly after his seventeenth birthday. ^[4] 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. ^{[5] [6]}

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. ^[7]

On 30 August 2024, Metcalfe joined EFL League Two club Chesterfield on a season-long loan deal. ^[8]

Bradford City

On 24 July 2025, Metcalfe signed for newly promoted EFL League One club Bradford City on a three-year deal for an undisclosed fee. ^{[9] [10]} He scored his first goal for the club on 29 December 2025, in a 1–0 home victory against Port Vale. ^[11]

Career statistics

As of match played 28 February 2026 ^[12]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		EFL Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Everton U21	2023–24 [13]	—			—		—		3 [a]	0	3	0
	2024–25 [14]	—			—		—		1 [a]	0	1	0
	Total		—		—		—		4	0	4	0
Everton	2024–25 [14]	Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
Chesterfield (loan)	2024–25 [14]	League Two	30	1	1	0	—		2 [b]	0	31	1
Bradford City	2025–26 [15]	League One	36	2	0	0	2	0	4 [a]	0	42	2
Career total			57	3	1	0	2	0	10	0	70	3

1. Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
2. Appearance(s) in EFL League Two play-offs

References

1. "EFL Squad List: Season 2024/25". English Football League. 6 September 2024. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
2. Jenson Metcalfe at Soccerbase
3. Sinclair, Angus (12 May 2023). "Everton: Jenson Metcalfe could be Dyche's own Rice". Footballfancast. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
4. "Next Generation 2021: 20 of the best talents at Premier League clubs". The Guardian. 6 October 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
5. Lamb, Ethan (13 May 2024). "Everton already have their Onana replacement in talented academy star". Footballfancast. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
6. "Metcalfe signs new deal until 2026". BBC Sport. 27 September 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
7. "EVERTON VS. BRIGHTON". Soccerway. 17 August 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
8. "Young Everton midfielder joins Spireites". chesterfield-fc.co.uk. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
9. "Jenson Metcalfe joins Bradford City". BBC Sport. 24 July 2025. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
10. "CITY LAND METCALFE ON PERMANENT DEAL". www.bradfordcityafc.com. 24 July 2025. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
11. "Metcalfe's "too fast" moment as Bantams match-winner". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. 30 December 2025.
12. Jenson Metcalfe at Soccerway. Retrieved 6 March 2026.
13. "Games played by Jenson Metcalfe in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 March 2026.
14. "Games played by Jenson Metcalfe in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 March 2026.
15. "Games played by Jenson Metcalfe in 2025/2026". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 March 2026.

External links

• Jenson Metcalfe at Soccerway