Jenson Metcalfe

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Jenson Metcalfe
Personal information
Date of birth (2004-09-06) 6 September 2004 (age 19)
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 44
Youth career
0000–2024 Everton
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2024– Everton 0 (0)
2024–Chesterfield (loan) 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:15 (UTC) 1 August 2024

Jenson Metcalfe (born 6 September 2004) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for EFL League Two club Chesterfield on loan from Premier League club Everton. [1]

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]

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References

  1. "Jenson Metcalfe". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 August 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.