Jonjoe Kenny

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Jonjoe Kenny
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Kenny with Hertha BSC in 2022
Personal information
Full name Jonjoe Kenny [1]
Date of birth (1997-03-15) 15 March 1997 (age 26) [2]
Place of birth Liverpool, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.76 m) [3]
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
 Hertha BSC
Number 16
Youth career
2006–2014 Everton
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2022 Everton 50 (0)
2015 → Wigan Athletic (loan) 7 (0)
2016 → Oxford United (loan) 17 (0)
2019–2020 → Schalke 04 (loan) 31 (2)
2021 → Celtic (loan) 14 (0)
2022– Hertha BSC 45 (3)
International career
2012–2013 England U16 3 (0)
2013–2014 England U17 10 (1)
2014–2015 England U18 3 (0)
2015–2016 England U19 10 (0)
2016–2017 England U20 14 (0)
2017–2019 England U21 16 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 February 2024

Jonjoe Kenny (born 15 March 1997) [4] is an English professional footballer who plays as a right-back for 2.Bundesliga club Hertha BSC. He came through the youth system of Everton, where he had been a professional since July 2014. [5]

Contents

Club career

Kenny signed on loan for League One side Wigan Athletic on 21 July 2015. [6] Having played seven times for the first team, he returned to Everton at the end of the loan, despite Wigan manager Gary Caldwell expressing a desire to extend the deal. [7] On 27 January 2016, Kenny joined Oxford United of League Two, initially on a one-month loan, [8] later extended to the end of the season. [9]

He made his Premier League debut for Everton, coming on as a substitute for Matthew Pennington against Norwich City, on 15 May 2016. [10] His second Premier League appearance was again as a substitute, for Mason Holgate against Swansea City on 6 May 2017. [11]

Kenny began the 2017/18 season as fourth choice under Ronald Koeman, however soon impressed when given his chance. He made his first Premier League start on 22 October at home to Arsenal in a 5–2 defeat. Following Koeman's sacking, he made 13 consecutive starts in the league, playing in 16 out of 19 games from October until the return of Séamus Coleman in January. He played 25 games in all competitions.

The following season began with Kenny as back up to Coleman, before impressing as the Irishman suffered with a foot injury. He played four Premier League games in a row. Following the win away to Leicester on 6 October, he was dropped out of the starting XI and didn't play again until New Year's Day, again against Leicester, this time in a 1–0 defeat. He kept his place for an FA Cup 3rd round win over Lincoln City. He returned the XI on 28 January in a 1–0 victory over Huddersfield Town, coming on as a makeshift left back for the final 20 minutes, following an injury to Leighton Baines and a red card for his substitute Lucas Digne. He continued at left back against Wolves four days later, coming on for Leighton Baines on the 20th minute. After impressing, he played the following two matches against Man City and Watford in which he picked up the Man of the Match award.

Kenny signed for Bundesliga team Schalke 04 in June 2019 on a season-long loan. [12] [13] He scored for Die Knappen on his third Bundesliga appearance and was awarded the August 2019 Rookie of the Month award. [14] He made 31 league appearance in 2019-20, scoring twice., [14] before returning to Everton at the end of the season.

Kenny only made eight appearances for Everton in 2020-21 before again going out on loan. He joined Scottish Premiership side Celtic in February 2021 until the end of the season. [15] Despite being offered a new contract at the end of the 2021–22 season, Kenny opted to leave Everton upon the expiration of his contract, [16] signing a contract to join Hertha BSC through the 2025 season. [17]

International career

In May 2014, Kenny was part of the England under-17 side that won the 2014 UEFA European Under-17 Championship. [18] In the final, Kenny converted the match-winning penalty in the penalty shoot-out against the Netherlands. [18] He was named in UEFA's team of the tournament. [19]

Kenny was a member of the England squad for the 2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, starting in the semi-final defeat against Italy. [20]

Kenny was selected for the England under-20 team in the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup. He played in all seven matches of the tournament. In the final England beat Venezuela 1–0, which is England's first win in a global tournament since their World Cup victory of 1966. [21]

In May 2019, Kenny was named in the England Under-21 squad for the UEFA European U-21 Championship in Italy and San Marino. Kenny was among three Everton players that were named as Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Kieran Dowell were also included in the 23-man squad. [22] Kenny scored a stunning strike and England's third during a 3–3 draw with Croatia at the San Marino Stadium on 24 June 2019. [23]

Kenny qualifies for the Republic of Ireland under FIFA's grandparent rule. [24]

Career statistics

As of match played 22 May 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Everton 2015–16 [25] Premier League 100000—10
2016–17 [26] Premier League100000—10
2017–18 [27] Premier League19010203 [lower-alpha 1] 0250
2018–19 [28] Premier League1001020—130
2019–20 [29] Premier League000000—00
2020–21 [30] Premier League401030—80
2021–22 [31] Premier League1504020—210
Total500608030680
Wigan Athletic (loan) 2015–16 [25] League One 7000000070
Oxford United (loan) 2015–16 [25] League Two 17010002 [lower-alpha 2] 0200
Schalke 04 (loan) 2019–20 [32] Bundesliga 31230——342
Celtic (loan) 2020–21 [30] Scottish Premiership 140200000160
Hertha BSC 2022/23 Bundesliga 29010——300
2023–24 2. Bundesliga 16341——204
Career total161516180501906
  1. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. ↑ Appearances in Football League Trophy

Honours

Oxford United

England U17

England U20

England U21

Individual

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