Jadon Sancho

Jadon Malik Sancho (born 25 March 2000) is an English footballer. He plays as a winger for Premier League club Manchester United and the England national team. He is considered one of the best players in the world, due to his trickery, game intelligence, pace and use of feints in one-on-one situations.[5][6]

Jadon Sancho
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Jadon Sancho with Borussia Dortmund in 2020
Personal information
Full nameJadon Malik Sancho[1]
Date of birth (2000-03-25) 25 March 2000 (age 24)[2]
Place of birthCamberwell, London, England, UK
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)[3]
Playing positionWinger[4]
Club information
Current team
Manchester United
Number25
Youth career
2007 - 2015Watford
2015 - 2017Manchester City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017Borussia Dortmund II3(0)
2017 - 2021Borussia Dortmund104(38)
2021 -Manchester United40(6)
National team
2015 - 2016England U1611(7)
2016 - 2017England U1719(16)
2017 - 2018England U197(2)
2018 -England23(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:24, 8 February 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18:53, 28 November 2021 (UTC)

He was a youth player for Watford and Manchester City. He then signed his first senior contract with Borussia Dortmund in 2017. In his second season, he established himself as a first-team regular and was named in the 2018–19 Bundesliga Team of the Season. In the 2019 - 2020 season, Sancho won his first trophy following the DFL-Supercup victory over Bayern Munich. He was named runner-up in both the Golden Boy and Kopa Trophy awards in 2019. Sancho returned to England to sign for Manchester United in 2021.

Sancho was part of the England youth team that won the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup and made his debut for the senior team in 2018.

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References

  1. "Premier League clubs publish retained lists". Premier League. 9 June 2017. Archived from the original on 27 May 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  2. "Jadon Sancho". Manchester City FC. Archived from the original on 9 August 2017.
  3. "First team: Jadon Sancho". Borussia Dortmund. Archived from the original on 10 April 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  4. Ducker, James (30 August 2017). Exclusive: Manchester City left baffled as teenage winger Jadon Sancho goes walkabout. London. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2017/08/30/manchester-city-left-baffled-asteenage-winger-jadon-sancho-goes/. Retrieved 13 October 2018. 
  5. "'Sancho is a future Ballon d'Or winner' – Man Utd a 'great move' for winger, says former coach". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 14 January 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  6. "Top 50 Best Players". FootballCritic. Retrieved 10 February 2023.