Jonathan Panzo

Jonathan William Panzo (born 25 October 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Dijon.

Jonathan Panzo
Personal information
Full name Jonathan William Panzo[1]
Date of birth (2000-10-25) 25 October 2000
Place of birth Brockley, London, England
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Dijon
Number 4
Youth career
2010–2018 Chelsea
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Monaco II 22 (1)
2018–2020 Monaco 2 (0)
2019–2020 → Cercle Brugge (loan) 17 (0)
2020– Dijon 10 (0)
National team‡
2015–2016 England U16 9 (0)
2016–2017 England U17 20 (0)
2017–2018 England U18 4 (0)
2018–2019 England U19 8 (0)
2019– England U21 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:36, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:14, 13 November 2020 (UTC)

Early and personal life

Panzo was born in Brockley, London to parents from the Ivory Coast.[3]

Club career

Monaco

After playing for Chelsea, whom he joined at the age of 9,[3] Panzo moved to Monaco in July 2018.[4] He made his senior debut for their reserve team in the Championnat National 2.[2] Panzo made his first team debut for Monaco on 19 December 2018, playing the full ninety minutes in 1–0 win over Lorient in the Coupe de la Ligue.[5]

Cercle Brugge (loan)

On 30 August 2019, Panzo joined Belgian club Cercle Brugge on a season-long loan.[6]

Dijon

In August 2020 he was linked with a return to the UK, with interest reported from Championship teams Coventry City, Derby County and Swansea City.[7][8] Later that month, however, he was said to be close to remaining in France and transferring to Dijon.[9] He eventually signed with club on 26 August 2020, for an undisclosed fee.[10]

International career

Panzo was part of the England U17 team which finished as runners-up to Spain in the 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship.[11] He then went on to be part of the squad who beat Spain to win the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[12][13] Panzo also represented England at under-19 level.[14] He served as captain of the under-19 team.[15]

On 30 August 2019, Panzo was included in the England U21 squad for the first time [16] and made his debut during the 3-2 2021 U21 Euro qualifying win against Turkey on 6 September 2019.[17]

Career statistics
As of 6 December 2020[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Monaco II 2018–19 CFA 221———221
Monaco 2018–19 Ligue 1 0000100010
2019–20 Ligue 1 200000—20
Total 2000100030
Cercle Brugge (loan) 2019–20 Belgian First Division A 17010——180
Dijon 2020–21 Ligue 1 10000——100
Career total 511101000531

Honours

England U17

Individual

References
  1. "FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017™ - List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  2. Jonathan Panzo at Soccerway. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  3. Ed Aarons (15 August 2018). "The big exodus: why are young English players moving abroad?". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  4. "Jadon Sancho, Reiss Nelson, who's next? Four more English teenagers playing in Europe". BBC Sport. 6 November 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  5. "MONACO VS. LORIENT 1 - 0". Soccerway. 19 December 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
  6. "Panzo and Foster join Cercle Brugge". As Monaco. 30 August 2019. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  7. Leach, Tom (19 August 2020). "Panzo race could still be on for Coventry as rivals enter fold". CoventryLive.
  8. "Jonathan Panzo's brilliant response to Derby County fan amid transfer rumours". 21 August 2020 – via www.derbytelegraph.co.uk.
  9. "Jonathan Panzo set to sign for Dijon after Derby County update - reports". 24 August 2020 – via www.derbytelegraph.co.uk.
  10. "Jonathan Panzo s'engage à Dijon". AS Monaco. 26 August 2020.
  11. "Steve Cooper names Euro squad". The Football Association. 28 April 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  12. "England win U17 World Cup: Young Lions fight back to beat Spain in final". BBC Sport. 28 October 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
  13. Shamoon Hafez (17 January 2019). "England's U17 World Cup winners - where are they now?". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  14. "Panzo with England (U19)". AS Monaco FC. 30 August 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
  15. Association, The Football. "England U19s captain Jonathan Panzo on life at AS Monaco and U19 EURO ambitions". www.thefa.com.
  16. "ENGLAND U21S KICK-OFF A NEW CAMPAIGN AND AIDY BOOTHROYD HAS PICKED HIS SQUAD". The FA. 30 August 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  17. "EDDIE NKETIAH AND REISS NELSON SCORE AS ENGLAND U21S WIN OPENING EURO QUALIFIER". The FA. 6 September 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  18. "Spain 2–2 England: Line-ups". UEFA. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  19. "Technical Report – Team of the Tournament". UEFA. 19 May 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2018.


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