Jonathan David

Jonathan David
David with Lille in 2024
Personal information
Full name Jonathan Christian David[1]
Date of birth (2000-01-14) January 14, 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Brooklyn, New York, United States
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Lille
Number 9
Youth career
2010–2011 Gloucester Dragons
2011–2015 Ottawa Gloucester Hornets
2016–2018 Ottawa Internationals
2018–2019 Gent
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 Gent 60 (30)
2020– Lille 157 (78)
International career
2017 Canada U17 3 (2)
2018 Canada U21 2 (0)
2018– Canada 57 (30)
Medal record
Men's soccer
Representing  Canada
CONCACAF Nations League
Runner-up 2023 United States
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of November 10, 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of October 15, 2024

Jonathan Christian David (born January 14, 2000) is a professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Lille and the Canada national team.

Born in Brooklyn, United States, David moved to his parents' country of Haiti when he was still a baby, and immigrated to Ottawa, Canada at the age of six. Raised in the Franco-Ontarian community of east Ottawa, he played for several local youth clubs before moving to Belgium in 2018, where he recorded his professional debut for Gent. In 2019, David was named the male Canada Soccer Player of the Year.

After two seasons at Gent, David joined French side Lille for a reported €30 million, making him the most expensive Canadian transfer to date. He would go on to win the Ligue 1 title in his first season at the club.

  1. ^ "40-Player National Team Roster: 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup: Canada" (PDF). CONCACAF. p. 2. Retrieved May 20, 2019 – via Bernews.
  2. ^ https://www.losc.fr/index.php/effectif/lille/76/24-25-jonathan-david