Nicolas Jackson

For other people with the similar name, see Nicholas Jackson (disambiguation).
Nicolas Jackson
Personal information
Full name Nicolas Jackson[1]
Date of birth (2001-06-20) 20 June 2001 (age 23)[2]
Place of birth Banjul, The Gambia
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[3]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Chelsea
Number 15
Youth career
2017–2018 Tilene
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Casa Sports
2019–2022 Villarreal B 25 (5)
2020–2021 → Mirandés (loan) 16 (1)
2021–2023 Villarreal 35 (12)
2023– Chelsea 47 (21)
International career‡
2018 Senegal U20 1 (0)
2022– Senegal 19 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:01, 23 November 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 November 2024

Nicolas Jackson (born 20 June 2001) is a Gambian-born Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Chelsea and for the Senegal national team.

He played for Casa Sports in Senegal before joining Villarreal in 2019. After a loan to Mirandés in the Segunda División, he broke through in the reserve team and made his first-team debut in La Liga in 2021. In 2023, he signed an eight-year deal at Chelsea for a reported fee of £32 million.

Jackson made his senior international debut for Senegal in 2022. He was chosen for the 2022 FIFA World Cup and the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.

  1. ^ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Senegal (SEN)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 25. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Nicolas Jackson". Epic Sports. Archived from the original on 25 October 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Nicolas Jackson". Chelsea Football Club. Retrieved 10 November 2023.