Jonathan David

Since his move to France Jo has been carpooling with his new LOSC Lille teammates. The caveat probably being his pair of wheels aren't in yet!

Born in Brooklyn, New York, USA, January 14th, 2000, Jo and his family emigrated to Canada and settled in Ottawa when he six years old. Growing up he spent time in the state’s various youth academies: Gloucester Dragons, Ottawa Hornets, and Ottawa Internationals, but always held aspirations of playing in Europe. His talents were equal to his dreams and Belgian first division outfit Gent scouted and signed the teenager in 2018. On his debut in August 4th, 2018, he came on as a second half substitute and scored in stoppage time to salvage a 1-1 draw against Zulte Waregem; he would repeat the feat five days later in a Europa League qualifier, only this time he would strike the winner as Gent toppled Polish opposition Jagiellonia Białystok; Jo continued his scoring streak in the next game, netting twice to condemn Waasland-Beveren to a 4-1 defeat. Soon it was apparent that Gent had something special in their hands, and rising starlet hit 37 goals and 15 assists in 83 appearances for the club. Major European clubs took notice of the red hot youngster, and in the summer of 2020 French Ligue 1 club LOSC Lille secured the prodigious talent on a long term contract for a fee of €30 million. Jo has lit up the international scene as well, and has bagged an astonishing goal a game for Canada. 2019 was a landmark year for the young man as he won the CONCACAF Gold Cup Golden Boot and was selected in the CONCACAF Gold Cup Best XI, in addition to being named Canadian Men’s Player of the Year.