Jason Knight

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Jason Knight
Personnel
Surname Jason Paul Knight
birthday February 13, 2001
place of birth Dublin ,  Ireland
size 173 cm
position midfield
Juniors
Years station
2005-2015 Cabinteely FC
2015-2019 Derby County
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2019– Derby County 19 (3)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2017-2018 Ireland U17 12 (0)
2018 Ireland U18 3 (0)
2018-2019 Ireland U19 6 (1)
2019– Ireland U21 7 (0)
1 Only league games are given.
Status: February 16, 2020

2 As of February 16, 2020

Jason Paul Knight (born February 13, 2001 in Dublin ) is an Irish football player who is under contract with the English second division club Derby County . The midfielder has been an Irish Under-21 international since June 2019 .

Career

society

Jason Knight started playing football at Cabinteely FC , a club based in Dublin, Ireland , at the age of four . In mid-November 2015, he joined the youth department of the English club Derby County , where he signed a three-year contract and was assigned to the U15 team. At the Rams he already played in the reserve team in the Premier League 2 in the 2017/18 season, but in this and in the following season 2018/19 he mainly played for the U18 team. At the age of 18, the new head coach Phillip Cocu let him advance to the first team. He made his debut in the second highest English division on August 5, 2019 (1st matchday) in a 2-1 away win against Huddersfield Town , when he came on for Kieran Dowell in the 88th minute . He quickly established himself as a rotation player this 2019/20 season . On December 30, 2019 (25th matchday) he scored both goals for his team in a 2-1 home win against Charlton Athletic and thus his first goals for the first team derbies.

National team

Jason Knight has played for the Irish U17 national team since October 2017 . In May 2018 he took part with this selection at the U17 European Championship in England , where he was used in all four Ireland games. With this tournament, his U17 career ended after 12 appearances.

In November 2018 he completed three friendly international matches for the U18s . From September 2018 to March 2019, he played in six U19 games in which he scored a goal.

The midfielder has been an Irish U21 international since June 2019 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jason heading off to join the Rams In: Cabinteely FC of November 19, 2017 (accessed February 16, 2020)
  2. ↑ Jason Knight - Performance data 17/18 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed on February 16, 2020)
  3. ↑ Jason Knight - performance data 18/19 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed on February 16, 2020)
  4. ^ How Jason Knight became Derby County first-team prospect In: Derby Telegraph, August 27, 2019 (accessed February 16, 2020)
  5. ↑ Huddersfield Town 1-2 Derby County In: BBC, August 5, 2019 (accessed February 16, 2020)
  6. ↑ Jason Knight - performance data 19/20 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed on February 16, 2020)
  7. ↑ Derby County 2-1 Charlton Athletic In: BBC, December 30, 2019 (accessed February 16, 2020)
  8. ↑ 'Jason Knight was fantastic' - Derby manager praises Irish teenager as he confirms Wayne Rooney's debut plan In: Irish Independent on December 30, 2019 (accessed February 16, 2020)
  9. ↑ a b c Jason Knight - Ireland U17 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed on February 16, 2020)
  10. ↑ Jason Knight - Ireland U18 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed on February 16, 2020)
  11. ↑ Jason Knight - Ireland U19 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed on February 16, 2020)
  12. ↑ Jason Knight - Ireland U21 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed on February 16, 2020)
personal data
SURNAME Knight, Jason
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Knight, Jason Paul (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Irish soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH February 13, 2001
PLACE OF BIRTH Dublin , Ireland