Jonathan Panzo

Jonathan William Panzo (born 25 October 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for EFL Championship club Coventry City, on loan from Premier league club Nottingham Forest.

Jonathan Panzo
Panzo playing for Dijon in 2021
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
Team information
Current team
 Coventry City
(on loan from Nottingham Forest)
Number 2
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)
2020–2022 Dijon 22 (0)
2021–2022 Dijon II 4 (0)
2022– Nottingham Forest 1 (0)
2022– → Coventry City (loan) 29 (1)
International career‡
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)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:06, 17 May 2023 (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]

Nottingham Forest

On 31 January 2022, it was announced that Panzo had signed with Nottingham Forest of the EFL Championship managed by his former England U-17 coach Steve Cooper.[11][12]

Coventry City (loan)

On 13 July 2022, Panzo joined Coventry City on loan for the 2022–23 season.[13][14]

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.[15] He then went on to be part of the squad who beat Spain to win the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[16][17] Panzo also represented England at under-19 level.[18] He served as captain of the under-19 team.[19]

On 30 August 2019, Panzo was included in the England U21 squad for the first time[20] and made his debut during the 3-2 2021 U21 Euro qualifying win against Turkey on 6 September 2019.[21]

Career statistics
As of match played on 17 May 2023
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Monaco II 2018–19[2] Championnat National 2 221—221
Monaco 2018–19[2] Ligue 1 000010—10
2019–20[2] 200000—20
Total 2000100030
Cercle Brugge (loan) 2019–20[2] Belgian First Division A 1701000—180
Dijon 2020–21[2] Ligue 1 2201000—230
2021–22[2] Ligue 2 003000—30
Total 220400000260
Dijon II 2021–22[2] Championnat National 3 40—40
Nottingham Forest 2021–22[22] EFL Championship 100000—10
2022–23[23] Premier League 000000—00
Total 1000000010
Coventry City (loan) 2022–23[23] EFL Championship 29110001[lower-alpha 1]311
Career totals 9726010101052
  1. Appearance in the play-offs

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
  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". Derbyshirelive. 21 August 2020 – via www.derbytelegraph.co.uk.
  9. "Jonathan Panzo set to sign for Dijon after Derby County update - reports". Derbyshirelive. 24 August 2020 – via www.derbytelegraph.co.uk.
  10. "Jonathan Panzo s'engage à Dijon". AS Monaco. 26 August 2020.
  11. "Panzo Arrives on Trentside". Nottingham Forest FC. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  12. "Nottm Forest sign Surridge and Panzo". BBC Sport.
  13. "TRANSFER: Jonathan Panzo joins on loan!". www.ccfc.co.uk.
  14. "Coventry sign Forest defender Panzo on season loan" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  15. "Steve Cooper names Euro squad". The Football Association. 28 April 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  16. "England win U17 World Cup: Young Lions fight back to beat Spain in final". BBC Sport. 28 October 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
  17. Shamoon Hafez (17 January 2019). "England's U17 World Cup winners - where are they now?". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  18. "Panzo with England (U19)". AS Monaco FC. 30 August 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
  19. Association, The Football. "England U19s captain Jonathan Panzo on life at AS Monaco and U19 EURO ambitions". www.thefa.com.
  20. "ENGLAND U21S KICK-OFF A NEW CAMPAIGN AND AIDY BOOTHROYD HAS PICKED HIS SQUAD". The FA. 30 August 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  21. "EDDIE NKETIAH AND REISS NELSON SCORE AS ENGLAND U21S WIN OPENING EURO QUALIFIER". The FA. 6 September 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  22. "Games played by Jonathan Panzo in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  23. "Games played by Jonathan Panzo in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  24. "Spain 2–2 England: Line-ups". UEFA. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  25. "Technical Report – Team of the Tournament". UEFA. 19 May 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
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