Jenson Metcalfe (born 6 September 2004) is an English professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club Everton.

Career

He was born in

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. He joined the Everton youth academy at the age of five years-old and signed his first professional contract shortly after his seventeenth birthday. He suffered a cruciate knee ligament injury in early 2022 but later that year signed a new four-year contract with the club. Whilst still a teenager, he became a regular player for the club's U21 side and featured in the

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during the 2023-24 season 18 times, contributing two goals and four assists. He was named among the match-day substitutes for Everton on the opening day of the 2024-25 Premier League season at home against

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on 17 August 2024. On 30 August 2024, Metcalfe joined League Two club Chesterfield on a season-long loan deal.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Metcalfe, Jenson 2004 births Living people English men's footballers Everton F.C. players Chesterfield F.C. players Footballers from Wigan Men's association football midfielders English Football League players 21st-century English sportsmen