Jonjoe Kenny (born 15 March 1997) is an English professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

PAOK PAOK (, Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινοπολιτών, ''Panthessalonikeios Athlitikós Ómilos Constantinopoliton'', ''Pan-Thessalonian Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans''), commonly ...

. He came through the youth system of Everton, where he had been a professional since July 2014.

Club career

Kenny signed on loan for League One side

Wigan Athletic Wigan Athletic Football Club is a professional association football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The team competes in the EFL League One, the third level of the English football league system. Founded in 1932, they have p ...

on 21 July 2015. Having played seven times for the first team, he returned to Everton at the end of the loan, despite Wigan manager

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expressing a desire to extend the deal. On 27 January 2016, Kenny joined

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of League Two, initially on a one-month loan, later extended to the end of the season. He made his Premier League debut for Everton, coming on as a substitute for

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against

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, on 15 May 2016. His second Premier League appearance was again as a substitute, for

Mason Holgate Mason Anthony Holgate (born 22 October 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or right-back. He is currently a free agent. Born in England, he plays for the Jamaica national team. Club career Barnsley Holgate was born in ...

against

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on 6 May 2017. Kenny began the 2017–18 season as fourth choice under

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, however soon impressed when given his chance. He made his first Premier League start on 22 October at home to Arsenal in a 5–2 defeat. Following Koeman's sacking, he made 13 consecutive starts in the league, playing in 16 out of 19 games from October until the return of

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in January. He played 25 games in all competitions. The following season began with Kenny as back up to Coleman, before impressing as the Irishman suffered with a foot injury. He played four Premier League games in a row. Following the win away to Leicester on 6 October, he was dropped out of the starting XI and didn't play again until New Year's Day, again against Leicester, this time in a 1–0 defeat. He kept his place for an FA Cup 3rd round win over Lincoln City. He returned the XI on 28 January in a 1–0 victory over Huddersfield Town, coming on as a makeshift left back for the final 20 minutes, following an injury to Leighton Baines and a red card for his substitute Lucas Digne. He continued at left back against Wolves four days later, coming on for Leighton Baines on the 20th minute. After impressing, he played the following two matches against Man City and Watford in which he picked up the Man of the Match award. Kenny signed for

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team

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in June 2019 on a season-long loan. He scored for ''Die Knappen'' on his third Bundesliga appearance and was awarded the August 2019 Rookie of the Month award. He made 31 league appearance in 2019-20, scoring twice., before returning to Everton at the end of the season. Kenny only made eight appearances for Everton in 2020-21 before again going out on loan. He joined

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side

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in February 2021 until the end of the season. Despite being offered a new contract ahead of the 2022–23 season, Kenny opted to leave Everton upon the expiration of his contract, signing for Bundesliga club

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through the 2025 season. On 20 June 2025, Kenny joined

side

on a free transfer, signing a contract until 2028.

International career

In May 2014, Kenny was part of the England under-17 side that won the

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. In the final, Kenny converted the match-winning penalty in the

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against the

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. He was named in UEFA's team of the tournament. Kenny was a member of the England squad for the

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, starting in the semi-final defeat against

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. Kenny was selected for the England under-20 team in the

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. He played in all seven matches of the tournament. In the final England beat

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1–0, which is England's first win in a global tournament since their

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victory of 1966. In May 2019, Kenny was named in the England Under-21 squad for the UEFA European U-21 Championship in Italy and San Marino. Kenny was among three Everton players that were named as

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and

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were also included in the 23-man squad. Kenny scored a stunning strike and England's third during a 3–3 draw with

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at the

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on 24 June 2019. Kenny qualifies for the

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under

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's grandparent rule.

Career statistics

Honours

Oxford United *

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runner-up: 2015–16 *

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runner-up: 2015–16 England U17 *

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2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

England U20 *

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England U21 *

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2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

Individual *UEFA European Under-17 Championship Team of the Tournament:

Rookie of the Month: August 2019

References

External links

Profile
at the Hertha BSC website * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kenny, Jonjoe 1997 births Living people Footballers from Liverpool English men's footballers Men's association football defenders Everton F.C. players Wigan Athletic F.C. players Oxford United F.C. players FC Schalke 04 players Celtic F.C. players Hertha BSC players PAOK FC players English Football League players Premier League players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Scottish Professional Football League players Super League Greece players England men's youth international footballers England men's under-21 international footballers English expatriate men's footballers English expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany English expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Greece English people of Irish descent 21st-century English sportsmen