Jonathan Grant
Personal information
Full name Jonathan Nicholas Grant[1]
Date of birth (1993-10-15) October 15, 1993 (age 29)
Place of birth Pickering, Ontario, Canada
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Wexford SC
2009–2012 Sigma FC
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Yavapai Roughriders
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014 Sigma FC 12 (0)
2015 FC Montreal 10 (0)
2016 Swope Park Rangers 18 (1)
2017 Sigma FC 20 (7)
2018 Nyköpings BIS 0 (0)
2019–2022 Forge FC 41 (1)
International career‡
2015 Canada U23 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of November 4, 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of October 13, 2015

Jonathan Nicholas Grant (born October 15, 1993) is a Canadian soccer player who plays as a defender.

Early life[edit]

Grant began playing youth soccer at age three with Wexford SC.[2] When he was 15, he joined Sigma FC.[3]

In 2012, Grant committed to join Yavapai College.[4][5]

Club career[edit]

In 2014, he played with Sigma FC in League1 Ontario.[3] After the season, he was invited to train with the first team and reserves of Belgian club Genk.[3]

On May 15, 2015, after a month-long trial, he signed a professional contract with USL club FC Montreal, the second team of Major League Soccer club Montreal Impact.[6] He made his debut the same day against the Charleston Battery.[7]

In December 2015, he signed with the Swope Park Rangers for the 2016 season.[8] He scored his first goal for the club in a 3–0 win over Orange County Blues FC on July 23, 2016.[9]

In 2017, he returned to his former club Sigma FC in League1 Ontario.[10] He was named Defender of the Year and a league First-Team All-Star.[11][12]

In February 2018, Grant signed with Swedish Division 1 Norra club Nyköpings BIS for the 2018 season.[13] However, he suffered an injury in pre-season and would miss the entire 2018 season due to surgery, so he and the club agreed to terminate the contract by mutual consent in June 2018.[14]

In February 2019, he signed with Forge FC of the Canadian Premier League.[15] He scored his first goal on August 25, 2019 against Cavalry FC.[16][17] Injuries limited his play time over his first two seasons with the club.[18] In February 2021, he extended his contract with the club.[19][20]

International career[edit]

Grant received his first call-up to Canadian national team on January 9, 2015 for a pair of friendlies against Iceland.[21][22] However, he did not appear in either of the two matches.[20]

In June 2015, he was called up to the Canada U23 for the 2015 Pan Am Games.[23] In September 2015, he was named to the squad for the 2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship.[24]

Honours[edit]

Club[edit]

Forge FC

Individual[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "CONCACAF Release Forge FC Roster for 2022 Champions League". Forge FC News. February 7, 2022.
  2. ^ Jonathan Grant at the Canadian Soccer Association
  3. ^ a b c "Johnny Grant heads to KRC Genk". Sigma FC. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016.
  4. ^ "Johhny Grant signs with National power Yavapai College for 2012". Sigma FC. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015.
  5. ^ "Yavapai soccer nabs 12 solid recruits for 2012 campaign". Yavapai College. June 19, 2012.
  6. ^ "Le FC Montréal obtient le défenseur latéral droit Jonathan Grant" [FC Montreal gets right-back Jonathan Grant]. RDS (in French). May 14, 2015.
  7. ^ D'Amours, Tristan (May 15, 2015). "FC Montreal Clinches First Win With Shutout". The Link.
  8. ^ Bell, Thad (December 16, 2015). "Swope Park Rangers add four players". The Blue Testament.
  9. ^ Bergabo, Patrik (July 23, 2016). "Recap: Swope Park Rangers cruise to 3-0 win over Orange County Blues FC". Sporting Kansas City.
  10. ^ "Jonathan Grant 2017 L1O Stats". League1 Ontario.
  11. ^ "Toronto Blizzard's Simpson And Sigma FC's Grant Named 2017 League1 Ontario Defenders Of The Year". League1 Ontario. November 6, 2017.
  12. ^ "League1 Ontario Announces 2017 Men's First, Second and Third Team All-Stars". League1 Ontario. November 7, 2017.
  13. ^ "Jonathan Grant klar för Nyköpings BIS" [Jonathan Grant ready for Nyköping's BIS]. Nyköpings BIS (in Swedish). February 26, 2018.
  14. ^ "Jonathan Grant lämnar Nyköping" [Jonathan Grant leaves Nyköping]. Nyköpings BIS (in Swedish). June 20, 2018.
  15. ^ "Forge FC adds Senegalese international Cisse, Canadian international Johnny Grant". Canadian Premier League. February 26, 2019.
  16. ^ "Forge FC knock off Cavalry to climb to top of CPL Fall table". CBC Sports. August 25, 2019.
  17. ^ "Jonathan Grant a quiet, unheralded contributor for Forge FC". Canadian Premier League. October 5, 2019.
  18. ^ "Forge FC re-signs Canadians Grant and Choinière through 2022 CPL season". Forge FC. February 11, 2021.
  19. ^ "Forge FC re-signs Choinière and Grant to multi-year contracts". Forge FC. February 11, 2021.
  20. ^ a b Jacques, John (February 11, 2021). "Forge Secures Grant, Choiniere To Multi-Year Deals". Northern Tribune.
  21. ^ Squizzato, Daniel (January 9, 2015). "Benito Floro eyes future with prospect-filled roster for Canada's upcoming friendlies vs. Iceland". Major League Soccer.
  22. ^ "Jonathan Grant profile". Canadian Olympic Committee.
  23. ^ "Four members of Impact organization to take part in Pan Am Games". Montreal Gazette. June 19, 2015.
  24. ^ "USL Standouts Join Canada For Olympic Qualifying". USL Championship. September 19, 2015.

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