Canadian soccer player Jonathan GrantPersonal 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 * Canadian Premier League: 2019, 2020, 2022 ### Individual[edit] * League1 Ontario Defender of the Year: 2017 * League1 Ontario First Team All Star: 2017 ## 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. ## External links[edit] * Jonathan Grant at the Canadian Soccer Association * Jonathan Grant at Soccerway *[Apps]: League appearances *[Gls]: League goals