Jonathan William Panzo (born 25 October 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Coventry City, on loan from Premier league club Nottingham Forest.
![]() Panzo playing for Dijon in 2021 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jonathan William Panzo[1] | ||
Date of birth | (2000-10-25) 25 October 2000 (age 22) | ||
Place of birth | Brockley, London, England | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Club 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) | 18 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
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 12:45, 13 November 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:14, 13 November 2020 (UTC) |
Panzo was born in Brockley, London to parents from the Ivory Coast.[3]
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]
On 30 August 2019, Panzo joined Belgian club Cercle Brugge on a season-long loan.[6]
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]
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]
On 13 July 2022, Panzo joined Coventry City on loan for the 2022–23 season.[13][14]
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]
Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Monaco II | 2018–19[2] | Championnat National 2 | 22 | 1 | — | 22 | 1 | |||||
Monaco | 2018–19[2] | Ligue 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
2019–20[2] | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |||
Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Cercle Brugge (loan) | 2019–20[2] | Belgian First Division A | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | |
Dijon | 2020–21[2] | Ligue 1 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 23 | 0 | |
2021–22[2] | Ligue 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | ||
Total | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
Dijon II | 2021–22[2] | Championnat National 3 | 4 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |||||
Nottingham Forest | 2021–22[22] | EFL Championship | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
2022–23[23] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Coventry City (loan) | 2022–23[23] | EFL Championship | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | |
Career totals | 86 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 1 |
England U17
Individual
Coventry City F.C. – current squad | |
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