Jonathan David

Career
American born David moved over to Belgium (from Canada) after he impressed the Genk scouts as a youth player whilst representing Ottawa and the Canada under 18's sides. He gained his pro contract for the Belgium Premiership side in the 18/19 season. This saw him score 14 goals in 43 games with the next year being even better. 23 goals in 40 appearances saw him gain the Belgium League top scorers trophy. This impressed German side SV Werder Bremen who paid a reported £30 Million for the young attacking midfielder. By this point, he was a key member of the Canadian national squad, gaining their player of the year award in 2020. Over the next 5 seasons he played 97 games, scoring 31 over this time frame. This helped Bremen stay in the Bundesliga after struggling to avoid relegation previously to this. The 24/25 season came and he made a £31.5 Million move to Spanish side Real Hispalis. Over the next 4 seasons he managed a total of 47 goals in only 89 games, which in the 27/28 season caught the attention of Italian giants Juventus. They offered £29 Million for the now 26 year old, where again he impressed. He only stayed at in Italy for 2 and a half seasons, scoring 25 in 76 games. In these seasons it saw him gain some silverware for the first time in his career. He now holds a Serie A, Italian Cup, Champions League and Euro Super Cup medal in this short amount of time. The offer that made him move away from Italy was a lucrative £108,000,000 offer from Spanish side FC Barcelona. Unfortunately, David couldn't find his world class form over the two seasons he spent at the Camp Nou. 13 goals in 40 appearances didn't impress the fans enough, and with no silverware, Barcelona decided to release the now 32 year old, loosing out on a massive amount of money. David looked for one last challenge before retirement, and with him now not playing international football, it had to be at club level. Gateshead were looking for some players with experience and success, so manager Ireland decided to give him a one year contract worth an eye watering £93k a week. (highest of anyone at the club at the time). Despite of his age, he still managed to impress Luke, scoring 10 (3rd in the club) goals and assisting 2 over the year, which in turn helped the club to win their first ever Premier League title. The next year saw him play a lot less, although the now 35 year old, scored 3 and assisted 1 in only 24 bench appearances. He was on the bench for both the FA Cup and Champions League victory's that year. This was when Jonathan announced his retirement after a very impressive and successful career. David's total transfer fee's add up to over £200,000,000 through his 16 year playing career.