Jonathan David is a Juventus player: contract until 2030

The purchase of Jonathan David by Juventus is official : the 2000-born striker has signed a 5-year contract with the Bianconeri, until June 30, 2030. The Bianconeri club announced this in a statement.

Juventus also announces that "in exchange for the player's registration, additional costs of 12.5 million will be incurred, payable in three financial years".

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Born in Brooklyn to Haitian parents and then moved to Ottawa, Canada, David grew up playing football with Ottawa Gloucester and Ottawa Internationals before flying to Europe at 17 to wear the Gent jersey : he made his debut with the Belgian team - scoring immediately on his debut - in August 2018, closing his first two seasons as a professional with a haul of 37 goals and 15 assists in 83 appearances and winning the title of top scorer of the Belgian championship in the 2019/2020 season.

Then, in the summer of 2020 , he moved to Lille , where he played in the last five seasons, scoring 87 goals in 178 league appearances and a total of 109 goals and 30 assists in 232 games with the French club . With the club, he won Ligue 1 in 2020/2021 and the French Super Cup the following season.

He made his debut with the Canadian national team in September 2018, scoring two goals on his debut and having collected 66 appearances and 35 goals so far, after having also worn the jersey of the national youth selection. "David is a talented attacker who joins the black and white squad and to whom we give a warm welcome: good work Jonathan, see you on the pitch", the press release continues.