Jason Knight (footballer)

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Jason Knight
Personal information
Full name Jason Paul Knight[1]
Date of birth (2001-02-13) 13 February 2001 (age 20)
Place of birth Dublin, Ireland
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Derby County
Number 38
Youth career
2005–2017 Cabinteely[2]
2017–2019 Derby County
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019– Derby County 92 (10)
National team‡
2017–2018 Republic of Ireland U17 12 (0)
2018 Republic of Ireland U18 3 (0)
2018–2019 Republic of Ireland U19 6 (1)
2019– Republic of Ireland U21 7 (1)
2020– Republic of Ireland 9 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 January 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 4 December 2021 (UTC)

Jason Paul Knight (born 13 February 2001) is an Irish footballer who plays as a midfielder for EFL Championship club Derby County and the Republic of Ireland national team.[3]

Club career[]

Early career[]

Knight began his career at Cabinteely, playing for the club from age 4.[4] He was signed by Derby County at age 16.[5]

Derby County[]

Knight made his first team debut on 5 August 2019 in a 2–1 win away at Huddersfield Town.[6] On 22 January 2020 Knight signed a new contract with Derby running until June 2023 .[7]

On 16 January 2021, Knight was handed his first captaincy for Derby County, in Wayne Rooney's first game as coach.[8]

International career[]

Knight has represented his native Ireland at every level from under-15 right up to under-21 and made his debut for the senior team away to Finland on 14 October 2020. He made his full debut against Bulgaria in the UEFA Nations League 18 November 2020.[9] Knight scored his first senior international goal on the 3 June 2021 in a 4–1 win over Andorra in a friendly at the Estadi Nacional.[10]

Personal life[]

Jason was educated in Clonkeen College, Deansgrange, Co Dublin. [4][11]

His brother Kevin Knight is also a footballer, a former Leicester City youth and Republic of Ireland under-19 international currently playing with League of Ireland First Division club Bray Wanderers, having previously played for Cabinteely, Shamrock Rovers B, Athlone Town and Longford Town.[12]

Career statistics[]

As of 31 December 2021[13]
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Derby County 2019–20 Championship 31 6 3 0 1 0 — 35 6
2020–21 43 2 0 0 2 1 — 45 3
2021–22 17 2 0 0 0 0 — 17 2
Career total 91 10 3 0 3 1 0 0 97 11

International[]

As of match played 3 June 2021[14]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Republic of Ireland 2020 3 0
2021 6 1
Total 9 1
Scores and results list the Republic of Ireland's goal tally first.[15]
No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 3 June 2021 Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella, Andorra  Andorra 3–1 4–1 Friendly

Honours[]

Individual[]

  • FAI Under-16 International Player of the Year for 2017.[16]

References[]

  1. ^ "Notification of shirt numbers: Derby County" (PDF). English Football League. p. 24. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Jason heading off to join the Rams". Cabinteely F.C. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  3. ^ Jason Knight at Soccerway
  4. ^ a b "Jason heading off to join the Rams". Cabinteely Football Club.
  5. ^ Watson, Chris (27 August 2019). "How Jason Knight became Derby County first-team prospect". Derby Telegraph.
  6. ^ "Huddersfield 1–2 Derby". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  7. ^ "Derby Duo Knight And Whittaker Pen New Contracts". Derby County. 22 January 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  8. ^ "Knight captains Derby as Rooney begins with late defeat". 2021-01-16. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  9. ^ "Ireland's miserable run continues with goalless draw against Bulgaria". The 42. 19 November 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  10. ^ "Troy Parrott brace rescues Ireland from humiliating defeat to Andorra". The 42. 3 June 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  11. ^ "Kevin Knight". Extratime.ie.
  12. ^ "Republic of Ireland - K. Knight - Profile". Soccerway.
  13. ^ "Jason Knight". Soccerbase.
  14. ^ "Jason Knight". eu-football.info/. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  15. ^ "Jason Knight". Soccerbase.
  16. ^ Malone, Emmet (18 March 2018). "Shane Duffy named FAI Player of the Year". The Irish Times. Under-16 Men Jason Knight.

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