Jadon Sancho

Jadon Malik Sancho (born 25 March 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger for Premier League club Aston Villa, on loan from Manchester United.

Previously a youth player with Watford and Manchester City, Sancho signed his first senior contract with Borussia Dortmund in 2017. Over four seasons with the club he made 137 appearances and won the 2019 DFL-Supercup and the 2020–21 DFB-Pokal, where he finished as the tournament's top scorer.

Sancho returned to England to sign for Manchester United in 2021, winning an EFL Cup in his second season. He later spent successive loan spells at Dortmund, where he reached the 2024 UEFA Champions League final, and Chelsea, where he won the UEFA Conference League in 2025 and scored in the final.

Sancho was part of the England youth team that won the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup. He made his debut for the senior team in 2018, later appearing at UEFA Euro 2020.

Early life

Jadon Malik Sancho was born on 25 March 2000 in Camberwell, Greater London, to a mother of English descent and a father of Jamaican and Guyanese descent. He lived in the Guinness Trust Building estate in Kennington. He became friends with fellow aspiring footballer Reiss Nelson, who lived nearby, after they played together in youth tournaments. Growing up, he was a Chelsea fan and looked up to Didier Drogba and Frank Lampard. Sancho's primary inspiration was Ronaldinho, saying in 2018 to Sky Sports that "Ronaldinho was a big influence on me, watching him on YouTube, he used to do things that other people didn't really use to do."