Nicolas Jackson
Celebrity
- Birthday
- June 20, 2001
- Age
- 25
- Birthplace
- Senegal
- @jackson.nj11
About
Nicolas Jackson (born 20 June 2001) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Chelsea and the Senegal national team.
Jackson played for Casa Sports in Senegal before joining Villarreal in 2019. After a loan to Mirandés in the Segunda División, he broke through in the reserve team and made his first-team debut in La Liga in 2021. In 2023, he signed an eight-year deal at Chelsea for a reported fee of £32 million.
Jackson made his senior international debut for Senegal in 2022. He was selected in the Senegalese squads for the FIFA World Cup in 2022 and 2026 and the Africa Cup of Nations in 2023 and 2025.
Jackson’s birthplace is uncertain: several sources claim he was born in Banjul, The Gambia, while Chelsea and Bayern official profiles claim he was born in Djibonker, Senegal, to a Gambian father and Senegalese mother. In 2017, in the aftermath of the 2016 Gambian presidential election, the family moved to Ziguinchor, Senegal.
Jackson began playing for local side ASC Tilene before joining Casa Sports, where he was a part of the first team squad during the 2018–19 season. He was also named…
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