Vince193 1,177 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Signed with Gent today. canucklefan, chris_yk, C2SKI and 11 others 14 Link to post Share on other sites
toontownman 3,546 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Congrats and good luck! Link to post Share on other sites
Chad_Impact 1,265 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 wow nice! Link to post Share on other sites
BrennanFan 2,647 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 From his CSA page: Notes Jonathan Christian David... speaks French and English... grew up playing soccer... he was 10 years old when he started playing soccer for Gloucester Dragons Soccer; he was 11 years old when he joined Ottawa Gloucester SC... favourites have included Ronaldinho, Neymar, Cristiano Ronaldo, FC Barcelona... other favourites have included Kevin Durant... For Country he was 15 years old when he made his debut in the Canadian youth program in 2015 at an identification camp... represented Canada at the 2017 CONCACAF Men’s Under-17 Championship in Panama... Link to post Share on other sites
honestseveran 42 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 What position does he play? #pleasebeadefender Link to post Share on other sites
SpecialK 1,379 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 He’s a striker Link to post Share on other sites
shamrock 1,917 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Double passport? Link to post Share on other sites
Boominbooty 379 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 (edited) Great news. This is what we should locus on and support rather than fussing about Tabla becoming the next Messi (or Hargreaves). Edited January 24, 2018 by Boominbooty johnyb, Junkie, Kadenge and 3 others 6 Link to post Share on other sites
BCM 721 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 3 hours ago, shamrock said: Double passport? Or just double first name? Olympique_de_Marseille and TFC2017 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
lazlo_80 270 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 woah, did this come out of the blue or was he a well known commodity? This is amazing. Seems crazy out of the blue to me. Link to post Share on other sites
Ivan 1,086 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 This was announced last year during the U17WC, where (from what I saw) he appeared to be the best player on the team and people were wondering why he was not on the radar of one of the MLS teams. Someone (Ottawafan???) posted he had a contract lined up in Belgium when he turned 18. Link to post Share on other sites
lazlo_80 270 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Well thats fantastic. If this is a first team contract he's basically become a member of the senior team pool. hamiltonfan 1 Link to post Share on other sites
jpg75 13 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Yes it was Ottawafan who said he was in Belgium. David has signed with Gent II as of Jan. 14th (his 18th bday). This info. was posted to the "2000 age group" thread. Link to post Share on other sites
Obinna 9,269 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Is this a first team contract? Link to post Share on other sites
badname22 470 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 29 minutes ago, Obinna said: Is this a first team contract? 36 minutes ago, jpg75 said: Yes it was Ottawafan who said he was in Belgium. David has signed with Gent II as of Jan. 14th (his 18th bday). This info. was posted to the "2000 age group" thread. Obinna 1 Link to post Share on other sites
matty 3,282 Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 How did this kid not have a thread until yesterday? He was up for U17 player of the year Link to post Share on other sites
1998 9 Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 Reserve team, I believe. Link to post Share on other sites
miel de maple 23 Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 (edited) David is an extremely exciting prospect. Think of him as a Suarez model of striker: suprisingly mobile, quick, but strong and excellent with the ball at his feet for your typical centre forward.. and that’s the problem - he is so good with the ball that it is tempting to move him to the wings, but his nose for goal means you want him in the box. If he can bulk up and proove he can joistle with grown centre halves then that’s when you’ll see people take notice - and is what we need to wait for before throwing too much expectations his way . Fingers crossed he can. Luckily Gent is the perfect place to help him do it. Edited January 27, 2018 by miel de maple Bikerack, C2SKI, johnyb and 1 other 4 Link to post Share on other sites
Dominic94 1,403 Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 Isn't he the guy who out shone Davies at a point ? Link to post Share on other sites
Ivan 1,086 Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 1 hour ago, Dominic94 said: Isn't he the guy who out shone Davies at a point ? In limited viewings, I really liked what I have seen of David. But outshining Davies may be pushing it (so far). Would be nice to see them pushing each other in the future though! Link to post Share on other sites
jpg75 13 Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 David is playing with the U21/Reserves in the Belgian Reserve league. Looks like there are no reports for the first 2 matches of this half-season that started Jan. 22nd, the day before David signed. Gent beat Genk 2-4 away (he would not have played anyways) and lost to Anderlecht 1-3 at home on the 29th (might have played). The reports for the last 3 matches are below: Scored the equalizer and assisted on the winner in a 1-2 victory at Brugges on Feb. 5th http://www.kaagent.be/nl/supporter/news/06-02-2018/beloften-kloppen-club-brugge-1-2 On the 12th he scored 2 goals in a 4-4 draw at home to Standard Liege. http://www.kaagent.be/nl/supporter/news/13-02-2018/beloften-vechten-zich-naar-gelijkspel Went 90 in a 2-1 loss at Oostende last Monday 19th. http://www.kaagent.be/nl/supporter/news/20-02-2018/beloften-onderuit-tegen-kv-oostende miel de maple, Shortdutchcanuck, toontownman and 7 others 9 1 Link to post Share on other sites
jpg75 13 Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 From what i can tell most of the players on his team are 98's and 99's with a few 97's. Link to post Share on other sites
toontownman 3,546 Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Making a good impression then. Good stuff. CNMNTPERUELIGIBLE 1 Link to post Share on other sites
jpg75 13 Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 Johnny scored twice again last night in a 5-2 home win over Mechelen. http://www.kaagent.be/nl/supporter/news/27-02-2018/beloften-halen-uit-tegen-kv-mechelen It appears that some overage players are allowed, Gent had two overagers (90 & 93 born) in the lineup. SpecialK, Greatest Cockney Rip Off, deschamp86 and 4 others 7 Link to post Share on other sites
Toje 575 Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 maccaliam, Bison44, Kent and 7 others 7 3 Link to post Share on other sites
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