Carl Daniel Jenkinson was born on 8 February 1992 and is an English professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Newcastle Jets in the Australian A-League.
35 Facts About Carl Jenkinson
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Carl Jenkinson represented both England and Finland at youth level before making his debut for the senior England team in 2012.
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Carl Jenkinson joined Charlton Athletic as a seven-year-old, and took up a scholarship in 2008.
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Carl Jenkinson joined Conference South club Welling United on work experience terms in January 2010, and made ten league appearances.
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Carl Jenkinson made five appearances in the first month, including a man-of-the-match performance in the FA Trophy against Boreham Wood, before being recalled by Charlton.
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Carl Jenkinson went straight into the starting eleven at right-back for the Football League Trophy Southern Section semi-final clash with Brentford at Griffin Park, and played the whole match as Brentford won the penalty shoot-out after a goalless draw.
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Carl Jenkinson made seven more league appearances that season, all as a starter.
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Carl Jenkinson made his Premier League debut against Liverpool, four days later, starting at right-back.
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Carl Jenkinson kept his place in the team, starting in the second leg against Udinese and then in an eventful Premier League fixture against Manchester United at Old Trafford.
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Carl Jenkinson's performances improved, earning appreciation from teammates, media, and the England manager.
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On 31 July 2014, Carl Jenkinson joined fellow London-based top-flight club West Ham United for a season-long loan deal.
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Carl Jenkinson quickly established himself as the team's first-choice right-back and impressed pundits and fans with his consistent displays and good form.
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Carl Jenkinson received plaudits for his performance which was focused more on attack than defence and he had a chance early on to open the scoring.
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Carl Jenkinson himself disagreed, and concluded that if he was out of the team, he needed to move to a club where he would play regularly.
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Carl Jenkinson remained at Arsenal for the rest of the season, but did not play for the first team.
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Carl Jenkinson hoped that regular football would restart his stagnating career.
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Carl Jenkinson made his return to the first team when he started the FA Cup tie against Huddersfield Town on 27 January 2018, and earned a league start two weeks later, replacing the injured Jonathan Grounds.
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Under new head coach Unai Emery, Carl Jenkinson made eight appearances across all competitions.
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Arsenal didn't concede a single goal whilst Carl Jenkinson was on the pitch in each of their last 3 UEFA Europa League group stage matches against Sporting CP, Vorskla and Qarabag.
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On 7 August 2019, Carl Jenkinson signed a three-year deal with Championship club Nottingham Forest for an undisclosed fee.
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Carl Jenkinson featured irregularly for Forest under both Sabri Lamouchi and Chris Hughton, being used mainly as a rotation option.
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On 19 January 2022, Carl Jenkinson joined Australian A-League side Melbourne City on loan until the end of the season.
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On 10 June 2022, Nottingham Forest announced Carl Jenkinson would be leaving the club once his contract expired.
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Carl Jenkinson made his first A-League appearance as a substitute against Central Coast Mariners.
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Carl Jenkinson scored his first goal for the club less than 20 minutes after coming on to replace Kerrin Stokes.
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Carl Jenkinson played in all of the remaining fixtures as Melbourne City finished the season as 'Premiers'.
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Carl Jenkinson scored one goal in six matches, against Jeonnam Dragons.
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Carl Jenkinson has an English father and a Finnish-Swede mother, and represented both England and Finland at youth international level.
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Carl Jenkinson played for England at under-17 level, but then switched his allegiances to Finland at under-18 level.
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In October 2012, England manager Roy Hodgson confirmed that Carl Jenkinson had trained with the senior team prior to their World Cup qualifier against Poland, after fellow right-back Kyle Walker withdrew, and that the player had elected to make himself available for England rather than Finland in future, despite the increased competition for places.
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In October 2013, Carl Jenkinson was first called up to the England U21 squad for European Championship qualifiers against Lithuania and San Marino.
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Carl Jenkinson kept his place in the squad for the following qualifiers, one of which was against his former team Finland U21, a match in which he started.
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Carl Jenkinson was born in Harlow, Essex, to an English father, Steve, and a Finnish-Swedish mother, Hayde; he has an older brother, Marc.
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Carl Jenkinson was raised in Buckhurst Hill, and attended Davenant Foundation School in nearby Loughton.
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Carl Jenkinson is a boyhood Arsenal fan, and attended matches with his father and brother.