Jonathan Rowe (footballer, born 2003)
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 Rowe training for Marseille in 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Jonathan David Henry Rowe[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 30 April 2003[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Westminster, England[3] | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[4] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Winger | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Bologna | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 11 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | AFC Wembley | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2021 | Norwich City | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2025 | Norwich City | 48 | (12) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | → Marseille (loan) | 28 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025 | Marseille | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Bologna | 22 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2023–2025 | England U21 | 10 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:32, 12 April 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 18:34, 26 June 2025 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Jonathan David Henry Rowe (born 30 April 2003) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger for Serie A club Bologna.
Norwich City
A youth product of Norwich City, Rowe signed his first professional contract with the club on 20 October 2021.[5]
He was nominated for the December 2021 Premier League 2 player of the month after some impressive performances for Norwich City's Under-23s. He made his professional debut with Norwich on 28 December 2021, coming on as a late substitute in the 68th minute in a 3–0 Premier League loss to Crystal Palace.[6]
His first-team breakthrough came at the beginning of the 2023–24 season, establishing himself through five goals in the first five games in all competitions.[7] These impressive performances saw him awarded the EFL Young Player of the Month award for August 2023.[8]
Rowe was awarded the Sky Bet Championship Goal of the Month in January for the goal he scored against Hull City on 11 January 2024.[9]
Rowe was shortlisted for the 2024 EFL Awards for EFL Championship Young Player of the Season alongside Archie Gray and Jordan James.[10]
Marseille
On 23 August 2024, Rowe joined Ligue 1 club Marseille on an initial season-long loan with an obligation to buy for €15 million with add-ons included.[11][12] He made his debut with the club in a 2–2 draw against Reims on 25 August,[13] and scored his first goal in a 3–2 victory over Lyon on 22 September.[14][15] On 14 May 2025, it was reported that Rowe would transfer permanently to Marseille via the obligation to buy clause in the loan contract.[16]
On 19 August 2025, Marseille announced that they had transfer-listed Rowe and team-mate Adrien Rabiot due to what they called "unacceptable behaviour" in the dressing room after a 1–0 away defeat to Stade Rennais.[17] Manager, Roberto De Zerbi, said “it was a bar fight, in front of the sporting director, in front of the coach” and that “no teeth were broken during the fight, but it was a fight like I've never seen in all my years in football” and added the ferocity of the confrontation shocked those present.[18]
Bologna
On 24 August 2025, Rowe signed with Serie A club Bologna in Italy.[19] Later that year, on 4 December, he scored his first goal for the club in a 2–1 win over Parma in the Coppa Italia.[20]
International career
Born in England, Rowe is of Jamaican descent and holds dual British-Jamaican citizenship.[21] In October 2023, he received his first call-up to the England under-21 national team for two 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifiers against Serbia and Ukraine.[22][23] He then made his debut for the Young Lions in the former game, on 12 October, coming on as a substitute for Liam Delap in the 69th minute;[24] he went on to score his first goal for the team, contributing to a 9–1 win.[24][25]
Rowe took part in the 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, scoring from a Tino Livramento cross in England's first match of the tournament, a 3–1 win against the Czech Republic.[26] He then featured in the final and scored the winning goal in a 3–2 win against Germany in the 92nd minute during extra time, flicking a cross from Tyler Morton into the bottom-left corner of the net.[27]