The Athletic exclusively reported Bournemouth's young center forward Daniel Jebbison has officially declared as Canada's national team player..

The Athletic's resident renowned Canadian Toronto FC team correspondent Joshua Kloke, exclusively reported on Tuesday that Bournemouth's young center forward Daniel Jebbison has officially declared as the nation's national team player.

According to Kloke's report, the Canadian Football Association had been planning to try to get Jebbison to declare a few years ago, but because the player has been unwilling to give up playing for the England youth national teams in the past few years, his declaring procedures has been repeatedly delayed.

In fact, the Canadian Football Association had intended to call-up Jebbison to its senior national team squad list for the CONCACAF Gold Cup in the summer of 2023, but because the player had just been called-up to the England U21s national team's U21s FIFA World Cup squad list at the time, and Jebbison had not declared yet, the plan was eventually forced to be shelved.

After the CONCACAF Gold Cup, the Canadia national team's American head coach Jesse Marsch approached Jebison several times to try to change his mind.

In the end, the Bournemouth teenager was finally persuaded at the end of February and has completed the formalities of being declared as a Canadia national team player.

Currently, after FIFA completes the review and approval of his declaring procedures, Jebbison will be allowed to officially make his Canadia national team debut for Les Rouges.

At the same time, Kloke also revealed that the Canadian Football Association is also completing the procedures for Royale Union Saint-Gilloise's striker Promise David, who is of Nigerian descent to be declared as a Canadia national team player.

He said that since David has played for the Nigeria national team in the U23s African Cup of Nations, his declaring procedures will be more complicated, but FIFA has sent a written notice to the Canadian Football Association allowing David to try to be declared as a Canadia national team player.

About Daniel Jebbison

Daniel Jebbison, who is only 21 years old, was born on July 11, 2003 in Oakville, Ontario, Canada. He is 1.9 meters tall and plays as a center forward. He has dual Canadian and English citizenship.

Jebbison played for the local ANB Football Academy in Ontario when he was a child,. After immigrating to England with his family at the age of 13 and settling in Derby County, he played for the school team of a local secondary sports school. In 2018, he was spotted by a scout and joined the Sheffield United youth academy.

In December 2020, Jebbison was loaned-out to non-league club Chorley. After returning to the club following the end of his loan spell in the spring of the following year, Jebbison completed his Sheffield United first-team debut by coming on as a substitute in May 2021.

On the summer transfer window deadline day of the same year, Jebbison was loaned-out to Burton Albion.

After returning to the club following the end of his loan spell  in the summer of 2022, Jebbison officially became a member of the Sheffield United first team.

In July 2024, Jebbison joined Bournemouth for £1.5 million and was loaned-out to Watford a month later. However, due to the serious injury of the team's main center forward Evanilson, Jebbison was recalled in January this year.

So far this season, Jebbison has played 12 times for the Premier League dark horse in all competitions and scored 2 goals.

About Promise David

The 23-year-old Promise David was born on July 3, 2001 in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. He is 1.95 meters tall and mainly plays as a center forward. He can also play as an attacking midfielder. He has dual citizenship of Canada and Nigeria.

David joined the Toronto FC youth academy since he was a child. In 2016, he transferred to the Vaughan Azzurri youth academy. In 2019, he joined the Trnje Zagreb youth academy. In 2021, he joined the FC Tulsa youth academy, but was released the following summer.

After leaving the FC Tulsa youth academy, David joined Valletta as a free agent in January 2022, and completed his Valletta first-team debut by coming on as a substitute as a substitute a few weeks later.

During his time at Valletta, David reached the Maltese FA Cup final with the club.

In the summer of the same year, David moved to Sirens, but only got a few opportunities to play.

In February 2023, David joined the Estonian Premier League powerhouse Nõmme Kalju for €25,000, during which he attracted the attention of Brighton with his high goalscoring efficiency.

In July 2024, David joined Royale Union Saint-Gilloise for €250,000.

So far this season, David has played 29 times for the Jupiler Pro League powerhouse in all competitions, scoring 14 goals and 5 assists, as well as winning the Belgian Super Cup with the club.