Jayden Onen
Jayden Roy Onen is an English professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder.
Onen is a product of the Arsenal, Crystal Palace and Brighton & Hove Albion academies and began his professional career with Brentford B in 2018. Following spells with the U23 teams at Reading and Sheffield Wednesday, he moved to the United States in 2023. There he played for USL League One clubs Forward Madison, Lexington SC and FC Naples.
Club career
Youth years
An attacking midfielder, Onen began his career in the Arsenal academy, before joining Crystal Palace on a scholarship deal in 2017. He remained at Selhurst Park until December 2017, when he joined the Brighton & Hove Albion academy as a scholar. Onen made one EFL Trophy appearance for Albion's U21 team during the 2018–19 season, before his release in December 2018.English Football League
On 17 December 2018, Onen transferred to the B team at Championship club Brentford and signed an 18-month contract. He made 30 appearances and scored three goals for the B team prior to his release at the end of the [2019–20 Brentford F.C.|Brentford F.C. season|2019–20] season. A one-month loan at National League club Bromley in late 2019 yielded just one injury time substitute appearance.On 6 November 2020, after a successful trial period, Onen joined the U23 team at Championship club Reading on a contract running until the end of the 2020–21 season. During the remainder of the season, he was an unused substitute for the first team on 16 occasions and made two appearances prior to the expiration of his contract.
Following a trial spell, Onen signed a contract running until the end of the 2021–22 season with the U23 team at League One club Sheffield Wednesday. He failed to win a call into a first team matchday squad and was released when his contract expired.