Jonathan David

Jonathan David is a forward in Canada's preliminary 32-man squad for the 2026 World Cup, named in the training-camp roster announced on 25 May 2026 ahead of the final 26. The Juventus striker is 26 at kick-off and is Canada's all-time leading men's scorer, bringing 39 goals in 75 caps into a side captained by Alphonso Davies.

Canada qualified automatically as co-hosts and were drawn in Group B with Switzerland, Qatar and Bosnia and Herzegovina, opening in Toronto on 12 June. A two-time Canada Soccer Player of the Year, in 2019 and 2024, David gives Jesse Marsch's high-pressing 4-4-2 a proven goalscorer on home soil, four years after featuring at Qatar 2022 in Canada's first World Cup since 1986.

Jonathan David is a forward whose game is about movement and finishing. He is Canada's all-time leading men's scorer, with 39 goals in 75 caps, and set a single-season scoring record for a Canadian in one of Europe's top-five leagues.

That return marks him as a striker built on goals rather than build-up play. In Jesse Marsch's pressing 4-4-2, his finishing is the part of his game that matters most.

As Canada's all-time leading scorer, Jonathan David brings a proven goal threat to the slot: 39 goals in 75 caps, the work of a forward whose game is movement and finishing. That scoring record is what makes him a forward worth a card slot.

Group B sends Jesse Marsch's side to face Switzerland, Qatar and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Canada come in at £10m, a Tier 4 outlay within the game's £200m card budget.