Jon Russell

Jonathan Edward Russell is a professional footballer with Huddersfield Town and plays as a midfielder.

Russell was born on October 9, 2000, in Hounslow, England. His youth career was with Chelsea Football Club from 2007 to 2020. He turned professional in 2017. He was loaned to Accrington Stanley from October 2020 to 2021. He then moved to Huddersfield Town in July 2021.

According to the Deseret News, “every year, three English soccer teams are promoted from the country’s second division to replace the three worst teams in the Premier League. Jon Russell helped bring Huddersfield within a single goal of promotion this spring. Agonizingly, the team lost 1-0 in the final play-in game. In the process, Russell was the subject of two major features, one in the Telegraph and the other in The Athletic, both of which featured his unique place as a Latter-day Saint in British soccer.”[1]