Kayden Jackson

Kayden Pastel Dunn Jackson (born 22 February 1994) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Ipswich Town.

Jackson began his professional career at Swindon Town, having previously played non-league football at Albion Sports. During his time with Swindon he had loan spells at Swindon Supermarine and Oxford City. He moved to Tamworth in 2014, where he spent one season before joining Wrexham in 2015. He moved back into league football in 2016 when he joined Barnsley. He spent one season at Barnsley, including a loan at Grimsby Town. Jackson signed for Accrington Stanley in 2017, helping the club to win the League Two title in his first season at the club. In August 2018, Jackson joined Ipswich Town.

He has also represented England C at international level, making his debut in 2016.

Club Career

Early career

Born in Bradford, Jackson began his career playing youth football at Guiseley and hometown club Bradford City, before being released after suffering a back injury. Following spells on trial with Blackburn Rovers and Leeds United, he joined Northern Counties East League Division One side Albion Sports.

Swindon Town

In January 2013, Jackson was among eleven players taking part in the final of Samsung's Win A Pro Contract competition. He made it into the final cut, along with two other players. In March 2013, Jackson trained with the Swindon development team in a bid to win the 'Win a Pro Contract' competition and played a development team match. The following month, he signed for Swindon Town after winning the 'Win a Pro Contract' competition, signing a twelve-month contract on 1 July 2013.

During his loan spells away from Swindon Town, Jackson was monitored by his parent club in the hopes of making a breakthrough into the first team, with Manager Mark Cooper and local newspaper Swindon Advertiser spoke about. At the end of the 2013–14 season, however, the club released him, along with nine other pl