Jonathan David is the symbol of the new North American generation The journey that took the Lille striker from Canada to the top in Ligue 1

"I need to play and grow. I know that before my signing with Lille great teams looked for me, but I think it is better to continue to grow by playing and managing pressure in a healthy way".

Calm, quiet and professional: this is Jonathan David Jr's approach to football and life, a striker who started from Canada and has arrived at Lille OSC, first in the standings in Ligue 1. His story is a journey that started in Brooklyn, passing by Haiti - the birthplace of his parents - and Ottawa, and now in France. Together with his international teammate Alphonso Davies, as well as other talents such as Dest, Pulisic, McKennie and Reyna, David represents a new type of footballer who is finally changing how fans look at soccer across the ocean thanks to remarkable sporting achievements and a different approach to being a football player. In the US, the American Messi or Ronaldo has been sought for years, crushing talents with pressure and expectations both on and off the pitch. Today the new generation has a greater awareness of the sacrifices of the profession and that talent alone is not enough to be a successful footballer and a happy man.

This attitude is also reflected in Jonathan's aesthetics, captured by Camille Lepen's shots on the Lille boulevards.

Fly Nowhere, a New York agency that among many football-cultur projects manages the art direction of Venezia FC, has also bet on him and is the first player to join the team of the agency. Winning a bet, in Jonathan David's idea, is not that difficult. Just remember Iceman's 3 laws: "Feet on the ground, disciplines and priorities".