Photo: James Boyes / CC BY 2.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Ethan Pinnock is exactly the kind of player I root for. A towering 194 cm centre-back born in London, he chose to represent Jamaica, honouring his roots in a way I always find quietly moving. What earns my respect, though, is the climb: from non-League sides like Dulwich Hamlet up through the Football League and into the Premier League with Brentford. That is grafted, unglamorous progress, not a path handed to him. I gravitate toward athletes built from the ground up rather than groomed from youth academies, and Pinnock's story has that hard-won texture. Still in his prime, he is a defender well worth watching.
Overview
Ethan Rupert Pinnock (born 29 May 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Brentford. Born in England, he plays for the Jamaica national team. Pinnock began his career in non-League football with Dulwich Hamlet and Forest Green Rovers, before rising to prominence in the English Football League with Barnsley, from whom he transferred to Brentford in 2019.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Ethan Pinnock
- Name (Japanese)
- イーサン・ピノック
- Reading
- いーさん・ぴのっく
- Born
- May 29, 1993 (age 33)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Rooster
- Origin
- London, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 194 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Shirley High School Performing Arts College
- University
- Shirley High School Performing Arts College
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.