Jon Moncayola Tollar (born 13 May 1998) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a

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for CA Osasuna.

Club career

Moncayola was born in

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, and was a CA Osasuna youth graduate having joined the club aged 10. Not initially marked out as a top prospect, he made his senior debut with the farm team in the 2017–18 season, in

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; during that campaign he also appeared with the reserves in

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, and spent the next season with them but at the lower Tercera level following relegation – they regained their Segunda B status at the first attempt. On 3 June 2019, Moncayola renewed his contract with the

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club until 2021. He made his professional – and

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– debut on 17 August 2019, starting in a 1–0 away defeat of

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. On 28 November 2019, Moncayola further extended his contract until 2024, and scored his first professional goal three days later, netting his team's third in a 4–2 away defeat of

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. On 8 June 2021, Moncayola signed a new ten-year contract with Osasuna, running until June 2031. Osasuna also confirmed that his release clause would be €22m (£18.9m) for the next two seasons, before being reduced to €20m for the eight following campaigns, and €8m if the club was relegated.

International career

Moncayola featured in all three of Spain's U-21 group stage fixtures at the European Championship in March 2021. He missed the knock-out stage of the tournament in May 2021 due to testing positive for

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Career statistics

Honours

Spain U23 *

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silver medal:

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Moncayola, Jon 1998 births Living people People from Tafalla (comarca) Spanish footballers Footballers from Navarre Association football midfielders La Liga players Segunda División B players Tercera División players CA Osasuna B players CA Osasuna players Spain under-21 international footballers Olympic footballers of Spain Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in football Olympic silver medalists for Spain Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics