- Below are interesting stories about bright young talents in English football that you may have never heard before!
Jude Bellingham is a midfielder for Borussia Dortmund and a player for the England national team. Born on June 29, 2003 in Stourbidge (England), he started his professional football career at Birmingham City. After that, the star born in 2003 continuously achieved incredible leaps. By the summer of 2020, Dortmund successfully recruited the number one talent in foggy football.
Since joining Dortmund, Bellingham’s talent has continued to be discovered. He is currently one of the most watchable young players in Europe. Bellingham’s strengths are his technique, mature playing style, and courageous playing spirit, which has helped him be compared to some of the world’s top players at the present time. Although still young, Bellingham has achieved many memorable milestones and a bright future is waiting for him ahead.
In November 2020, Bellingham debuted for England, becoming the third youngest player in history to ever play for the Three Lions . He quickly showed his influence and is capable of becoming the world’s top star next year.
This young star also has many interesting stories on and off the field. Have you ever heard of it?
The family has a sporting tradition
Bellingham’s love of football was influenced by his father, Mark, a famous name in amateur leagues. Throughout his career, he scored over 700 goals.
Jobe’s younger brother is also a professional player and plays for Birmingham City.
Birmingham is the place to start
Bellingham has been a fan of Birmingham City since he was a child. At the age of 7, he joined this team in 2010.
Competing in the U23 tournament at the age of 15!
At 15 years old, Bellingham debuted for the Birmingham City U23 team in May 2019. He is also one of the youngest players to ever play for this club’s U23 team, and quickly left a strong impression. Bellingham’s promotion journey happened extremely quickly and not long after, he was promoted to the first team. He had his first professional match in August 2019, not long after debuting for the U23 team.
An excellent product of Birmingham
At the age of 16 years and 38 days, Bellingham became the second youngest player to make his debut for Birmingham City. He was also the youngest player to have a starting match in the domestic league at the age of 16 years and 63 days. At the age of 16 years and 63 days, he became the youngest player to ever score for this club.
Choose Dortmund, refuse Man United!
MU was one of the clubs interested in Bellingham in the summer of 2020. In fact, this young player was actively pursued by many teams in Europe. But in the end, Bellingham chose Dortmund, which elevated his career and turned him into one of the most watchable talents in Europe.
Youngest English player to ever score in the Champions League
Bellingham is the youngest player to ever score in the Champions League. This achievement was established by him on November 24, 2020, in the match between Dortmund and Club Brugge in the group stage. At that time, Bellingham was only 17 years and 85 days old, becoming the youngest English player to score at this playground.
Dortmund’s youngest scorer
Bellingham is Dortmund’s youngest scorer in the Bundesliga. He scored his first goal on November 21, 2020 at the age of 17 years and 82 days, breaking the old record belonging to Nuirn Sahin.
The third youngest player to ever play for England
At the age of 17 years and 136 days, Bellingham became the third youngest player to ever play for England, in the friendly match against the Republic of Ireland taking place on November 12, 2020.
The second youngest England international to ever score at a World Cup
With his goal against Iran on England’s opening day at the 2022 World Cup, Bellingham went down in history as the second youngest player to ever score at the biggest football festival on the planet. At that time, he was only 19 years and 145 days old, an achievement only inferior to Michael Owen.
Idolize Rooney and Gerrard
Since childhood, Bellingham has been a fan of two icons of English football, Wayne Rooney and Steven Gerrard. On Bundesliga.com , he revealed:
“For me, it’s always been Wayne Rooney and Steven Gerrard. When I was little, the one thing I always wanted was a Birmingham shirt. And after that, I also wanted to see Wayne Rooney and wanted both Wayne Rooney and Steven Gerrard’s jerseys.
They are idols and I want to have the same playing style as them, because I admire them so much. Yes, those are my two biggest football idols.”
