Phil Foden
Philip Walter Foden is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Manchester City and the England national team. He made his debut for City in July 2017 and has since made over 80 appearances for the club. In 2019, he won a second Premier League and became the club’s youngest-ever goalscorer in the UEFA Champions League. In December, he was named BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year for the second time in his career.
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Philip Walter Foden is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Manchester City and the England national team. He made his debut for City in July 2017 and has since made over 80 appearances for the club, winning eight honours including becoming the youngest recipient of a Premier League winners’ medal. In 2019, he won a second Premier League and became the club’s youngest-ever goalscorer in the UEFA Champions League, and is the youngest English player to both start a match and score in the knockout stages of the competition. In December, he was named BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year for the second time in his career. He was born in Stockport, Greater Manchester, and joined the club at the age of eight. He attended St Bede’s College, with his tuition fees being paid for by Manchester City. He has also represented England at Under-17 level, winning the FIFA U-17 World Cup Golden Ball award in 2017. He is also a member of the England Under-21 and Under-16 World Cup winning squads.
He also played for the England U-21 World Cup squad in 2014 and 2015. He won the FA Youth Cup with the Under-19s in 2013 and 2014, and the UEFA Under-18 Champions League with the U-18s in 2015 and 2016. He played in the 2014 World Cup final for England at Rio de Janeiro, scoring the winning goal in the final against Croatia. In July 2017, he signed a three-year deal with Manchester City, with the option to extend it for a further two years. In November, he became the first player born in the year 2000 to start a Champions League match in the competition, doing so in a 2–1 defeat to Shakhtar Donetsk. In February 2018, he helped City secure a 3–0 victory against Arsenal at Wembley Stadium. In March, he scored his first Champions League goal of the last 16 tie against Schalke, helping the club equal the record for the largest winning margin for the competition in the second leg.
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