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Jude Bellingham

Jude Bellingham

England flagEngland

Midfielder#10Age 23Real Madrid

Generational Midfielder

“Power, intelligence, and perfectly timed runs make him a complete midfield threat.”

  • England flag57Caps
  • 17International goals
  • 23AgeBorn 29 Jun 2003
  • Real MadridClubSince 2023
  • UEFA Super CupLeague
  • England flagEnglandNational team

The shape of him

A dynamic midfielder combining strength, close control, and intelligent movement into the box. In LaLiga, Bellingham creates chances between the lines, carries the ball forward, and threatens goal with well-timed runs.

The job

At Real Madrid, he links midfield with attack, presses opponents, and drives forward to support the forwards. His versatility allows him to contribute both creatively and defensively.

Playing style

Percentile against midfielders we track

Passing: 86Creativity: 88Ball carrying: 87Ball winning: 78Duels: 85Goal threat: 86Passing86Creativity88Ballcarrying87Ballwinning78Duels85Goalthreat86

Honours 12

  • 2Super Cup2024
  • 2UEFA Super Cup2024
  • 2FIFA Intercontinental Cup2024
  • 2La Liga2023/24
  • 2UEFA Champions League2023/24
  • 2DFB Pokal2020/21

Career journey

  1. England2024 – 2025England
  2. Real Madrid2025 – 2026Real Madrid
  3. England2025 – 2027England
  4. Real Madrid2026 – PresentReal Madrid
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YearsClubAppsGoals
2026 – PresentReal Madrid83
2025 – 2027England147
2025 – 2026Real Madrid459
2024 – 2025England184
2024 – 2025Real Madrid5715
2023 – 2024England51
2023 – 2024Borussia Dortmund10
2023 – 2024Real Madrid4824
2022 – 2023England121
2022 – 2023Borussia Dortmund4614
2021 – 2022England20
2021 – 2022England U2141
2020 – 2022Borussia Dortmund9111
2020 – 2021England110
2019 – 2020Birmingham444
2018 – 2019Birmingham City U1810

Quick facts

Full name
Jude Bellingham
Date of birth
29 Jun 2003 (23)
Place of birth
Stourbridge
Nationality
England flagEngland
Preferred foot
Right
Position
Attacking Midfielder
Also plays as
Central Midfielder
Current club
RM
Real Madrid
Joined
1 Jul 2023
Contract expires
30 Jun 2031

Scouting note

A powerful, technically gifted midfielder with strong positional awareness and a consistent goal threat. His ability to influence both phases makes him a key asset for Real Madrid.

Bellingham

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Our rating from last season's club stats, against every outfield player we track. Pace is set by our editors. Some numbers set by our editors. Not an EA SPORTS FC rating.

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RM
Bellingham
78
PAC
85
SHO
84
PAS
87
DRI
78
DEF
86
PHY

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Recent matches

Latest matches
DateCompetitionOpponentVenueResultMinutesRating
18 Oct 2026La Liga - SpainLa Liga - SpainSevilla flagSevillaHW4–170'7.7
14 Oct 2026UEFA Champions LeagueUEFA Champions LeagueAS Roma crestAS RomaAW4–390'6.4
10 Oct 2026La Liga - SpainLa Liga - SpainVillarreal flagVillarrealHW1–090'6.2
6 Oct 2026UEFA Nations LeagueUEFA Nations LeagueCzechia flagCzechiaHW3–073'7.2
3 Oct 2026UEFA Nations LeagueUEFA Nations LeagueCroatia flagCroatiaAW7–090'9.3
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Earlier matches
DateCompetitionOpponentVenueResultMinutesRating
29 Sep 2026UEFA Nations LeagueUEFA Nations LeagueCzechia flagCzechiaAW2–019'6.7

More on Jude Bellingham

Season by season

Club football, all competitions

SeasonClubLeagueAppsMinsGoalsAssists
25/26Real MadridAll competitions392,71785
24/25Real MadridAll competitions574,6141512
23/24Real MadridAll competitions443,4382312
22/23Borussia DortmundAll competitions443,558146
21/22Borussia DortmundAll competitions413,532411

England's hope or England's hype?

The Bellingham discourse is the English national mood, distilled. cornerflick's read below.

Why they love him

England's first real 10 in a generation.

  • Two Champions Leagues by 22. A list that is currently exactly one English midfielder long.
  • Scored in two CL finals. The Wembley one was at home, in the city he played schoolboy football in.
  • England's leading scorer in qualifying — from midfield. The number 10 brief, finally landed.
  • The big-moment instinct is repeatable — three late equalisers in two major tournaments before age 22.

Why they don't

The England-shirt drop.

  • Club Bellingham and England Bellingham are not the same player yet. The Euros final showed it.
  • Tournament defending — England's press without him is broken. He's asked to cover the manager's tactical gaps for 90 minutes.
  • The arms-out celebration — divides the room. The English press has alternated between coronation and dragging him.
  • Penalty record at major tournaments: 0/1. The cleanest pressure-test missed in the Euros final.
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Our verdict: England's clearest title since 1966.

The discourse has him as 'top-5 English midfielder ever, possibly'. We have him as the single best chance England have had at a World Cup since Bobby Moore wore the armband. The 10 fits; the team is built around him; the manager trusts him. The only thing left is to do it. That's what June is for.

How he plays

running power × box-arrival × knockout-stage instinct = England's once-in-a-generation

Lives in: late-arriving 9 zones · between the lines · opposition penalty spot · his own box on a corner · the press trigger

  • The late run Starts a phase 40 metres deep. Finishes it on the penalty spot. The Lampard inheritance — except with two more yards of pace.
  • The half-turn outlet Receives under pressure, half-turns on the first touch, releases the line-break. Tchouaméni gave it the highest grade of any midfielder he'd partnered.
  • The arms-out celebration Not a move — a brand. The single most-copied goal celebration in U-12 football right now. The cultural footprint is part of the player.

Individual awards

  • Ballon d'Or · top 3 2024
  • Kopa Trophy · best U-21 2023
  • La Liga Best Player 2023/24
  • 2× England Player of the Year 2023, 2024

England's box-to-box throne.

England's midfield history is short on great 10s and long on great 8s. Bellingham is the rarer thing — both at once.

Heir to

  • Steven Gerrard · England · 2000s · LiverpoolThe closest tactical comparison in the English archive. Late runs from deep, big-moment instinct. Bellingham has what Gerrard didn't — the Madrid stage.
  • Frank Lampard · England · 2000s · ChelseaThe penalty-spot arrival. Lampard scored more midfielder goals than any English player ever. Bellingham's pace is the upgrade.
  • Paul Gascoigne · England · 1990 + 1996The big-game instinct. The crowd-bending energy. The reason a generation of English fans treats him with patience reserved for Gazza alone.

Chased by

  • Cole Palmer · England · 23 · ChelseaDifferent position, same generational tag. Palmer is the calmness; Bellingham is the engine. England's 2030 midfield argument is already underway.
  • Adam Wharton · England · 22 · PalaceThe next deep-lying English midfielder. The 6 to Bellingham's 10 if Gareth's successor sticks with the 4-3-3.

Four people who'd rather he didn't play.

Bellingham's enemies are mostly his teammates' nationalities.

  • Kylian Mbappé · France · Madrid teammate · Madrid #1 rivalThe internal Madrid competition was decided in nine months: it's Mbappé's club, it's Bellingham's stage on a Champions League night. France-England in a knockout is the heaviest possible match.
  • Lamine Yamal · Spain · the man who beat England in the Euros finalYamal's two assists in the Euros final ended England's tournament. The 2026 rematch is the cleanest narrative left over from the Euros.
  • Casemiro · Brazil · the one who set the ceilingMadrid teammate, the most decorated 6 of the last decade. Casemiro's standard is what Bellingham is being measured against in the Madrid midfield archive.
  • The English press · Fleet Street · the discourse that boos itselfNo English midfielder has been called underrated and overrated in the same week as often as Bellingham. The Wembley winner won the cycle for a month; the missed penalty lost it for two.

Birmingham to Madrid in five seasons.

From debuting at 16 to inheriting the Madrid #5 at 20.

  1. 2019 · age 16Birmingham senior debutYoungest player in Birmingham City history. The Championship's first 16-year-old of-his-quality in a generation.
  2. 2020 · age 17To Dortmund · £25MBirmingham → Dortmund · £25MThe first major test. Dortmund's pipeline — Sancho, Haaland, Pulisic — added one of the most-finished talents of all.
  3. 2021 · age 18England senior debut · EurosCame on at the Euros at 17. The youngest English midfielder at a major tournament since the 1950s.
  4. 2023 · age 19To Real Madrid · €103MDortmund → Real Madrid · €103MThe largest fee ever paid for an English player. The shirt: 5. The vacancy: Zidane's spiritual successor.
  5. 2024 · age 20Champions League · La Liga · season oneWon the CL in his first Madrid year. Scored in the Wembley final. The 19-goal La Liga season made him the Bernabéu's favourite English player ever.
  6. 2024 · age 21Euro 2024 final · runner-upLate-game equaliser in the round of 16 vs Slovakia. The arms-out celebration became a meme. England lost the final to Spain. The fire is still on.
  7. 2026 · age 22WC 2026 · The talismanWears the 10. Wears the brief. England's first proper World Cup as favourites in 60 years runs through him.

Three goals.

Three goals that bookended Bellingham's arrival as the Madrid #5 and England's 10.

The deepest truth in the file

22 years old.Two Champions Leagues and a Euro final.One World Cup left to write.

  • England's 10
  • Madrid #5
  • The late run
  • The arms-out celebration
  • Generational

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