Jobe Bellingham

Jobe Samuel Patrick Bellingham (born 23 September 2005) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or forward for EFL Championship club Birmingham City. He has represented England at under-17 and U18 levels.

Jobe Bellingham
Bellingham with Birmingham City in 2022
Personal information
Full name Jobe Samuel Patrick Bellingham[1]
Date of birth (2005-09-23) 23 September 2005[2]
Place of birth Stourbridge, England
Position(s) Midfielder, forward
Team information
Current team
 Birmingham City
Number 27
Youth career
0000–2021 Birmingham City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021– Birmingham City 24 (0)
International career‡
2021 England U16 1 (0)
2021–2022 England U17 8 (0)
2022– England U18[3] 6 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:11, 8 May 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:11, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

Early and personal life

Jobe Bellingham was born in Stourbridge, West Midlands, on 23 September 2005,[4] the younger son of Denise and Mark Bellingham.[5] Mark worked as a sergeant in the West Midlands Police and was a prolific goalscorer in non-League football.[6] Bellingham is the younger brother of England international footballer Jude Bellingham, who preceded him into Birmingham City's academy where both were to spend their formative years.[7] The 16-year-old Jude was a first-team regular during the 2019–20 season before signing for German club Borussia Dortmund.[8] After Jude's departure, Jobe featured in Birmingham's 2020–21 season kit unveiling.[9]

Club career

At the age of 15 years, 321 days, Bellingham was named on the substitutes' bench for Birmingham's 2021–22 EFL Cup first-round match at home to Colchester United of League One.[10] He remained unused, as he did in the second round of the same competition.[11] Had he made a debut in either match, still a few weeks short of his 16th birthday, he would have become the club's youngest ever first-team player, breaking the record set by his brother in the first round two years earlier.[10] Later that year, rumours linked Jude Bellingham with a return to England; counter-rumours linked Jude's club, Borussia Dortmund, with interest in signing Jobe.[12] By the end of the year he had four goals from nine appearances for Birmingham's under-18 team in their section of the Under-18 Premier League, and had played four times for their under-23s in Premier League 2 Division 2.[11]

Bellingham was named on the bench for the EFL Championship match against Coventry City in November. Manager Lee Bowyer insisted that observers should not judge him by his brother's achievements, pointing out that he was "next in line" because of the number of injuries among the club's midfielders.[13] He again remained unused.[11] He made his senior debut as a second-half substitute in Birmingham's 2021–22 FA Cup third-round match at home to League One club Plymouth Argyle, replacing the 17-year-old Jordan James after 70 minutes with the score goalless and Birmingham reduced to ten men.[14] At 16 years, 107 days, he became Birmingham's second youngest debutant.[15][16] After the match, which Birmingham lost 1–0, Bowyer said he had earned his debut by the improvement in his game over the previous few weeks training with the first team.[15] He made his first appearance in the Football League a week later as a late substitute in a 1–1 draw away to Preston North End.[11][17] His next was not until the final match of the season.[18]

In July 2022, Birmingham confirmed that Bellingham would be taking up a scholarship with the club and had agreed terms on a first professional contract, to take effect on his 17th birthday.[19][20]

International career

Bellingham was born in England, and is reported to be also eligible to represent Ireland via a paternal grandparent.[21] He made his debut for England under-16s on 3 June 2021, starting a 6–0 friendly win against Northern Ireland.[11] He made his first appearance at under-17 level three months later in the Syrenka Cup tournament against Romania; he marked the occasion by missing a penalty, but England still won 2–0. He also played in the other group match and in the final, which England lost 3–2 to the Netherlands.[11][22] In October, he played in all three of England's 2022 European Under-17 Championship qualifying round matches, and provided an assist for Kobbie Mainoo's goal in a 7–0 win against Armenia, as England topped their group and progressed to the elite round.[23][24]

After eight appearances for the under-17s,[25] Bellingham was included in the England under-18 squad for a four-team mini-tournament at the Pinatar Arena in Spain in September 2022.[26] He started against the Netherlands and Belgium and was a late substitute against the Faroe Islands as England won all three matches.[27][28] In March 2023, Bellingham played in all three matches of the under-18s' tour of Croatia. Against the hosts, he came on after an hour, scored an equaliser, and England went on to win 2–1.[29] He started and captained the side in the other two matches. His shot was blocked for a penalty that would have tied the scores against Belgium – he took the kick, missed, and Belgium won 3–0 – and he scored the last goal of a 3–1 win against Switzerland.[30][31]

Career statistics
As of match played 8 May 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Birmingham City 2021–22[18] Championship 201000—30
2022–23[32] Championship 2200010—230
Total 2401010—260

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