Tudor Mendel-Idowu

Tudor Mendel-Idowu (born 15 January 2005) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Chelsea.[2]

Tudor Mendel-Idowu
Personal information
Date of birth (2005-01-15) 15 January 2005
Place of birth Berkshire, England[1]
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Chelsea
Number 77
Youth career
2012– Chelsea
International career‡
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019 England U15 1 (0)
2022 England U17 4 (3)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:34, 30 March 2022 (UTC)

Early life

Born in Berkshire, England, Mendel-Idowu was regarded as a child prodigy academically, featuring numerous times in national and international competitions, most notably coming second in the 2014 edition of Child Genius.[3] At the age of thirteen, he was selected in the King's Scholar programme at Eton College.[4]

He joined the youth academy of Chelsea at under-8 level, following interest from numerous other clubs including Arsenal and Tottenham.[2][4] In July 2021, he signed a new contract with the Blues.[5]

International career

Eligible to represent both England and Nigeria at international level, Mendel-Idowu was first called up to the England national under-15 football team in 2019.[6] Tudor scored his first England U17 goal against Scotland on the 8th of February in a 3-0 win and followed that up with a further 2 goals in England U17's next game playing as a right winger. He later made substitute appearances against France and Luxembourg in the England U17 qualification games.

Personal life

Mendel-Idowu's grandfather on his mother's side is, John Adeleye-Abai, played for the Nigeria national football team as a winger.[4] His other grandfather on his father's side, Dr Fola Kayode Mendel-Idowu, was a gifted academic - he specialised in bio-aeronautics and was Africa's first 'flying doctor'.[4]

References
  1. Tudor Mendel-Idowu at WorldFootball.net
  2. "Tudor Mendel-Idowu". chelseafc.com. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  3. Naylor, Mary (20 October 2015). "Wokingham Child Genius wins EuroTalk Junior Language Challenge". getreading.co.uk. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  4. "Meet The King's Scholar aiming to make history". fifa.com. 3 March 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  5. Emmenuel, Ifeanyi (7 July 2021). "Official: Very intelligent left-footed attacking midfielder Mendel-Idowu inks new Chelsea deal". allnigeriasoccer.com. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  6. Emmenuel, Ifeanyi (16 December 2019). "England Move To Beat Nigeria To Chelsea's Child Genius Mendel-Idowu". allnigeriasoccer.com. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
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