My Take
I'll be honest — Ayden Heaven is one of those names that makes you do a double-take, and then you look him up and realize the kid actually has the goods to back it up. Born in Islington in 2006, he came through the academies at West Ham and Arsenal, which already tells you the football world spotted something in him early. Standing 189 cm as a teenager, he has the frame of a natural centre-back, and watching him develop through the Arsenal setup you could see a composed, read-the-game type rather than a crash-and-bash defender. Still only in his mid-teens through most of 2024, the trajectory was already pointing somewhere serious — and with a surname like Heaven, the pressure to live up to the hype must be something else. I'm genuinely curious to see how he matures.
Overview
Ayden Edford Heaven (born 22 September 2006) is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Manchester United. Heaven played in the youth academies of West Ham United and Arsenal. He made one first-team appearance for Arsenal before joining Manchester United in February 2025. Heaven has played youth international football for England up to under-20 level.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Ayden Heaven
- Name (Japanese)
- エイデン・ヘブン
- Reading
- えいでん・へぶん
- Born
- September 22, 2006 (age 19)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Dog
- Origin
- London Borough of Islington, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 189 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.