Phil Foden

Foden is my favorite kind of modern footballer: a one-club academy kid who actually made it, in an era when that story has nearly gone extinct. At 171 centimeters he should be physically overmatched in the Premier League, yet his low center of gravity and immaculate left foot make him nearly impossible to dispossess. What I find most telling is that the Golden Ball he won at the 2017 Under-17 World Cup never inflated him; he simply kept working until the senior honors followed. There is a boyish plainness to him, Stockport accent and all, that makes his brilliance feel earned rather than manufactured.

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Name (English)

Phil Foden

Name (Japanese)

フィル・フォーデン

Reading

ふぃる・ふぉーでん

Born

May 28, 2000 (age 26)

Origin

Stockport, United Kingdom

Height

171 cm

Occupation

association football player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Dragon

University

St Bede's College

Awards & achievements

• BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year
• Alan Hardaker Trophy
• Premier League Young Player of the Season
• PFA Young Player of the Year
• FIFA Ballon d'Or

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/philfoden/
• Xhttps://x.com/PhilFoden
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil%20Foden
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%87%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30729096

Tags

• association football player

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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