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My Take
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.
Overview
Philip Walter Foden (born 28 May 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Manchester City and the England national team. A product of Manchester City's youth academy, Foden's breakthrough into professional football came in 2017 when he won the FIFA U-17 World Cup Golden Ball award following England's successful Under-17 World Cup campaign.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- 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)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Dragon
- Origin
- Stockport, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 171 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- 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
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
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.