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My Take
Small is a name I file under genuine curiosity. Becoming Everton's youngest-ever player at sixteen, then turning professional with Southampton and settling in at Preston, he carries the double-edged gift of the prodigy: dazzling early proof of talent and the crushing expectation that follows. I have learned to be cautiously optimistic about teenagers who break records, because the path from precocious to proven is littered with cautionary tales. What I will be watching is temperament, not highlights. If this left-back manages the patience to mature without chasing the hype, he could become something special, and I am quietly invested in seeing it through.
Overview
Thierry Small (born 1 August 2004) is an English footballer who plays as a left-back for EFL Championship club Preston North End. Small became the youngest player in Everton's history in January 2021, aged 16 years and 176 days, but turned professional with Southampton shortly after turning 17.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Thierry Small
- Name (Japanese)
- ティエリー・スモール
- Reading
- てぃえりー・すもーる
- Born
- August 1, 2004 (age 21)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Monkey
- Origin
- Solihull, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- 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
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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.