About Jude Bellingham; Footballer
Jude Bellingham is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund. Bellingham made his senior debut in August 2019. At the age of 16 years, 38 days, he became the club's youngest ever first-team player. Jude has represented England at under-15, under-16, and under-17 levels and was named EFL Young Player of the Month for November 2019. He recently joined Borussia Dortmund in July 2020.
Famous For
- For scoring the winning goal enabling Birmingham to beat Stoke by 2-1.
- Becoming the club's youngest ever first-team player.
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Early Life of Jude Bellingham
Jude Bellingham was born on 29th June 2003. Jude Bellingham's full name or born name is ''Jude Victor William Bellingham''. His birthplace is Stourbridge, West Midlands, England. His birth nation is the UK whereas his nationality is British. He belongs to British-Black ethnicity. Jude's race is black and the sun sign is Cancer. He celebrates his birthday on 29th June of every year and he had celebrated his 17th birthday as of 2020. Jude is the eldest son of Mark Billingham, a sergeant in the West Midlands Police and prolific goalscorer in non-League football. He has a younger brother, Jobe, who is a member of Birmingham City F.C.'s academy. Jude is educated from Priory School in Edgbaston, Birmingham.
Career of Jude Bellingham
- Jude Bellingham joined Birmingham City as an under-8 and he played for their under-18 team at 14, and made his debut for their under-23 team at the age of 15, on 15th October 2018, away to Nottingham Forest's U23s.
- He had three goals from ten development squad appearances by March 2019, and had featured in ''FourFourTwo's'' list of the "50 most exciting teenagers in English football", and was being mentioned as of interest to major European clubs.
- Jude was gradually introduced to the first-team environment while still a schoolboy, increasingly training with the seniors, accompanying them on match day to observe and in March 2019, traveling as the "19th man" for the visit to West Bromwich Albion in the Championship.
- He took up a two-year scholarship with Birmingham City to begin in July 2019 and was part of the first-team squad that spent a week in Portugal as part of their pre-season training, played and scored in pre-season friendlies, and was given squad number 22 for the 2019-2020 season.
- Jude Bellingham became Birmingham City's youngest ever first-team player at the age of 16 years, 38 days, beating the record of 16 years 139 days set by Trevor Francis in 1970 when he started the EFL Cup first round visit to Portsmouth.
- Jude played for 80 minutes in the 3-0 defeat, and was the Birmingham Mail's man of the match and made his first Football League appearance 19 days later, as a second-half substitute in a 3-0 defeat away to Swansea City, and his home debut on 31st August against Stoke City.
- He was the EFL Young Player of the Month for November 2019.
- In January 2020, Jude was linked with moves to numerous major clubs on deadline day, Birmingham was reported to have turned down a 20 million pound bid from Manchester United.
- Jude continued as a first-team regular, and by the time the season was suspended because of the COVID-19 pandemic, he had made 32 league appearances.
- Bellingham finished the season with four goals from 44 appearances in all competitions, 41 in the league, as Birmingham avoided relegation despite losing the last match of the season.
- In appreciation of what Bellingham achieved in such a scant time with the first team, the club announced that they would retire his number 22 shirt, "to remember one of our own and to inspire others."
- It had long become clear that Jude would leave at the end of the season, and it was reported that he and his father had visited several major clubs, of which Manchester United and Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund were the favorites.
- Bellingham flew to Germany for a medical with Borussia Dortmund on 16th July, and the transfer was confirmed four days later: he would join Borussia Dortmund after Birmingham's last match of the season.
- The fee was undisclosed but was understood by Sky Sports to be an initial 25 million pounds, making him the most expensive 17-year-old in history plus "several million more" dependent on performance-related criteria.
- Birmingham City teenager Jude Bellingham, who was the target of Manchester United for the last couple of months, was recently signed by Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund.
- Birmingham's youngest player was pursued by Dortmund and has left the Championship club after playing the final match of the season.
- Dortmund confirmed the youngster's signing by sharing a video of players and staff from around the club singing along to 'Hey Jude' by The Beatles via their official Twitter page to welcome their recent arrival.
Source: @footballleagueworld.co.uk
International Career of Jude Wellingham
- In December 2016, he made his England under-15 debut against Turkey. In recognition of his captaining that team during the 2017-2018 season, Jude was presented with a Special Achievement Award at the 2018 Birmingham City Academy awards night.
- By the end of 2018, he had appeared firstly for the England under-16 team, and featured in seven games, scoring four goals, and captain the team.
- Bellingham was included in England's under-17 squad for the Syrenka Cup, a friendly tournament held in September 2019 in preparation for the 2020 European Championship qualifiers the following March.
- He made his debut as a substitute in England's opening match of the tournament, a 5-0 win over Finland in which he scored the third goal, and captained the team in their second fixture, in which they came back from a goal behind to beat Austria 4-2 and qualify for the final.
- Again, Jude scored the third goal. He retained the captaincy for the final, in which England beat hosts Poland on penalties following a 2-2 draw, and was named player of the tournament.
Awards and Achievements of Jude Bellingham
- Syrenka Cup: 2019
- Birmingham City Under-15/16 Goal of the Season: 2018
- Birmingham City Special Achievement Award: 2018
- Syrenka Cup Player of the Tournament: 2019
- EFL Young Player of the Month: November 2019
Personal Life of Jude Bellingham
Regarding his personal life, Bellingham is just in his teenage and too young for making girlfriends. There is a greater possibility of many youthful girls already approaching for his acceptance. However, Jude has not revealed that side of him in public nor has been reported regarding the same matter. And talking about his sexual orientation, he is straight.
Net Worth of Jude Bellingham
Moving towards his net worth, Jude's value worth is estimated at Value of 7.5 million pounds in 2019 and his average salary is estimated at 145 pounds a week. And as of 2020, his net worth is in millions of pounds. His source of income is from a football career. There's no doubt the junior genius player will earn in millions in his coming days.
Body Measurement of Net Worth of Jude Bellingham
The England under-15, under-16, and under-17 levels' captain, Jude Bellingham, has a tall height of 5 feet and 11 inches or181 cm. He has a handsome face with a slim body whereas his body build is athletic. Bellingham has great athletic physic so weighs around just 62 kg. He is living a healthy life up to the date.
