20 Phil Foden
Phil Foden, 2000-05-28, Midfielder for England, plays for Manchester City. 40 international caps, 5 goals. Part of England's 2026 World Cup Group L squad.
Biography
Manchester City's creative star and 2024 Premier League Player of the Season. Currently plying his trade at Manchester City, an industrious midfielder, Phil Foden excels at dictating tempo and linking defense to attack, acting as the creative engine for England. Has earned 40 international caps, scoring 5 goals. Set to compete with England at the 2026 World Cup, building on the team's 16 previous tournament appearances.
Career Timeline
He was part of the England teams for UEFA Euro 2020, the 2022 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2024.
In 2024, Foden was named as the Premier League Player of the Season and the PFA Players' Player of the Year.
Foden has since made over 300 appearances for the club, winning 17 honours, including a continental treble in the 2022–23 season and becoming the youngest recipient of a Premier League winner's medal in 2018.
In 2021 and 2022, he was named as the Premier League Young Player of the Season and the PFA Young Player of the Year.
Foden represented England at multiple youth levels before making his debut for the senior team in September 2020.
In 2019, he won a second Premier League and became the club's youngest-ever goalscorer in the UEFA Champions League, and is the youngest English player to both start a match and score in the knockout stages of the competition.
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.