On Sunday June 16, the first match of the 2024 European Championship in Group C took place between England and Serbia. The three lions, despite a lackluster performance, obtained a narrow victory against the white eagles thanks to mister 100 million, Jude Bellingham, who once again proved decisive. This is who the English prodigy is
Bellingham propels England to the top of the group, but Serbia comes close to equalizing late in the match
Who is he
Jude Bellingham (20 years old) was born in Stourbridge, in the English county of the West Midlands, on June 29, 2003. Son of Mark and Denise Bellingham, he grew up from an early age with a passion for sport, his father Mark having been a star of amateur football with more than 700 goals in the different teams where he played. Jude Bellingham also has a brother, Jobe (18), who plays for Sunderland (Championship team).
Career
Jude Bellingham took his first steps in the world of football at the age of 8 by joining the Birmingham City training center. On 6 August 2019, after coming through the ranks with the under-23s, he made his first-team debut, becoming Birmingham City’s youngest debutant at the age of 16 years and 38 days. By the end of this year, he will have scored 4 goals in 44 appearances. In 2020, he joined Borussia Dortmund for an amount of 25 million, which allowed Birmingham to avoid bankruptcy, and in exchange, the English club retired the number 22 jersey. In England, there was already talk of a prodigy, and in Germany, he really shows what he is capable of, becoming, with goal machine Erling Braut Haaland, one of the pillars of this team. In 2023, thanks to his performances, he changed clubs and joined Real Madrid for a fee of 103 million, becoming one of the most expensive transfers in football. Bellingham revealed that he is inspired by Zinedine Zidane and, despite his young age, he decides to use a meaningful number, 5, that the Frenchman wore with the Galactics.
Statistics from last season
Last season, Jude Bellingham distinguished himself in the league with Carlo Ancelotti’s Real Madrid, scoring 24 goals and providing 11 assists in 3,405 minutes played (1 goal every 1.5 games), with an average of 53 .5 passes per game. According to the Whoscored portal, Jude has an average pass completion rate of 90%.
Characteristics and role
Jude Bellingham is an attacking midfielder with exceptional technique and peripheral vision of the game. Elegant in his movements, endowed with exceptional control, he has good acceleration with the ball, perfect offensive insertion timings ( with and without the ball) and, when he progresses, he is difficult to catch up. Bellingham knows how to be decisive both in the finishing phase and in assisting, providing inviting assists for his teammates. Recently, he has improved his defensive phase, showing good pressing when not in possession of the ball. Tactically, he likes to vary his positioning on the pitch a lot, but his main role is as an attacking midfielder/playmaker, although at Real Madrid he played the role of false nine at first, then second striker, but he can also play as a central midfielder in a 4-4-2.
Salary
Jude Bellingham has signed a 6-year contract with Real Madrid until June 30, 2029. According to the foreign press, Bellingham receives a salary of between 10 and 12 million euros net per season.
The role of his mother
Jude Bellingham has always said that his mother Denise is the key to his success, so much so that he refers to her as “the queen.” In 2020, when he signed for German side Borussia Dortmund, his mother moved with him and joined him in Germany to help him manage his affairs. She still manages her son’s financial affairs and lives with him in the exclusive La Finca neighborhood after his transfer to Real Madrid. During his presentation to Los Blancos, Jude Bellingham said: “Without my mother, I would sometimes be too low in times of difficulty or too high in times of success, and I remain quite humble because I have her around me. It’s also nice to have her there because she’s also very funny. We get along so well and always do things together“.
Private life
Jude Bellingham is a reserved person and we have little information about his private life. According to foreign media, the footballer has had relationships with Dutch model and entrepreneur Laura Celia Valk, and in the past he has also been linked to Asantewa Chitty, an English model and influencer.
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