Trent Alexander-Arnold
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Alexander-Arnold with England at the 2018 FIFA World Cup | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Trent John Alexander-Arnold | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 7 October 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Liverpool, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Right-back, midfielder[2][3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Real Madrid | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2004–2016 | Liverpool | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2025 | Liverpool | 259 | (18) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Real Madrid | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | England U16 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | England U17 | 12 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | England U18 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | England U19 | 10 | (6) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | England U21 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018– | England | 34 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16:22, 13 September 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 18:55, 8 June 2025 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Trent John Alexander-Arnold (born 7 October 1998), sometimes known mononymously as Trent,[4][5] is an English professional footballer who plays as a right-back or midfielder for La Liga club Real Madrid and the England national team. Considered one of the best right-backs in the world, he is known for his range of passing, crossing and assists, as well as his set-piece taking ability.[11] Owing to such capabilities, Alexander-Arnold has also occasionally been deployed as a midfielder for both club and country.[14]
Alexander-Arnold joined Liverpool's academy in 2004 and captained the club across its youth levels. He made his senior debut in 2016, at age 18, and played in back-to-back UEFA Champions League finals in 2018 and 2019, winning the latter, and being named in the Champions League Squad of the Season. These appearances made him the youngest player to start in consecutive finals in the competition. In the same year, he won the UEFA Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup. In domestic football, Alexander-Arnold was named the 2019–20 PFA Young Player of the Year and the inaugural Premier League Young Player of the Season, has thrice been named in the PFA Team of the Year, and helped end Liverpool's 30-year league title drought by winning the 2019–20 Premier League. His success in 2020 led to his selection in the FIFA FIFPRO Men's World 11. In the 2021–22 season, he claimed a domestic cup double, winning the EFL Cup and FA Cup. In 2025, after helping Liverpool to their second Premier League title, Alexander-Arnold joined La Liga club Real Madrid.
Alexander-Arnold has also represented England at various youth levels and made his senior debut in 2018. He has since featured at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, where he became only the fourth teenager to start a match for England in the tournament, in the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League, where his nation finished in third place in the inaugural edition of the competition, and the 2022 World Cup.
- ^ "Trent" (in Spanish). Real Madrid CF. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
Athletic-evolvewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Pearce, James. "Alexander-Arnold exclusive: 'This position opens up the whole pitch for me. It's exciting'". The Athletic. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
- ^ "Trent | Web Oficial | Real Madrid C.F." www.realmadrid.com. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
- ^ "Trent Alexander-Arnold shirt number: Why ex-Liverpool man can't wear 66 at Real Madrid". BBC Sport. 12 June 2025. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
- ^ "Trent Alexander-Arnold is "like Beckham and de Bruyne, but at right-back"". Diario AS. Madrid. 14 September 2021. Archived from the original on 8 October 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
- ^ "Is Alexander-Arnold too good to play right-back?". ESPN. 28 November 2018. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
- ^ Mewis, Joe; White, Mark (6 June 2024). "Ranked! The 10 best right-backs in the world". FourFourTwo. Archived from the original on 23 August 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ "Top 50 Best (Full) Backs". FootballCritic. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ "The 25 best right backs in world football – ranked". 90min. Archived from the original on 23 February 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
- ^ [6][7][8][9][10]
- ^ "England squad: Henderson, Maguire, Nketiah in; no Sterling". The Athletic. Archived from the original on 5 September 2023. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
- ^ Matloob, Rort (3 January 2024). "Who are the best current free-kick takers in the Premier League?". Planet Sprt. Archived from the original on 24 May 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
- ^ [2][3][12][13]