1. In 2024, Phil Foden was named as the Premier League Player of the Season and the PFA Players' Player of the Year.
41 Facts About Phil Foden
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Phil Foden represented England at multiple youth levels before making his debut for the senior team in September 2020.
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Phil Foden was part of the England teams for UEFA Euro 2020, the 2022 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2024.
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Phil Foden joined the club at the age of four and signed his Academy scholarship in July 2016.
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Phil Foden was privately educated at St Bede's College, with his tuition fees being paid for by Manchester City.
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Phil Foden became the fourth-youngest English player to make an appearance in the Champions League.
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Phil Foden became the first player born in the year 2000 to start a match in the competition.
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Phil Foden's goal saw him become Man City's youngest-ever goalscorer in the Champions League and the youngest English goalscorer to score in the knockout stages of the competition, aged 18 years and 288 days.
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Man City ended the season completing a domestic sweep of all trophies with Phil Foden having an increasingly prominent role in the squad.
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Phil Foden scored in the penalty shoot-out which decided the victors.
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Phil Foden created the second most big chances in the Champions League group stage, only behind Lionel Messi.
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Phil Foden was named man of the match, thereby becoming the youngest recipient of the Alan Hardaker Trophy.
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Phil Foden ended the season with 38 games played, registering 8 goals and 9 assists across all competitions.
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Phil Foden equalised just six minutes after replacing Sergio Aguero at half time, turning smartly to convert a cross from teammate Joao Cancelo.
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Phil Foden was on the scoresheet in both legs of City's Champions League quarter-final tie against Borussia Dortmund, securing their progress to the last four of the competition.
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Phil Foden was named in the starting line-up in City's first Champions League final.
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Phil Foden was named in the Champions League Squad of the season and won the Premier League Young Player of the Season while being nominated for both the PFA Players' Player of the Year and PFA Young Player of the Year, winning the latter award.
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Phil Foden was involved in City's comeback against Aston Villa, on the final day, to win the Premier League title over Liverpool.
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Phil Foden finished the year with 14 goals, including nine in the Premier League.
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Phil Foden won the PFA Young Player of the Year award, as well as the Premier League Young Player of the Season for the second consecutive year.
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Additionally, Phil Foden was nominated for PFA Players' Player of the Year and the 2022 Ballon d'Or.
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On 14 October, Phil Foden signed a three-year extension to his current contract with Manchester City, extending it until 2027.
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Phil Foden became the first English player to score in the final since Wayne Rooney in 2008.
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Phil Foden is the player of the season, with all the respect for incredible players but no one has been so decisive for us as him this season.
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Phil Foden finished the season with a new personal best of 27 goals across all competitions, with 19 of those coming in the Premier League, making him the fourth-highest goalscorer in the league, and being named Manchester City Player of the Year.
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In May 2017, Phil Foden scored in the final of the 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship as the England under-17s suffered a penalty shoot-out defeat at the hands of Spain.
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In October of the same year, Phil Foden gained widespread press attention after scoring twice in the final of the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup, against Spain, as England won the competition.
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Phil Foden was named as the best player of the tournament.
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Phil Foden won the FIFA U-17 World Cup Golden Ball award in 2017 where he gained some widespread press attention and significant media coverage.
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Phil Foden scored his first and second goals for England during a UEFA Nations League match against Iceland at Wembley Stadium on 18 November 2020.
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On 1 June 2021, Phil Foden was named in the 26-man squad for the newly rescheduled UEFA Euro 2020.
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Phil Foden joined up with the squad at a later date due to his participation in that year's Champions League final.
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On 10 November 2022, Phil Foden was included in the 26-man squad for England's 2022 FIFA World Cup campaign in Qatar.
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Phil Foden then followed this up in assisting Bukayo Saka in his second-half goal in the 57th minute.
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Phil Foden was named in England's 26-man squad for UEFA Euro 2024.
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Phil Foden is left-footed, and can play as a wing-back, or a winger on the right, though Pep Guardiola has described him as "more of a midfielder".
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Phil Foden has occasionally been used in a central attacking role as a false 9.
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Phil Foden has three children with his long-term girlfriend Rebecca Cooke; a son born in 2019, a daughter born in 2021 and another child born during Euro 2024.
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Phil Foden wears the 47 shirt and has a matching tattoo on his neck in honour of his grandfather, Ronnie, who died at the age of 47.
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On 26 June 2024, Phil Foden left England's squad during the European tournament to attend the birth of his third child.
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Phil Foden is an avid fisherman, considering it one of his favourite activities outside of football.