Ryan Glen Mason was born on 13 June 1991 and is an English professional football coach and former player who is the acting head coach of Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur.
29 Facts About Ryan Mason
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Ryan Mason became the interim head coach of Tottenham Hotspur in 2021, becoming the youngest coach in Premier League history, at 29.
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Ryan Mason was re-appointed as the club's acting head coach in 2023.
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Ryan Mason was loaned to Yeovil Town, Doncaster Rovers, Millwall, Lorient and Swindon Town, and played his first Premier League match for Tottenham in 2014.
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Ryan Mason moved to Hull City in 2016 for a club record fee, where he suffered a fractured skull in January 2017 in a match against Chelsea.
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Ryan Mason joined the Tottenham Hotspur academy aged eight, before signing a professional contract with the club in August 2008.
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On 13 June 2009, Ryan Mason went on loan to League One club Yeovil Town, along with teammate Steven Caulker.
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Ryan Mason was recalled prematurely, on 13 March 2010, after playing 28 league matches and scoring six goals for Yeovil.
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On 28 July 2011, Ryan Mason signed a new two-year contract with Tottenham, keeping him at the club until June 2013.
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Ryan Mason was then immediately loaned back to Doncaster on a season-long loan.
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Ryan Mason was recalled back to Tottenham in November 2011 after making five appearances since the start of the season.
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Ryan Mason made an appearance in Tottenham's goalless draw in the Europa League group stages against Lazio at White Hart Lane on 20 September 2012, coming on as an added-time substitute for Mousa Dembele.
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On 23 July 2013, Ryan Mason signed on a season-long loan for League One Swindon Town, joining fellow Tottenham players Massimo Luongo, Grant Hall and Alex Pritchard.
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Ryan Mason subsequently established himself as a regular member of the first team.
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In January 2015, Ryan Mason was awarded a five-and-a-half-year contract, keeping him at the club until 2020.
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Ryan Mason made his debut away to Burnley when he came off the bench to replace David Meyler after 73 minutes.
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On 22 January 2017, in a Premier League match against Chelsea, Ryan Mason suffered a fractured skull that required surgery after a clash of heads with defender Gary Cahill.
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Ryan Mason underwent a successful operation on the head injury, and throughout the rest of 2017 went through a rehabilitation process in an attempt to return to playing.
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Ryan Mason had 45 staples and a six-inch scar across his head.
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Ryan Mason received his first call up to the England under-19 team for the match against Russia, but only made the stand-by list and did not take part in the match.
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Ryan Mason was called up for European Championship qualification in Slovenia in October 2009.
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Ryan Mason achieved his third and fourth caps for the U19s in friendlies against Turkey and the Netherlands respectively.
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In February 2011, Ryan Mason received a call up to the England under-20 team for their friendly against France, and received his first cap coming on as a 70th-minute substitute in that match.
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On 23 March 2015, Ryan Mason received his first call up to the senior England team for a European qualifier against Lithuania and a friendly against Italy, after Adam Lallana withdrew due to injury.
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Ryan Mason joined the coaching staff of Tottenham Hotspur in April 2018.
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Ryan Mason was made the official academy coach for the Under-19 UEFA Youth League side in July 2019, and then the head of player development in August 2020.
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On 20 April 2021, following the dismissal of Jose Mourinho as head coach, Ryan Mason was named interim head coach of Tottenham Hotspur until the end of the season.
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Ryan Mason's side finished one point above rivals Arsenal, and secured a UEFA Europa Conference League spot.
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On 4 November 2021, following the appointment of Antonio Conte as head coach, Ryan Mason was promoted to the role of first team coach after impressing Conte during his handling of leading training all week.