Trent John Alexander Arnold is a professional soccer player from the UK. He currently plays as a right-back for Premier League club Liverpool and England.
Biography
Alexander Arnold was born on October 7, 1998 in West Derby, Liverpool. He received his primary education at the Catholic School of St. Matthew. When he was 6 years old, attended a football camp organized by the local football club Liverpool. There, coach Ian Barrigan noticed him and suggested that his parents enroll their son in the Liverpool academy.
So, since 2004, Alexander Arnold has become a regular student of the Liverpool Football Academy, attending training sessions 2-3 times a week. Subsequently, under the guidance of coach Pepein Linders, he became the team captain. At the same time, he decided on his specialization as a right-back.
Career
In 2016, at the age of 18, Alexander Arnold made his professional football debut in a friendly against Swindon. This match was won by Liverpool 2: 1.
At the same time, Alexander Arnold was able to break into the first squad of the team, and for this he was rewarded with a long-term contract with the Liverpool club. In November 2016, against Leeds United, Alexander Arnold was named Man of the Match for his performance.
January 15, 2017 made his first start in the Premier League with a 1-1 draw against Manchester United. In May 2017, Alexander Arnold made 12 appearances in all competitions and won the Liverpool Young Player of the Year title and was also nominated for the Premier League 2 Player of the Season.
In preparation for the 2017-2018 season, Liverpool's regular right-back suffered a serious back injury, which gave Alexander Arnold the opportunity to take his place. In the same season, he became the youngest player in the club to start in the UEFA Champions League final. Alexander Arnold scored his first Premier League goal against Swansea City in Anfield, which ended in a 5-0 win for Liverpool.
In April 2018, after a 3-0 win over Manchester City, Alexander Arnold became Man of the Match again, eliminating rival winger Leroy Sané. He won the Liverpool Young Player of the Season award for the second time in a row in May. After completing a season in which he scored 3 goals in 33 matches, he was nominated for the Golden Boy Award.
In the same 2018, Alexander Arnold represented England in the 2018 FIFA World Cup, where he became the 4th teenager to start a match for the England national team in the tournament and in the 2018-2019 UEFA Nations League. England finished 3rd in the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
In the 2018-2019 season, he was one of 10 players nominated for the Copa Trophy, awarded by Football France to the best young player aged 21. According to the results of the competition, he took 6th place in the polls. Continuing to build on his reputation, he soon became CIES's most valuable defender in terms of transfer value. On February 27, 2019, he became the youngest player at age 20 to make 3 assists in a single Premier League match.
In April 2019, he became the fifth youngest player to reach 50 Premier League appearances for a club. In the same month, he was nominated for the FFA Young Player of the Year, but lost it to Sterling of Manchester City. On the last day of the 2018-2019 season, he broke the Premier League record for the most assists for a defender at 12. At the age of 20, he became the youngest player to start in two Champions League Finals in a row, repeating Cristan Panucci's record that he set in 1995. playing for Milan. The 2019 UEFA Champions League final was won by Liverpool, and Alexander Arnold was nominated for the Defender of the Season at the end of the season.
The 2019-2020 season kicked off for Alexander Arnold in his traditional position as Liverpool right-back. In Liverpool's victory over Chelsea in the UEFA Super Cup, he scored a penalty shootout. In the same season, along with 6 of his teammates from Liverpool, he was nominated for the Ballon d'Or. On November 2, 2019, he became the fourth youngest player to reach 100 appearances for Liverpool. In December, at the Ballon d'Or ceremony, he was voted 19th best player in the world and most significant defender.
In the same season, he won the Premier League Player of the Month award, becoming the first defender since 2007 Mickey Richards.
International career
Alexander Arnold has represented England in various international youth competitions and participated in the U-17 FIFA World Cup in Chile. In the U19 FIFA World Cup he scored 3 goals for the England national team.
A month after the end of the U19 World Cup, he was called up to the England U21 national team to participate in the qualifying matches for the U21 UEFA European Championship. In March 2018, he was invited to train with the senior national team.
In May 2018, he was named to the England squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Alexander Arnold's debut in the Championship took place in the match against Costa Rica. Before the match, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge gave the jersey to Alexander Arnold. In this Championship, Alexander Arnold became the 4th teenager to play for the England national team.
On November 15, 2018, in a match against the United States, Alexander Arnold scored his first major international goal when England defeated the United States 3-0.
Personal life
Alexander Arnold was born the nephew of former Reading and Millwall footballer and former Manchester United secretary John Alexander. His maternal grandmother, Doreen Carling, was once romantically involved with former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson before moving to New York, where she married another young man. Thus, Alexander Arnold had the formal right to play for the United States before his debut in England.
In the family, Alexander Arnold has two brothers. Older brother Tyler, who is 4 years older than Alexander Arnold, works as his agent. Marseille is 3 years younger than Alexander Arnold.
In his spare time, Alexander Arnold volunteers as a post for The Hour for Others, a Liverpool charity that provides food and toys to low-income people in England, cookery and science classes.
After becoming a professional footballer, he and his teammate Chris Owens took up charity work. In March 2019, he signed a sponsorship agreement with Under Armor (the second most profitable agreement after Harry Kane's) and initiated plans to buy new land in Liverpool to build new football pitches.
Thanks to his father, he has been an avid chess player since childhood. In 2018 he played an invitation match against world champion Magnus Carlsen. The match played as part of the sports promotion campaign ended with a victory for Carlsen after the 17th move. A few months earlier, a similar match between Carlsen and Bill Gates ended in defeat for the latter after just two moves.
