The rise of Real Madrid and England star Jude Bellingham continued on Saturday night as he helped Los Blancos win the Champions League again with a 2-0 win over his former side Borussia Dortmund. Bellingham has blossomed into one of the finest players on the planet, a talismanic figure for both club and country at just 20 years old. But that will come as no surprise to former clubs Birmingham City and Dortmund , who have helped nurture his talent on his footballing journey to the top of the game.
The midfielder, who will be hoping to fire the Three Lions to glory at Euro 2024 this summer, has enjoyed a simply sensational first season at Real Madrid, in-keeping with a player who has broken record after record since his first steps in senior football over four years ago. After his latest triumph in London on Saturday night , let’s take a look at Bellingham’s club career and his defining moments to date. Born in Stourbridge in the West Midlands, Bellingham joined Birmingham’s academy as part of the U8 team, eventually progressing to play for the U23s by the age of just 15.
The midfielder became the club’s youngest-ever player when he made his first-team debut, aged 16 years and 38 days, in a Carabao Cup clash with Portsmouth in August 2019. His winning strike against Stoke at the end of that month then saw him become Birmingham’s youngest-ever goalscorer. From that point onwards, Bellingham became a mainstay in the starting XI, and his performances for his boyhood club.
