Trent John Alexander-Arnold (born 7 October 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Premier League club Liverpool and the England national team. Known for his range of passing, crossing and assists, he is regarded as one of the best right-backs in world football.
Alexander-Arnold joined Liverpool's academy in 2004 and captained the club at 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 Alexander-Arnold 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 won the 2019–20 PFA Young Player of the Year and the inaugural Premier League Young Player of the Season awards, has twice 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. He also won both domestic cups (the EFL Cup and FA Cup) in the 2021–22 season.
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, and in the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League, where his nation finished in third place in the inaugural edition of the competition.
Alexander-Arnold is widely regarded as one of the best attacking full-backs in world football as a result of his proficiency at occupying attacking spaces on the pitch and creating goalscoring opportunities for his teammates. During the early years of his career, he emerged as one of the Premier League's most creative players due to his role in assisting goals from early crosses and set-piece deliveries. He possesses an impressive passing range, which is attributed to his development as a midfielder during his time in Liverpool's youth academy, and has been one of Liverpool's designated set-piece specialists for deadball situations since the 2017–18 campaign. His set-piece routine, which involves three parallel steps backwards and one to the right, has been likened to that of former rugby union fly-half Jonny Wilkinson. Alexander-Arnold's craft and intelligence from deadball situations was singled out for particular praise by Gary Lineker and fCesc Fàbregas after he assisted the winning goal in the 2018–19 Champions League semi-final by delivering a quickly-taken corner while the opposition players had their backs turned<\/P>","07457F0B881B82B22AE30767A70DD3E1":"
CLUB<\/U>
Liverpool
<\/STRONG>Premier League: 2019–20
FA Cup: 2021–22
EFL Cup: 2021–22
FA Community Shield: 2022
UEFA Champions League: 2018–19; runner-up: 2017–18, 2021–22
UEFA Super Cup: 2019
FIFA Club World Cup: 2019
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England<\/STRONG>
UEFA Nations League third place: 2018–19
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Liverpool Young Player of the Season Award:<\/STRONG>
2016–17, 2017–18
PFA Team of the Year:<\/STRONG>
2018–19 Premier League, 2019-20 Premier League, 2021–22 Premier League
PFA Young Player of the Year:<\/STRONG>
2019–20 Premier League
Golden Boy runner-up:<\/STRONG>
2018
UEFA Champions League Team of the Season:<\/STRONG>
2021–22
UEFA Champions League Defender of the Season 3rd place:<\/STRONG>
2018–19
FIFA FIFPro World11 nominee:<\/STRONG>
2019 (6th defender)
Ballon d'Or nominee:
<\/STRONG>2019
Premier League Player of the Month:<\/STRONG>
December 2019
IFFHS Men's World Team:<\/STRONG>
2019
UEFA Team of the Year:
<\/STRONG>2019
Premier League Young Player of the Season:<\/STRONG>
2019–20
ESM Team of the Year:<\/STRONG>
2019–20, 2021–22<\/P>","B13BBD17F9E21D375893DBD6F2FC7F72":"2","E630D11720E4B295":"1","249186B187931B83":"","F8A44A36F46FF4E4":"Trent Alexander-Arnold","5B991257A722E1E0F74ECF7A8C1C2945":"","809C0B5A31626463":"279","0FA2227E78AF1E09":"Trent Alexander-Arnold","58D6F117B0E852FD":"180cm","B30DC6D2B47145B087D8B1C6299DD194":"70000000.00","3653565C44D0522B57B14E876735C3FA":"Liverpool(U23),Liverpool U18,Liverpool Youth","e_index":0};