Rhian Joel Brewster ( born 1 April 2000 ) is an english professional football player who plays as a hitter for EFL Championship cabaret Sheffield United and the England national under-21 team. In 2017, he was separate of the England police squad which won the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India and was awarded the Golden Boot award for ending as the competition ‘s run goalscorer .
Club career [edit ]
early career [edit ]
Brewster was born in Chadwell Heath, Greater London, [ 2 ] to a barbadian father and turkish Cypriot mother. [ 4 ] Brewster attended school at Chadwell Primary School before joining the Chadwell Heath and Shield Academy YFC. [ 5 ] At the long time of seven, he was scouted by representatives from Chelsea, Arsenal, West Ham United and Charlton Athletic. He ultimately joined Chelsea where he developed his game under coach Michael Beale in the club ‘s academy until the senesce of 14, whereafter he left to join Premier League rivals Liverpool. [ 5 ] [ 6 ]
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liverpool [edit ]
In 2015, Liverpool signed Brewster from Chelsea following a recommendation by Beale who had taken up a position with the club. Brewster ‘s decision to make the move was motivated in separate by his father ‘s charm who believed that he had a better chance of breaking through to the first team through Liverpool ‘s academy than Chelsea ‘s. [ 5 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] He initially joined the cabaret ‘s U18 team before being promoted to the U23 police squad, where he scored on his debut against Ipswich Town. [ 9 ] During his time with the club ‘s academy, Brewster was placed on a special training regimen which included one-on-one sessions with erstwhile Liverpool and Real Madrid winger, Steve McManaman. [ 6 ] Brewster was then called up by coach Jürgen Klopp to the first-team for club friendlies in October and November 2016 during which he scored a hat-trick against Accrington Stanley. [ 7 ] [ 10 ] Later that season, he was named on the bench for Liverpool ‘s Premier League game against Crystal Palace on 23 April 2017, but remained an unused alternate. [ 11 ] The following season, during Liverpool ‘s UEFA Youth League match against Spartak Moscow, Brewster was the victim of allege racist comments from Spartak ‘s captain, Leonid Mironov. An probe into the incident was opened by UEFA after the match and Brewster later said in an interview with The Guardian that it had been the seventh such case he had experienced, including once earlier against the same opposition. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] UEFA belated ruled that there was insufficient testify to take foster action against Mironov. [ 14 ] On 12 January 2018, during an U23 peer against Manchester City, Brewster received oxygen and had to be stretchered off the field after landing awkwardly following an forward pass challenge. [ 15 ] He was late diagnosed with a high ankle twist and associate ligament damage and was ruled out for the remainder of the season. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] In March, he had to undergo a second mathematical process in order to repair damage to his stifle which he sustained during the lapp incident. [ 18 ] Towards the end of the season, Brewster was the subject of acute remove speculation which culminated in Liverpool cancelling a scheduled friendly against Borussia Mönchengladbach after the german golf club were alleged to have ‘ tapped him up ‘. [ 19 ] In June 2018, Brewster signed a five-year professional narrow with Liverpool. [ 20 ] He was named in the peer police squad for the second branch of Liverpool ‘s 2018–19 Champions League semi-final against Barcelona on 7 May 2019, but remained an fresh substitute. [ 21 ] Despite never having played in a competitive game for the club, Brewster was on the bench again in the 2019 UEFA Champions League Final against Tottenham Hotspur on 1 June 2019 so collected a achiever ‘s decoration as Liverpool won 2–0. [ 22 ] He made his competitive debut for the baseball club on 25 September 2019 in an EFL Cup match against Milton Keynes Dons. [ 23 ]
loan to Swansea City [edit ]
On 7 January 2020, Brewster joined Championship club Swansea City on lend for the remainder of the season, where he reunited with erstwhile England U17 coach Steve Cooper. [ 24 ] [ 25 ] He made his debut for the clubhouse in the South Wales derby against Cardiff City on 12 January, which ended in a scoreless draw, before scoring his beginning professional goal in a 2–1 win over Wigan Athletic at the Liberty Stadium six days belated. [ 26 ] [ 27 ] In March 2020, the Championship season was temporarily suspended due to the outbreak of the Coronavirus disease. Following the season ‘s restart in June, Brewster scored two goals in a 3–0 win over Middlesbrough, increasing his tally to 6 goals in 12 games. [ 28 ] Brewster finished the season with 11 goals in 22 appearances. [ 29 ]
restitution to Liverpool [edit ]
Brewster returned to Liverpool following his loan while at Swansea to begin preseason training anterior to the begin of the 2020–21 Premier League campaign. He appeared as a ersatz in the 2020 FA Community Shield. The game ended 1–1 and went to penalties, with Brewster hitting the crossbar on his undertake, leading to Arsenal winning the gunfight and lifting the trophy. [ 30 ]
Sheffield United [edit ]
On 2 October 2020, Sheffield United announced the sign of Brewster from Liverpool on a five-year hand, for a report tip of around £23.5 million. [ 31 ] The deal includes a bribe back clause of £40 million, valid until 30 June 2023. [ 32 ]
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He scored his foremost goal for the club in an EFL Cup tie against Carlisle United on 10 August 2021. [ 33 ] On 6 November 2021, Brewster scored his first league goal for Sheffield United in a 3–1 loss away against Blackburn Rovers. [ 34 ]
International career [edit ]
Brewster is an England youth external and has represented the nation at assorted youth levels but remains eligible to play for Turkey through his turkish Cypriot mother [ 35 ] [ 36 ] and Barbados through his barbadian father. [ 37 ] Having previously represented England at U16 level, Brewster scored six goals in five appearances for England U17 in 2016, including a hat-trick against Croatia and a brace against Germany. [ 7 ] He then led the nation ‘s attack at 2017 UEFA european Under-17 Championship and featured in the final against Spain. England ultimately lost on penalties with Brewster one of the players who missed his spot-kick. [ 6 ] [ 38 ] He ended the tournament with a restitution of three goals in six appearances. [ 39 ] late that year, Brewster gained far-flung press attention [ 40 ] after scoring consecutive hat-tricks against the United States and Brazil in the quarter-final and semi-finals of the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup. [ 6 ] [ 41 ] [ 42 ] [ 43 ] He then scored England ‘s opening finish in the concluding as the team overcome Spain 5–2 to claim the trophy. [ 44 ] Brewster ‘s recurrence of eight goals for the tournament saw him win the Golden Boot prize for the crown scorekeeper and he was besides awarded the Bronze Ball for his person performances. [ 45 ] In December 2017, Brewster revealed in an interview with The Guardian that his teammate Morgan Gibbs-White was racially abused by a spanish player during the catch with the FA reporting the incident to FIFA. [ 46 ] On 30 August 2019, Brewster was included in the England U21 squad for the first time [ 47 ] and made his debut as a 79th hour substitute during the 3–2 2021 U21 Euro qualifying win against Turkey on 6 September 2019. [ 48 ] On 7 September 2021, Brewster scored his first U21 finish from the penalty spot during the 2–0 2023 UEFA european Under-21 Championship qualification win over Kosovo U21s at Stadium MK. [ 49 ]
career statistics [edit ]
- As of match played 28 November 2021
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Liverpool | 2018–19[50] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019–20[51] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2020–21[52] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Swansea City | 2019–20[51] | Championship | 20 | 10 | — | — | — | 2[b] | 1 | 22 | 11 | |||
| Sheffield United | 2020–21[52] | Premier League | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22[53] | Championship | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 12 | 3 | |||
| Total | 37 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 3 | ||
| Career total | 57 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 68 | 14 | ||
Honours [edit ]
Liverpool
England U17
Individual
References [edit ]
- Profile at the Sheffield United F.C. website
- Rhian Brewster – UEFA competition record (archive)
