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Elliot Anderson (footballer)

Elliot Junior Anderson (born 6 November 2002) is an English professional footballer who plays for Premier League club Nottingham Forest as a midfielder. Born in England, he represented Scotland’s youth teams internationally, until he switched nationalities to play for England U21.

Elliot Anderson
Anderson playing for Bristol Rovers in 2022
Personal information
Full name Elliot Junior Anderson[1]
Date of birth (2002-11-06) 6 November 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Whitley Bay, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.79 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Nottingham Forest
Number 8
Youth career
Wallsend Boys Club
2011–2021 Newcastle United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2024 Newcastle United 44 (0)
2022 → Bristol Rovers (loan) 21 (8)
2024– Nottingham Forest 10 (0)
International career‡
2018 Scotland U16 1 (0)
2018–2019 Scotland U17 3 (0)
2019–2021 Scotland U18 2 (0)
2022 Scotland U21 1 (0)
2024– England U21 4 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:20, 2 November 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:33, 15 October 2024 (UTC)

Early life

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Anderson hails from Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear. His maternal grandfather, Geoff Allen, played as an outside-left for Newcastle United from 1964 to 1968.[2][3][4]

Club career

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Newcastle United

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Anderson first joined Newcastle United at the age of eight having previously been at Wallsend Boys Club[5] and signed his first professional contract with the club in November 2019,[6] signing another long-term deal a year later on his eighteenth birthday.[7] On 9 January 2021, Anderson made his first-team debut in a 2–0 defeat to Arsenal in the third round of the FA Cup.[8] On 18 January, Anderson made his Premier League debut against the same opposition in a 3–0 defeat, as an 87th-minute substitute.[9]

Bristol Rovers (loan)

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On 31 January 2022, Anderson joined League Two side Bristol Rovers on loan until the end of the 2021–22 season.[10] He made his debut on 5 February, impressing off of the bench in a 1–1 draw at Sutton United.[11] Anderson opened his account for the club, scoring the first league goal of his career, with the second in a 4–0 away win at Stevenage before assisting namesake Harry Anderson for the third four minutes later[12] in a performance that was rated 9/10 by local media outlet Bristol Live.[13] Following a 1–0 victory over Colchester United in which Anderson scored the only goal of the game, his third goal for the club and scoring for a second consecutive match, manager and former Newcastle midfielder Joey Barton compared Anderson's style of play to that of Diego Maradona.[14][15] Anderson was awarded the League Two Goal of the Month award for March 2022 for his impressive solo run and finish against Harrogate Town, receiving 50% of the public vote.[16] On 7 May 2022, Anderson was awarded the EFL Young Player of the Month Award for April 2022 after three goals and two assists in six matches left Rovers close to an automatic promotion spot,[17] later winning the EFL League Two Player of the Month Award too.[18] That same day, the final league match of the season, Anderson scored Rovers' final goal in the 85th minute of a 7–0 thrashing of Scunthorpe United, this goal moving Rovers above Northampton Town on a goals scored basis into the final automatic promotion spot, the club returning to League One at the first time of asking.[19]

Return to Newcastle and breakthrough

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On 21 September 2022, Anderson's breakthrough into the first-team was rewarded with a new long-term contract.[20] On 26 February 2023, he came off the bench in the 91st minute of the 2023 EFL Cup final defeat to Manchester United.[21] He was controversially denied a first Newcastle goal on 17 March 2023 at Nottingham Forest when his back-post header was ruled out by VAR.[22][23] A decision described as "bizarre",[24] while former referee Dermot Gallagher clarified with evidence that no offside law had been broken.[24]

Anderson's development continued throughout the season, resulting in an increased presence in pre-season for the 2023-24 campaign, where he garnered much praise.[25] In the season, Anderson's development continued with an increased first team presence, starting 4 matches, and having substitute appearances in the other 5 Premier League matches, before he was sidelined for 4 months with a lower back injury. Anderson returned to the team on 27 February 2024, scoring in the Penalty shootout against Blackburn Rovers in the FA Cup.[26]

Nottingham Forest

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On 1 July 2024, Anderson joined Premier League side Nottingham Forest for a reported fee of £35million,[27] signing a five-year contract with the club.[28] A later article in The Daily Telegraph newspaper had the transfer fee as "around £15 million".[29]

International career

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Born in England, Anderson is of Scottish descent with a grandmother on his father's side born in Glasgow and later residing in Whitley Bay. He was a youth international for Scotland at U16, U17 & U18 level.[30] He switched his allegiance to England in March 2021, making his debut in a non-international friendly against Arsenal U23s on 27 March 2021.[31] Anderson was selected in the Scotland under-21 squad in November 2021.[32][33] Anderson received a second call-up for the Scotland U21 squad in March 2022,[34] instead opting to remain with his loan club Bristol Rovers.[35] Anderson made his Scotland under-21 debut on 5 June as they held group leaders Belgium to a 0–0 draw.[36] He withdrew from a later Scotland under-21 squad, as he wanted to keep other representative options open.[37]

In August 2023, Anderson received his first call-up to the Scotland national team by head coach Steve Clarke, for a UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying match against Cyprus and a friendly against England,[38][39] but pulled out due to injury.[40][41]

On 30 August 2024, Anderson received a first call up to the England U21 squad for UEFA Euro U21 qualifying fixtures against Northern Ireland and Austria.[42] Elliot made a further two appearances on the 11 & 15 October 2024. Against Ukraine and Azerbaijan, the latter of which he scored his first goal, in a 7-0 win.

Career statistics

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As of match played 2 November 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Newcastle United U21 2019–20[43] — — — — 3[a] 1 3 1
2020–21[44] — — — — 3[a] 2 3 2
2021–22[45] — — — — 1[a] 0 1 0
Total — 7 3 7 3
Newcastle United 2020–21[44] Premier League 1 0 1 0 0 0 — — 2 0
2021–22[45] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
2022–23[46] Premier League 22 0 1 0 4 0 — — 27 0
2023–24[47] Premier League 21 0 2 0 1 0 2[b] 0 — 26 0
Total 44 0 4 0 5 0 2 0 — 55 0
Bristol Rovers (loan) 2021–22[45] League Two 21 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 8
Nottingham Forest 2024–25[48] Premier League 10 0 0 0 1 0 — — 11 0
Career total 75 8 4 0 6 0 2 0 7 3 94 11
  1. ^ a b c Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
  2. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

Honours

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Bristol Rovers

Newcastle United

Individual

References

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  1. ^ "2023/24 Premier League squad lists". www.premierleague.com.
  2. ^ King, Dan (6 November 2020). "Anderson wants to keep following in grandfather's footsteps after signing new contract". Newcastle United F.C. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  3. ^ Vinton, Luke (27 November 2020). "Introducing Elliot Anderson". Newcastle United F.C. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  4. ^ Gibson, John (14 January 2021). "'I was so proud' - Geoff Allen's dream lives on with grandson Elliot Anderson". ChronicleLive. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Introducing Elliot Anderson". www.nufc.co.uk. 27 November 2020. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  6. ^ "Elliot Anderson signs first professional contract with Newcastle United". www.nufc.co.uk. 8 November 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  7. ^ "Teenage midfielder Elliot Anderson signs new long-term deal". www.nufc.co.uk. 6 November 2020. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  8. ^ "Arsenal 2–0 Newcastle United". BBC Sport. 9 January 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  9. ^ Emons, Michael (18 January 2021). "Arsenal 3–0 Newcastle United". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
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  12. ^ "Stevenage 0–4 Bristol Rovers". BBC Sport. 19 February 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
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  16. ^ a b "Elliot Anderson Wins Goal of the Month Award For March!". www.bristolrovers.co.uk. 15 April 2022.
  17. ^ a b "Elliot Anderson Named EFL Young Player of The Month for April". www.efl.com. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  18. ^ a b "Sky Bet EFL Manager and Player of the Month April winners!". www.efl.com. 13 May 2022. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  19. ^ a b "Bristol Rovers go up after extraordinary 7–0 win". BBC Sport. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
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  24. ^ a b @SkySportsPL (20 March 2023). ""I don't get why it's not been given as a goal"" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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  27. ^ "Newcastle transfers: Elliot Anderson completes £35m move to Nottingham Forest and Yankuba Minteh joins Brighton for £30m". Sky Sports. 1 July 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
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  29. ^ Percy, John (13 July 2024). "Nottingham Forest launch £13m bid for Fiorentina centre-back Nikola Milenković". The Telegraph – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  30. ^ Ryder, Lee (17 November 2019). "How Toon teen Elliot Anderson went from Level 7 and idolising Yohan Cabaye to a deal with NUFC". ChronicleLive.
  31. ^ "England U19s hand Elliot Anderson a Three Lions debut at St George's Park". 27 March 2021.
  32. ^ "10 Performance School players named in Scotland Under-21 squad". scottishfa.co.uk. Scottish Football Association. 28 October 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
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  34. ^ "Scotland Under-21 squad named for double-header against Turkey and Kazakhstan". www.scottishfa.co.uk. 9 March 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
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  36. ^ "Belgium U21 0–0 Scotland U21". BBC Sport. 5 June 2022.
  37. ^ Bennett, George (14 March 2023). "Scotland 'door still open' for Newcastle United star Elliot Anderson amid England tug-of-war". Newcastle Chronicle. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
  38. ^ "Steve Clarke confirms squad for Cyprus and England matches". Scottish FA. 28 August 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
  39. ^ "Scotland call up Elliot Anderson for matches with Cyprus & England". BBC Sport. 28 August 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
  40. ^ "Newcastle starlet Elliot Anderson pulls out of Scotland squad after knock in training".
  41. ^ Pirie, Mark (13 September 2023). "Elliot Anderson to snub Scotland as Newcastle star opts to chase England call". Daily Record. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  42. ^ "England MU21s squad named for Northern Ireland and Austria". www.englandfootball.com. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
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  44. ^ a b "Games played by Elliot Anderson in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  45. ^ a b c "Games played by Elliot Anderson in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  46. ^ "Games played by Elliot Anderson in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  47. ^ "Games played by Elliot Anderson in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  48. ^ "Games played by Elliot Anderson in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  49. ^ McNulty, Phil (26 February 2023). "Manchester United 2–0 Newcastle United". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
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