Mason Tony Mount ( wear 10 January 1999 ) is an english professional football player who plays as an attack or central midfielder for Premier League clubhouse Chelsea and the England national team. Mount began his senior club career with Chelsea, and joined Vitesse and Derby County on consecutive loans between 2017 and 2019. He established himself as an integral musician for Chelsea in the following years, and won the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Super Cup in 2021.
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Mount won the UEFA european Under-19 Championship with the England national under-19 team in 2017. He made his senior international debut in 2019, at age 20, and was function of the England team at UEFA Euro 2020 .
early on biography
Mount was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire. [ 8 ] His beget, Tony, was a former non-league football player who late coached local clubs, namely Havant Town. [ 9 ] As a child, Mount played locally for Boarhunt Rovers and United Services Portsmouth. [ 10 ] In 2003, at senesce 4, he spent one day a week trail in the academies at Portsmouth and Chelsea. [ 11 ] Citing Frank Lampard, Luka Modrić and Andrés Iniesta as his favorite players, [ 12 ] Mount finally joined Chelsea in 2005. [ 9 ] [ 13 ]
Club career
Chelsea
At age 18, Mount was promoted to Chelsea ‘s senior team ; [ 14 ] he previously debuted for the clubhouse ‘s under-18 team in 2014, at age 15, and besides appeared systematically for the clubhouse ‘s under-21 team by 2016. Mount scored 10 goals in 30 games in the clubhouse ‘s victorious 2016–17 U18 Premier League campaign. [ 15 ] He besides won two FA Youth Cups, the UEFA Youth League, and Chelsea Academy Player of the year by 2017. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] [ 18 ]
Loans to Vitesse and Derby County
Mount joined Dutch Eredivisie club Vitesse on 24 July 2017 on a season-long loan. [ 14 ] He made his first-team debut on 26 August, as a 77th-minute substitute during Vitesse ‘s 2–1 home defeat against AZ. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] The following month, he was given his first beginning in Vitesse ‘s KNVB Cup first-round defeat off to fifth-tier team Swift, playing the entire 90 minutes of the 0–0 draw, which Swift won in a penalty shoot-out. [ 19 ] [ 21 ] He scored his first goal for Vitesse on 1 October in the 76th infinitesimal of a 1–1 home trace with Utrecht. [ 19 ] [ 22 ] Mount went onto appear in the Eredivisie Team of the year and won Vitesse Player of the Year. [ 23 ] During Vitesse ‘s Eredivisie european play-off semi-final first leg against ADO Den Haag on 9 May 2018, Mount scored his first hat-trick, as Vitesse won 5–2 aside. [ 19 ] In the second base stage, Mount scored in a 2–1 acquire as Vitesse won 7–3 on aggregate. [ 19 ] In the beginning leg of the final against Utrecht, Mount opened the marking but was booked and therefore suspended for the second leg. [ 19 ] Mount made 39 appearances in all competitions for Vitesse, scoring 14 times, before returning to Chelsea. Mount joined Championship clubhouse Derby County on 17 July 2018 on a season-long lend. [ 24 ] He scored a 60th-minute equalizer on his debut for Derby on 3 August 2018, during a 2–1 away victory over Reading. [ 25 ] Mount was sidelined for two months after suffering a hamstring injury in a FA Cup bet on against Accrington Stanley. [ 26 ] He returned in a 6–1 win over Rotherham United, winning a punishment for teammate Martyn Waghorn and late scoring. [ 27 ] Two weeks late, he scored his second base senior hat-trick in a 4–0 Championship league game against Bolton Wanderers, [ 28 ] keeping Derby in competition for the promotion playoff. [ 29 ]
2019–20 : First-team breakthrough
Mount playing for Chelsea in 2019 On 15 July 2019, Mount signed a raw five-year sign with Chelsea. [ 30 ] [ 31 ] He made his competitive debut for Chelsea on 11 August 2019 in a 0–4 away get the better of to Manchester United in the Premier League. [ 32 ] He scored his first Chelsea goal a workweek late against Leicester City during Frank Lampard ‘s home debut as coach at Stamford Bridge, a 1–1 draw, [ 33 ] and added another in the future game away to Norwich City. [ 34 ] On 17 September, he suffered an ankle injury against Valencia in the Champions League opener. [ 35 ] In March 2020, Mount was spoken to by Chelsea for ignoring self-isolation rules during the COVID-19 pandemic. While the entire squad was forced to self-isolate due to Callum Hudson-Odoi ‘s positive COVID-19 test, Mount had gone to play football with friends, including West Ham ‘s Declan Rice. [ 36 ] On 22 July 2020, he became the inaugural Chelsea Academy graduate to make his first team debut and complete 50 appearances in the lapp season. [ 37 ] On the final day of the 2019–20 Premier League season in a 2–0 victory against Wolves, Mount scored the first goal from a free complain and assisted Olivier Giroud for the second goal to help Chelsea secure a position in the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League. [ 38 ]
2020–21 : Chelsea Player of the year
Mount started the 2020–21 temper well, as he featured in all Chelsea matches including the one against Barnsley in the third gear round of the EFL Cup on 23 September, which ended in a 6–0 winnings at home. [ 39 ] Three days late on 26 September, Mount scored his first finish of the temper against West Bromwich Albion in a 3–3 away draw. [ 40 ] In the next fastness, however, Mount missed the decisive penalty in Chelsea ’ s 5–4 shoot-out loss aside to Tottenham Hotspur in the fourth circle of the EFL Cup on 29 September. [ 41 ] He scored in back-to-back games in January, first in a 4–0 winnings at Morecambe in the third round off of the FA Cup and then aside to Fulham in a 1–0 Premier League victory. [ 42 ] [ 43 ] On 24 January 2021, Mount captained Chelsea for the first meter in a 3–1 succeed at dwelling over Luton Town in the FA Cup. [ 44 ] On 4 March, Mount scored the lone goal in a 1–0 away league win over Liverpool, handing the Reds their fifth consecutive league kill at Anfield for the beginning time in their history. [ 45 ] Mount scored his first goal in european football in Chelsea ‘s 2–0 win over Porto in the beginning leg of the Champions League quarter-final on 7 April, [ 46 ] becoming the youngest Chelsea player to score in the Champions League hard stage. [ 47 ] On 27 April, he marked his hundredth appearance for Chelsea in a 1–1 away reap against real Madrid in the Champions League semi-final first leg. [ 48 ] [ 49 ] In the second stage in London on 5 May, he scored the second finish in a 2–0 win over real Madrid, which helped Chelsea improvement to the Champions League Final 3–1 on aggregate. [ 50 ] early in the season, Mount ‘s presence in the Chelsea and England starting line-ups was alleged by fans and media to be because of favoritism by respective team managers, Lampard and Gareth Southgate. [ 51 ] These doubts were allayed after Thomas Tuchel acknowledged Chelsea ‘s growing reliance on Mount calling him “ all-important for our game ” and “ an absolutely key musician ” and endorsed him as one of the best players in Europe. [ 52 ] [ 53 ] On 18 May, Mount was voted as Chelsea ‘s Player of the Year. [ 54 ] On 29 May, Mount provided the aid for Kai Havertz ‘s goal, as Chelsea won 1–0 against Manchester City in the final in Porto to win the Champions League for the second meter in their history, and Mount ’ s first trophy with the club. [ 55 ]
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2021–22
On 11 August 2021, following a 1–1 puff after extra fourth dimension in the 2021 UEFA Super Cup against Villarreal, Mount scored Chelsea ‘s one-fourth penalty in the resulting shoot-out, which saw Chelsea triumph 6–5 for their second UEFA Super Cup title. [ 56 ] On 8 October, Mount was one of five Chelsea players included in the final 30-man short list for the 2021 Ballon d’Or. [ 57 ] On 23 October, Mount scored his foremost goals of the season, and his first hat-trick for Chelsea, in a 7–0 home acquire over Norwich City. [ 58 ]
International career
young
Mount has represented England at under-16, under-17, under-18 and under-19 levels. [ 59 ] Mount represented the under-17s at the 2016 UEFA european Under-17 Championship. [ 60 ] Mount was included in the under-19 team for the 2017 UEFA european Under-19 Championship. [ 61 ] He provided the assist for Lukas Nmecha to score the winning goal against Portugal in the final. [ 62 ] He was subsequently named Golden Player of the tournament. [ 63 ] On 27 May 2019, Mount was included in England ‘s 23-man police squad for the 2019 UEFA european Under-21 Championship. [ 64 ]
senior
Following his impressive season with Vitesse, Mount was invited by director Gareth Southgate to train with the elder team for a workweek ahead of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. [ 65 ] He was called up to the senior team for the UEFA Nations League matches against Croatia and Spain in October 2018. [ 66 ] Mount made his debut for the England aged team on 7 September 2019 as a 67th-minute substitute in England ‘s 4–0 home gain over Bulgaria in UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying. [ 67 ] He scored his beginning goal for England on 17 November in a 4–0 away win against Kosovo in UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying. [ 68 ] Mount was named in the 26-man England police squad for Euro 2020. [ 69 ] On 22 June 2021, Mount and mate England actor Ben Chilwell were forced to self-isolate after coming into contact with Scotland player Billy Gilmour, who tested positive for COVID-19 after England ‘s 0–0 draw with Scotland at the tournament. [ 70 ]
personal life
Mount has been best friends with fellow England international Declan Rice since childhood. [ 71 ] Mount supports Portsmouth, citing former Portsmouth players such as Peter Crouch, Jermain Defoe and Nwankwo Kanu as his footballing heroes whilst growing up. [ 10 ]
career statistics
club
- As of match played 4 December 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club
Season
League
National Cup
League Cup
Europe
Other
Total
Division
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Chelsea U23
2016–17[72]
—
—
—
—
3[a]
0
3
0
Vitesse (loan)
2017–18[19]
Eredivisie
29
9
1
0
—
6[b]
0
3[c]
5
39
14
Derby County (loan)
2018–19[73]
Championship
35
8
2
0
4
2
—
3[d]
1
44
11
Chelsea
2019–20[74]
Premier League
37
7
6
1
1
0
8[e]
0
1[f]
0
53
8
2020–21[75]
Premier League
36
6
5
1
2
0
11[e]
2
—
54
9
2021–22[76]
Premier League
12
5
0
0
2
0
3[e]
0
1[f]
0
18
5
Total
85
18
11
2
5
0
22
2
2
0
125
22
Career total
149
35
14
2
9
2
28
2
11
6
211
47
International
- As of match played 12 October 2021[77]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team
Year
Apps
Goals
England
2019
6
1
2020
7
2
2021
13
1
Total
26
4
- As of match played 12 October 2021
- England score listed first, score column indicates score after each Mount goal[77]
Honours
Chelsea Youth
Chelsea
England U19
England
Individual
References
- Profile at the Chelsea F.C. website
- Profile at the Football Association website
- Mason Mount – UEFA competition record (archive)
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