At 14-years-old, Max Dowman is already making a significant name for himself at Arsenal, the latest star emerging from the Hale End Academy.
Dowman, who is currently playing as an attacking midfielder for Arsenal at this stage of his career, is already playing in age groups way beyond his years.
The Arsenal youngster has represented England under-17s six times now, scoring three goals in the process.
Dowman regularly represents Arsenal in the U18 Premier League, as well as the UEFA Youth League – and he’s making a real impression in those games, too.
Max Dowman becomes youngster player to represent Arsenal at U21 level
Although, whilst most were watching Manchester City’s struggles against Liverpool on Sunday, Dowman was busy breaking Ethan Nwaneri’s record at Arsenal.
At 14 years and 336 days, Dowman because the youngster ever player to represent Arsenal at under-21 level.
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Nwaneri, Chido Obi-Martin and Ainsley Maitland Niles were all 15-years-old when they made their debuts at the same level, a testament to how talented Dowman already is.
Before Dowman’s appearance on Sunday, the record actually belonged to Richie Powling who made his full debut for Arsenal all the way back in 1973.
But Dowman did break Nwaneri’s Premier League 2 record as well, a competition that wasn’t around 40 years or so ago.
| 1 | Max Dowman | Dec 1, 2024 | 14 years 11 months |
| 2 | Ethan Nwaneri | Sep 3, 2022 | 15 years 5 months 13 days |
| 3 | Chido Obi-Martin | Oct 29, 2023 | 15 years 11 months |
| 4 | Ainsley Maitland-Niles | Aug 19, 2013 | 15 years 11 months 21 days |
| 5 | Reiss Nelson | Dec 21, 2015 | 16 years 11 days |
| 6 | Myles Lewis-Skelly | Oct 18, 2022 | 16 years 22 days |
| 7 | Jack Porter | Aug 23, 2024 | 16 years 1 month 8 days |
Dowman is causing a lot of excitement around N5 right now, and rightly so.
Despite his years, Dowman has been compared to Kaka, a Brazilian legend who he won’t mind being compared to, even if he may be a little bit before his time.
Max Dowman can follow Ethan Nwaneri and Myles Lewis-Skelly at Arsenal
Of course some Arsenal fans may already be dreaming of a midfield that could contain all three of Dowman, Nwaneri and Myles Lewis-Skelly in five or so years’ time.
Unfortunately, in the here and now, Lewis-Skelly has picked up an injury at Arsenal.
It remains to be seen how long the 18-year-old will be missing, but with Riccardo Calafiori also suffering a knock, there could have been an opportunity for the youngster.
Arsenal will likely turn to Oleksandr Zinchenko in that scenario, but Lewis-Skelly has been preferred to the more experienced campaigner in the past.
Either way, it’s brilliant to see the Hale End Academy producing elite talent once again, and Dowman really is a player to be excited about.
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