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Full name | Aaron Christopher Ramsdale | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 14 May 1998 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Stoke-on-Trent, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.90 m)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Southampton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marsh Town | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bolton Wanderers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013–2015 | Sheffield United | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2015–2017 | Sheffield United | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2015 | → Worksop Town (loan) | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2017–2020 | AFC Bournemouth | 37 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | → Chesterfield (loan) | 19 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | → AFC Wimbledon (loan) | 20 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2020–2021 | Sheffield United | 40 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2021–2024 | Arsenal | 78 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2024– | Southampton | 8 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016 | England U18 | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | England U19 | 12 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | England U20 | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2018–2021 | England U21 | 15 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2021– | England | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:02, 2 November 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:20, 7 June 2024 (UTC) |
Aaron Christopher Ramsdale (born 14 May 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Southampton and the England national team.
Ramsdale began his senior club career playing for Sheffield United and signed for AFC Bournemouth in 2017. Following successive loans to Chesterfield and AFC Wimbledon, Ramsdale played a season with Bournemouth and re-joined Sheffield United in a transfer worth an initial £18 million. In 2021, Ramsdale signed for Arsenal in a club record transfer worth up to £30 million, becoming their most expensive goalkeeper.
Ramsdale has represented England at all levels from under-18 to the senior team, and won the UEFA European Under-19 Championship in 2017. He was in the squad that finished as runners-up at both UEFA Euro 2020 and 2024, and the squad at the 2022 FIFA World Cup.