.jpg) Maitland-Niles playing for Arsenal in 2018 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Ainsley Cory Maitland-Niles[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 29 August 1997[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Goodmayes, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.77 m)[3] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Right-back, defensive midfielder[4] | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Lyon | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 98 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2014 | Arsenal | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2023 | Arsenal | 72 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | → Ipswich Town (loan) | 30 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | → West Bromwich Albion (loan) | 12 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022 | → Roma (loan) | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | → Southampton (loan) | 22 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Lyon | 31 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | England U17 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | England U18 | 4 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | England U19 | 11 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | England U20 | 16 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | England U21 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020 | England | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:31, 20 October 2024 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Ainsley Cory Maitland-Niles (born 29 August 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or right-back for Ligue 1 club Lyon.
Maitland-Niles spent the 2015–16 season on loan at Ipswich Town from Arsenal, and the second half of the 2020–21 and 2021–22 seasons on loan at West Bromwich Albion and Roma respectively. During the 2022–23 season, he was at loan at Southampton, before he joined Lyon after his contract at Arsenal expired. Internationally, he has represented England from under-17 to senior level.
- ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Korea Republic 2017: List of Players: England" (PDF). FIFA. 11 June 2017. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 December 2019.
- ^ "Ainsley Maitland-Niles: Overview". ESPN. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
- ^ "Ainsley Maitland-Niles: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
- ^ "Ainsley Maitland-Niles: Profile". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 10 October 2020.