Eddie Nketiah

Edward Keddar Nketiah (born 30 May 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Arsenal.

Club career
Born in London, and raised in Lewisham. Nketiah started his career with Chelsea but was released by the club at the under-14 level in 2015. He eventually joined the Arsenal Academy and played for the club at both the under-23 and under-18's level. During the 2016–17 season, Nketiah scored 15 goals in 16 appearances for the under-18s while also bagging 12 goals in 26 appearances for the under-23 side. After that season, Nketiah was called up by Arsène Wenger for the senior side's pre-season trip to Australia and China.

On 28 September 2017, Nketiah was called up again to the senior side, this time for Arsenal's Europa League match against BATE Borisov. He came on as a 89th-minute substitute for Joe Willock as Arsenal won 4–2. His next appearance came nearly a month later against Norwich City in the League Cup as an 85th-minute substitute. He scored after 15 seconds with his first touch to tie the match, adding another in extra time to win it for the Gunners.

International career
Nketiah made his international debut for England at the under-18 level, playing a match against Saudi Arabia U19 on 22 March 2017. He scored the second goal for England in the 58th minute as they won 2–0. In his next match, against Qatar U19, Nketiah scored a hat-trick as England won 4–0.

On 18 May 2018, Nketiah received a call up to England U21's by Manager Adrian Boothroyd, for the Toulon Tournament with Englands group containing fixtures against Qatar U21's, China U21's and Mexico U21's.