{"id":126057,"date":"2025-09-07T07:15:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T07:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/126057\/"},"modified":"2025-09-07T07:15:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T07:15:10","slug":"arsenal-star-max-dowman-makes-england-history-as-15-year-old-sensation-continues-rapid-rise-in-the-game-after-gunners-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/126057\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal star Max Dowman makes England history as 15-year-old sensation continues rapid rise in the game after Gunners debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/profile-695\/jeorge-bird.html\" class=\"author\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">JEORGE BIRD, DIGITAL ESPORTS REPORTER<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"> Published:  18:43 EDT, 6 September 2025   |  Updated:  19:27 EDT, 6 September 2025   <\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/arsenal\/index.html\" id=\"mol-cc791250-8b70-11f0-9e28-1b043f1f747e\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Arsenal<\/a> starlet Max Dowman is continuing to break records while on international duty with England Under-19s.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">It has been a hugely eventful start to the season for the 15-year-old, who became the second youngest player in <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/premierleague\/index.html\" id=\"mol-cc83c0b0-8b70-11f0-9e28-1b043f1f747e\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Premier League<\/a> history (behind Arsenal&#8217;s Ethan Nwaneri) when he featured as a substitute against <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/leeds-united\/index.html\" id=\"mol-cc7ac000-8b70-11f0-9e28-1b043f1f747e\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Leeds<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Dowman also came off the bench against <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/liverpool\/index.html\" id=\"mol-cc7ae710-8b70-11f0-9e28-1b043f1f747e\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Liverpool<\/a> last weekend and has been included in Arsenal&#8217;s <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/champions_league\/index.html\" id=\"mol-cc840ed0-8b70-11f0-9e28-1b043f1f747e\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Champions League<\/a> squad.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Having previously impressed for England Under-17s, Dowman was promoted to the Three Lions&#8217; Under-19 squad for this month&#8217;s fixtures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In midweek Dowman came on against Ukraine and in doing so became the youngest ever player to feature for England Under-19s since the age group was introduced in the 2001-02 season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Dowman was subsequently given his first start for the Under-19s against Spain and proceeded to win a penalty in a 3-3 draw. His involvement saw him become the youngest starter for the Under-19s.<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-78021f4ead9dd0b3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/101907143-15073245-image-a-92_1757196678833.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Max Dowman won a penalty as he featured for England Under-19s in a 3-3 draw with Spain\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Max Dowman won a penalty as he featured for England Under-19s in a 3-3 draw with Spain<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-c98f1b9583746f30\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/101907145-15073245-image-m-94_1757196687139.jpg\" height=\"664\" width=\"634\" alt=\"15-year-old Dowman became the youngest player to ever start a game for England Under-19s\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">15-year-old Dowman became the youngest player to ever start a game for England Under-19s<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-94f10f4efb5b1a42\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/101907153-15073245-image-a-95_1757196698577.jpg\" height=\"440\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Dowman has already made two appearances in the Premier League for Arsenal this season\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Dowman has already made two appearances in the Premier League for Arsenal this season<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The youngster was frequently fouled by opposition players but continued to push forwards with regularity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Dowman has developed a penchant for winning penalties &#8211; he did so in two pre-season games for Arsenal and also against Leeds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">England Under-19s have one game remaining in this set of fixtures as they face the Netherlands on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Dowman previously played five times for England at Under-16 level before scoring five goals in 16 games for the Under-17s.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">It will be intriguing to see how many senior appearances Dowman makes for Arsenal this season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">With Bukayo Saka out injured, opportunities to feature as a substitute on the right flank may arise for Dowman.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He could also potentially be given a start when Arsenal face Port Vale away in the Carabao Cup on September 24.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DailyMailSport\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Share or comment on this article:<br \/>\n                        Arsenal star Max Dowman makes England history as 15-year-old sensation continues rapid rise in the game after Gunners debut<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By JEORGE BIRD, DIGITAL ESPORTS REPORTER Published: 18:43 EDT, 6 September 2025 | Updated: 19:27 EDT, 6 September&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":126058,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[498,49,48,2093,527,561,457,82],"class_list":["post-126057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-arsenal","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-dailymail","tag-football","tag-soccer","tag-sport","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126057\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}