Adam Lallana

The 50th goal of his career came in a 2–0 victory at Reading.

Adam David Lallana (born 10 May 1988) is an English professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for club Brighton & Hove Albion.

This made him the first Southampton midfielder to score twenty goals in a season since Matt Le Tissier's 30 in the 1994–95 season.

Lallana began his youth career with AFC Bournemouth before transferring to Southampton in 2000, where he developed in their academy and became a professional in 2006.

He joined the Premier League club's academy as a 12-year-old in September 2000.

Southampton paid £3,000 compensation to Bournemouth with further payments of £5,000 and £10,000 when he signed scholarship and professional contracts respectively.

Lallana was involved in Southampton's FA Youth Cup squads of 2004–05 and 2005–06, when they reached the final and semi-final respectively.

Lallana joined the first team squad in July 2006, making his debut on 23 August 2006, in a 5–2 victory over Yeovil Town, in the League Cup.

On 31 October 2006 he signed a new contract to keep him at Southampton until December 2009.

On 9 October 2007 he joined Bournemouth on loan for one month.

On 28 April 2008, Lallana scored his first professional goal for Southampton against West Bromwich Albion in a crucial Championship match, with a well-placed finish into the bottom left corner.

He became a regular in the first team at the start of the 2008–09 season.

On 29 August 2008, he signed a new three-year contract with Southampton.

He finished the 2009–10 season with a total of twenty goals in all competitions, netting his 20th on the final day of the season against Southend United.

On 28 March 2010, he scored as Southampton beat Carlisle United 4–1 in the 2010 Football League Trophy final.

He was named in the League One PFA Team of the Year after scoring 11 goals in the 2010–11 season as Southampton won promotion from League One, finishing three points behind winners Brighton & Hove Albion.

On 7 January 2011, Lallana signed a new contract with Southampton which would expire in the summer of 2015.

He then scored on the opening day of the 2011–12 season, a 3–1 victory over Leeds United at St Mary's Stadium which broke a 12-year hoodoo of Southampton not winning on the opening day and secured a record-breaking seventh consecutive league win.

He then scored twice in a 5–2 victory at Ipswich Town.

Along with Lambert and Kelvin Davis, he was one of three Southampton players named in the Championship PFA Team of the Year for the 2011–12 season.

He scored on the final day of the campaign to finish with 13 goals, 11 of which came in the league, as Southampton clinched a second consecutive promotion.

After a brief loan back to Bournemouth, he broke into Southampton's first team as they earned two consecutive promotions to rise from League One to the Premier League, and became captain in 2012.

He made his first Premier League appearance on the opening day of the 2012–13 season, setting up a goal and wearing the captain's armband in a 3–2 defeat against 2011–12 champions Manchester City.

He scored his first Premier League goal in a 4–1 defeat away to West Ham United.

His second goal of the season came on 25 November, as he opened the scoring in a 2–0 home win against Newcastle United.

Since his senior international debut in 2013, Lallana has made 34 appearances for England, scoring three goals, representing his country at the 2014 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2016.

Lallana was born in St Albans, Hertfordshire, but moved to the Iford area of Bournemouth, Dorset, when he was five years old.

He attended Corpus Christi School followed by St Peter's Catholic School.

As a child, Lallana supported Everton, like his father.

He is of Spanish descent; his paternal grandfather is from Madrid.

Lallana was a member of the AFC Bournemouth Centre of Excellence, where he was spotted by a talent scout from Southampton.

On 11 April 2013, Lallana signed a new five-year contract with Southampton.

In Southampton's 4–1 Premier League victory over Hull City on 9 November 2013, Lallana started with the ball 30 yards from goal and dribbled his way past five players into the left-hand side of the 18-yard box, before slotting it past Hull goalkeeper Steve Harper.

After two seasons in the top flight and an international breakthrough, he joined Liverpool for a reported £25 million in July 2014.

On 18 April 2014, he was shortlisted for the PFA Players' Player of the Year award, losing to Liverpool striker Luis Suárez.

His 150th start for the club came in a 1–1 draw at south coast rivals Portsmouth.

His tenth goal of the season came in a 4–0 victory over Derby County.

He then scored two goals in a 2–0 victory over Barnsley.

He was nominated for the Southampton Player of the Year award but lost out to teammate Rickie Lambert.

He appeared in the 2018 UEFA Champions League final and was part of the squad that won the competition the following season, as well as lifting the 2019–20 Premier League trophy.