Mason Greenwood

After that, he scored against Aston Villa; making him only the fourth player aged below 19 to score in three consecutive Premier League appearances and the first since Francis Jeffers did so for Everton in 1999.

Mason Will John Greenwood (born 1 October 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for La Liga club Getafe, on loan from club Manchester United.

He joined a famous list of players to wear the number 11, most notably Ryan Giggs, a fellow academy product who retired in 2014 as the leading appearance maker for United with 963.

On 22 September, Greenwood scored his first goal of the season in a 3–1 away victory over Luton Town in the third round of the EFL Cup, and on 28 October, he scored his first goal in the UEFA Champions League in a 5–0 win over RB Leipzig; the goal came from his first ever shot in the competition.

He scored his first league goal of the season in a 3–1 away win against West Ham United on 5 December.

On 24 January 2021, Greenwood scored his first FA Cup goal of the season in a 3–2 home win against arch-rivals Liverpool in the fourth round.

He played the full 90 minutes in the Premier League record-equalling 9–0 home win against Southampton on 2 February, and two weeks later he extended his contract to June 2025 with the option of a further year.

He broke a four-month goal drought in the league on 4 April, scoring the winner against Brighton & Hove Albion which ended 2–1 at home.

After progressing through the academy ranks, he joined up with the Under-18 squad for the 2017–18 season, despite being eligible for the Under-16s, and finished as top scorer of the U18 Premier League North with 17 goals in 21 games.

In May 2018, Greenwood was named Player of the Tournament as the youth side won the ICGT Trophy, an international youth football tournament, in the Netherlands.

In July 2018, Greenwood travelled with the first team on their pre-season tour of the United States.

On 20 July, he made his non-competitive debut as a 76th-minute substitute in a 1–1 draw against Club América.

On 2 October, Greenwood signed his first professional contract with the club.

In December, he was selected by José Mourinho to train with the first team ahead of their UEFA Champions League match against Valencia.

A graduate of United's youth system, Greenwood scored in a UEFA Europa League match against Astana in September 2019, to become the club's youngest ever goalscorer in European competition at the age of 17 years, 357 days.

On 6 March 2019, under the management of Ole Gunnar Solskjær, Greenwood made his competitive debut as an 87th-minute substitute in a 3–1 win against Paris Saint Germain in the Champions League.

At the age of 17 years and 156 days, he became the second-youngest player to represent the club in a European competition (behind only Norman Whiteside) and the youngest ever in the Champions League era.

Four days later, he made his Premier League debut from the bench in a 2–0 defeat to Arsenal to become one of the club's youngest league debutants.

Greenwood was named Premier League 2 Player of the Month for April 2019.

At the end of the season, he received the Jimmy Murphy Young Player of the Year award, given each year to the best player in the club's youth teams.

On 12 May, the final day of the season, Greenwood made his first senior start for the club in a 2–0 defeat to Cardiff City.

Greenwood's first United goal came in their Europa League opener against Kazakh side Astana on 19 September; scoring the only goal of the game to become the club's youngest ever goalscorer in European competition at the age of 17 years, 357 days.

On 7 November, he scored in United's 3–0 win over Partizan Belgrade, qualifying them for the knockout stages of the competition.

On 24 November, Greenwood scored his first league goal in a 3–3 draw with Sheffield United.

On 12 December, he scored twice and won a penalty in the final game of the Europa League group stage against AZ Alkmaar.

Manchester United won the game 4–0 and finished top of their group.

His senior international debut for England came in September 2020, in a UEFA Nations League game against Iceland.

In January 2022, Greenwood was arrested on suspicion of raping and assaulting a woman, and later on suspicion of sexual assault and making death threats.

Since then, Greenwood has not trained with or appeared for United or England.

He was charged in October 2022 with attempted rape, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, and controlling and coercive behaviour.

In February 2023, all charges against him were dropped.

In August 2023, Greenwood and Manchester United announced that he would leave the club; he was loaned to Getafe in September 2023.

Greenwood joined Manchester United at the age of six, playing at the club's development school in Halifax.

On 11 January 2020, after failing to score in three consecutive matches, Greenwood scored once in a 4–0 win over Norwich City.

Fifteen days later, he scored his first FA Cup goal as United defeated Tranmere Rovers 6–0.

Greenwood scored again four weeks later, in a 3–0 league win against Watford.

On 12 March, he scored his fifth European goal during a 5–0 win over LASK of Austria; becoming the first teenager to score at least five goals in a single European season for United.

After a three-month suspension of football caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Greenwood played in all six of United's matches as of 9 July 2020.

He failed to score in the first three, but delivered a total of four goals in the next three, including a brace in a 5–2 win against Bournemouth on 4 July.

After wearing the number 26 for his breakout season in 2019, Greenwood was given the number 11 shirt by Manchester United on 4 September 2020.