Mason Mount

He made his first-team debut on 26 August, as a 77th-minute substitute during Vitesse's 2–1 home defeat against AZ.

The following month, he was given his first start in Vitesse's KNVB Cup first-round defeat away to fifth-tier team Swift, playing the full 90 minutes of the 0–0 draw, which Swift won in a penalty shoot-out.

He scored his first goal for Vitesse on 1 October in the 76th minute of a 1–1 home draw with Utrecht.

Mount went onto appear in the Eredivisie Team of the Year and won Vitesse Player of the Year.

Mason Tony Mount (born 10 January 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays as an attacking or central midfielder for club Manchester United and the England national team.

Mason Tony Mount was born on 10 January 1999, in Portsmouth, Hampshire, to parents Debbie and Tony Mount.

His father, Tony, was a former non-league footballer who later coached local clubs, including Havant Town.

As a child, Mount played locally for Boarhunt Rovers and United Services Portsmouth.

In 2003, at age 4, he spent one day a week training in the academies at Portsmouth and Chelsea.

Citing Frank Lampard, Luka Modrić and Andrés Iniesta as his favourite players, Mount eventually joined Chelsea in 2005.

At age 18, Mount was promoted to Chelsea's senior team; he previously debuted for the club's under-18 team in 2014, at age 15, and also appeared consistently for the club's under-21 team by 2016.

Mount scored 10 goals in 30 games in the club's victorious 2016–17 U18 Premier League campaign.

Mount began his senior club career with Chelsea, and joined Vitesse and Derby County on consecutive loans between 2017 and 2019.

He established himself as an integral player for Chelsea in the following years, and won the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Super Cup, and the FIFA Club World Cup in 2021.

Mount won the UEFA European Under-19 Championship with the England national under-19 team in 2017.

He also won two FA Youth Cups, the UEFA Youth League, and Chelsea Academy Player of the Year by 2017.

Mount joined Dutch Eredivisie club Vitesse on 24 July 2017 on a season-long loan.

During Vitesse's Eredivisie European play-off semi-final first leg against ADO Den Haag on 9 May 2018, Mount scored his first hat-trick, as Vitesse won 5–2 away.

In the second leg, Mount scored in a 2–1 win as Vitesse won 7–3 on aggregate.

In the first leg of the final against Utrecht, Mount opened the scoring but was booked and therefore suspended for the second leg.

Mount made 39 appearances in all competitions for Vitesse, scoring 14 times, before returning to Chelsea.

Mount joined Championship club Derby County on 17 July 2018 on a season-long loan.

He scored a 60th-minute equaliser on his debut for Derby on 3 August 2018, during a 2–1 away victory over Reading.

Mount was sidelined for two months after suffering a hamstring injury in a FA Cup game against Accrington Stanley.

He returned in a 6–1 win over Rotherham United, winning a penalty for teammate Martyn Waghorn and later scoring.

Two weeks later, he scored his second senior hat-trick in a 4–0 Championship league game against Bolton Wanderers, keeping Derby in contention for the promotion playoff.

He made his senior international debut in 2019, at age 20, and was part of the England team at UEFA Euro 2020 and the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

On 15 July 2019, Mount signed a new five-year contract with Chelsea, which would have kept him at the club until 2024.

He made his competitive debut for Chelsea on 11 August 2019 in a 4–0 away defeat to Manchester United in the Premier League.

He scored his first Chelsea goal a week later against Leicester City during Frank Lampard’s home debut as manager at Stamford Bridge, a 1–1 draw, and added another in the next game away to Norwich City, in a 3–2 away win.

On 17 September, he suffered an ankle injury against Valencia in the Champions League opener.

On the final day of the 2019–20 Premier League season in a 2–0 victory against Wolves, Mount scored the first goal from a free kick and assisted Olivier Giroud for the second goal to help Chelsea secure a place in the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League.

Mount was named in the starting 11 against Arsenal in the FA Cup final on 1 August - Chelsea would go on to lose 2–1.

He was named Chelsea Player of the Year in the 2020–21 and 2021–22 seasons.

Mount was signed by Manchester United in July 2023 for an initial transfer fee of £55 million.

In March 2020, Mount was spoken to by Chelsea for ignoring self-isolation rules during the COVID-19 pandemic.

While the entire squad was forced to self-isolate due to Callum Hudson-Odoi's positive COVID-19 test, Mount had gone to play football with friends, including West Ham's Declan Rice.

On 19 July 2020, Mount scored in the FA Cup semi-final 3–1 win against Manchester United, helping Chelsea earn a place in the FA Cup Final.

On 22 July, he became the first Chelsea Academy graduate to make his first team debut and complete 50 appearances in the same season.

Mount started the 2020–21 season well, as he featured in all Chelsea matches including the one against Barnsley in the third round of the EFL Cup on 23 September, which ended in a 6–0 win at home.