Ayden Heaven

About

Ayden Edford Heaven (born 22 September 2006) is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Manchester United.
Heaven played in the youth academies of West Ham United and Arsenal. He made one first-team appearance for Arsenal before joining Manchester United in February 2025. Heaven has played youth international football for England up to under-20 level.

Heaven joined the academy at West Ham United when he was eight years old, where he stayed for four years. After a trial with Chelsea, he joined the academy system at Arsenal at the age of 13 in 2019, the club he had supported since childhood. He signed a scholarship contract with Arsenal in the summer of 2023. He trained with the Arsenal first-team squad on occasion during the 2023–24 season.
Heaven was heavily involved with Arsenal first-team training during the 2024 summer pre-season, and was one of three youngsters, along with Myles Lewis-Skelly and Ethan Nwaneri, individually praised by manager Mikel Arteta in August 2024. The following month, he was included amongst the match-day substitutes for the North London derby against Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier…