Harvey Elliott

About

Harvey Daniel James Elliott (born 4 April 2003) is an English professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Premier League club Liverpool.
Having come up through Fulham’s academy, Elliott made his first-team debut in September 2018, becoming the youngest player to play in the EFL Cup, aged 15 years and 174 days.

Elliott was born on 4 April 2003 in Chertsey, Surrey. He was interested in football from a young age and grew up supporting Liverpool. His father, Scott, would tutor him so he could develop a professional attitude towards training. Elliott joined Queens Park Rangers’ youth academy at an early age, after having been turned down by Chelsea for being “too small”.

Elliott was signed by Fulham’s academy at under-18 level. He made his first-team debut for Fulham on 25 September 2018 as a 15-year-old in the EFL Cup third round away to Millwall, as an 81st-minute substitute for Floyd Ayité in a 3–1 win. He had been at Coombe Boys’ School in New Malden, Greater London earlier that day and was back at school the next morning. At 15 years and 174 days old, he became the club’s youngest ever first-team player and the youngest…