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title: "Four Trent Alexander-Arnold facts"
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published: "2015-08-03T13:18:35Z"
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# Four Trent Alexander-Arnold facts

As Liverpool traveled to Swindon Town for their final pre-season match, Brendan Rodgers selected a squad with a mixture of returning players and new signings, including Adam Bogdan, Christian Benteke, and Roberto Firmino.

However, there was one twist that caught supporters off guard. Sixteen-year-old Trent Alexander-Arnold was named in the starting lineup at right-back. Here are four facts about the young Englishman.

**1)**

Alexander-Arnold was born on 7 October 1998 in West Derby, which is in the northern part of Liverpool. He played in a few junior leagues before permanently joining the Liverpool youth system at a young age. Despite playing as a right-back, he admits to pretending to be Steven Gerrard whilst he was at school.

**2)**

When the Liverpool first team travelled to Spain in early November last season to face Real Madrid in the Champions League, Brendan Rodgers invited Alexander-Arnold to train with the senior squad at the Bernabeu.

[![Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno/Getty Images](https://readeverything.co/readliverpool/readliverpoolfc/2015/08/GettyImages-458336010.jpg)](https://readeverything.co/readliverpool/readliverpoolfc/2015/08/GettyImages-458336010.jpg)

However, he was not one of the 18 players selected for the match. After an impressive start to the season with the Under-18s squad, Alexander-Arnold found himself in Madrid, not even a month after his 16th birthday.

**3)**

With the amount of talent he has had since he began playing football, he has been representing England since 2013, when he started with the Under-16s. In December 2013, he played in the Nike Tournament in Florida, USA with the Under-16s.

[![Ben Hoskins/Getty Images](https://readeverything.co/readliverpool/readliverpoolfc/2015/08/GettyImages-468688729.jpg)](https://readeverything.co/readliverpool/readliverpoolfc/2015/08/GettyImages-468688729.jpg)

He captained the Under-17 side against Sweden in the Nordic Tournament last summer. In May 2015, he helped the Under-17 team earn a spot in the 2015 World Cup in Chile, which will be held in October, by defeating Spain on penalties. He will be hoping his efforts were enough to earn him a spot on the World Cup squad.

**4)**

In his free time, Alexander-Arnold enjoys watching movies and listening to music. Movies he enjoyed include the Batman series and Entourage (2015).

[![Kevin Winter/Getty Images](https://readeverything.co/readliverpool/readliverpoolfc/2015/08/GettyImages-452247742.jpg)](https://readeverything.co/readliverpool/readliverpoolfc/2015/08/GettyImages-452247742.jpg)

One of his favorite musicians is Drake, who has been heavily criticized for switching allegiances between Manchester United, Chelsea, and Manchester City.