Jude Bellingham is an England footballer who plays as a attacking midfielder for Real Madrid and has 44 senior caps.

Bellingham became England's youngest midfielder at a major tournament and has held an advanced midfield role ever since.

He plays as a box-to-box advanced midfielder for the national team, arriving late in the area rather than operating as a pure creator.

His international role expanded during the qualifying cycle, where he took on the bulk of the team's ball-carrying through central areas.

Jude Bellingham wears No. 5 - the anchor's shirt. No. 5 is traditionally the defensive anchor, the player who shields the back line. Wear it further forward, as some do now, and you are making a quiet statement about how you want to play.

He wears it at Real Madrid and for England as an attacking midfielder. 44 caps and 8 international goals on his record so far, on a senior debut in 2020. Numbers do not score goals, but they do tell you what a team expects from the player wearing one.

Jude Bellingham is listed as an attacking midfielder and carries No. 5 - the anchor's shirt. Position and number together are the two things a supporter reads before anything else on a team sheet, and they are also the two things a coach changes most often.

He is the only attacking midfielder listed in the England squad on this page, which makes the position his by default. His international role expanded during the qualifying cycle, where he took on the bulk of the team's ball-carrying through central areas.