# Arsenal teenager Max Dowman eclipses Jude Bellingham to become youngest ever England Under-21 player during 1-0 friendly defeat to Portugal > HelixNews · Web page: https://helixnews.one/story/4021612 · All pages for agents: https://helixnews.one/llms.txt 3 outlets covering · First listed: Yahoo Sports, Nov 14, 2026, 12:10 AM · Read it: Arsenal academy prodigy Max Dowman has broken Jude Bellingham's long-standing record to become the youngest player in history to represent England at Under-21 level. The 16-year-old talent came off the substitutes' bench during the second period of Friday's narrow 1-0 international friendly defeat against Portugal at Ashton Gate Stadium in Bristol. ## Who's covering it In the order they published: - Nov 13, 2026, 4:00 PM: [Dowman makes debut as England U21s lose to Portugal]() — Sky Sports (Sports, United Kingdom) Afonso Moreira's first-half strike was enough to earn Portugal U21s a 1-0 friendly victory over England at Ashton Gate. - Nov 13, 2026, 4:56 PM: [Arsenal's Max Dowman, 16, becomes youngest player to appear for England Under-21s]() — The Athletic (Sports, United States) Dowman usurped Jude Bellingham, who was nearly four months older than him when he made his England Under-21 debut in September 2020. - Nov 14, 2026, 12:10 AM: [Arsenal teenager Max Dowman eclipses Jude Bellingham to become youngest ever England Under-21 player during 1-0 friendly defeat to Portugal]() — Yahoo Sports (Sports, United States) Arsenal academy prodigy Max Dowman has broken Jude Bellingham's long-standing record to become the youngest player in history to represent England at Under-21 level. The 16-year-old talent came off the substitutes' bench during the second period of Friday's narrow 1-0 international friendly defeat against Portugal at Ashton Gate Stadium in Bristol.