Jude Bellingham’s most clutch moments: From last-gasp Euros overhead-kick for England to stoppage-time Clasico winners for Real Madrid
The 21-year-old is earning a reputation for showing up in the biggest of moments and providing late magic to inspire both club and country
He may have only just turned 21, but the legend of Jude Bellingham continues to grow after his dramatic, 95th-minute overhead kick saved England from Euro 2024 embarrassment against Slovakia. The Real Madrid midfielder hasn’t been at his best in Germany so far, but that will all be forgotten if he keeps providing moments like his most recent intervention in Gelsenkirchen.
Bellingham has constantly delivered in big moments over the past 12 months, providing game-winning goals and assists to keep Madrid on track towards their La Liga-Champions League double. The ex-Borussia Dortmund man certainly seems to possess the much-discussed ‘clutch gene’, with his penchant for late interventions running all the way back his days as a teenager at Birmingham City.
As such, GOAL has taken a look at Bellingham’s most clutch moments in his young career so far…
Birmingham bedlam
It didn’t take long for Bellingham to make an impact for his boyhood club. The Birmingham academy talent had impressed on his league debut against Swansea City in August 2019, and when Jefferson Montero went down with an injury in the first half of the following week’s game against Stoke City, Bellingham was called upon from the bench.
Making his first appearance at St. Andrews, Bellingham quickly went about showing the Blues’ faithful just why he was earning first-team minutes at the age of 16. Birmingham trailed after an hour, but equalised through Lukas Jutkiewicz in the 73rd minute. Then, three minutes later, Bellingham struck , as his deflected strike wrong-footed a helpless Adam Federici, who could only watch as the ball trickled into the net.
That match-winning moment kick-started a campaign that saw Bellingham become the hottest property within the Championship, and nine months later, he was en route to Germany to join Borussia Dortmund, while his No.22 shirt was being retired by his boyhood club.