Dortmund’s teenage midfielder Jude Bellingham was on Monday named Bundesliga player of the season. This comes two days after the heartbreak of watching his team lose the German title in the last match, to top rival, Bayern Munich.
Dortmund, coming from behind, racked up a point after playing a 2-2 draw against Mainz. The 19-year-old England international collected most votes in a ‘team of the season’ poll. However, he could not feature in the last match of the season due to a late knee injury.
Bellingham appeared in 31 of his team’s 34 games starting in 30. He recorded 2,693 league minutes, the most of any player at the club, scoring eight goals and providing four assists.
The midfielder, who signed for Dortmund at 17 from English championship team Birmingham city for 29 million Euros ($32 million), had a starring role in England’s midfield at the world cup last year.
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Bellingham has been heavily linked with a move to real Madrid or Manchester city in the summer.
When he led his team out at cologne in October, Bellingham became the youngest match captain since the Bundesliga started recording the data in 1995.
His coach, Edin Terzic, called Bellingham “the oldest 19-year-old in the world.”
According to Bundesliga statistics, over the season, Bellingham also covered more distance (322 km) than any of his teammates and won 482 ‘duels,’ a league high.
Bellingham was one of four Dortmund players in the team of the season selected by a vote of ‘fans, clubs and experts’.
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