Ethan Nwaneri was an extra-time substitute as England defeated Germany 3-2 to retain the European Under-21 Championship.
Harvey Elliott and former Hale End product Omari Hutchinson gave the Young Lions a 2-0 lead before Nelson Weiper pulled one back just before half-time. Paul Nebel then levelled on 61 minutes to send the game to extra-time in Slovakia.
Ethan was introduced for James McAtee at the start of extra-time, as Jonathan Rowe headed in Tyler Morton's cross two minutes later to hand Lee Carsley's side back-to-back Euro U21 titles.
Our attacker featured in all six matches during the tournament, starting on two occasions, and he was one of three of our academy products to pick up a medal, alongside Hutchinson, who is now at Ipswich Town, as well as Geona's Brooke Norton-Cuffy.
Celebrate Ethan's Euro success by grabbing his new number on the back of our 2025/26 home jersey!
ETHAN'S APPEARANCES
Thursday June 12
England U21 3-1 Czechia U21 | group stage
Nwaneri played 20 minutes
Sunday June 15
England U21 0-0 Slovenia U21 | group stage
Nwaneri started, played 71 minutes
Wednesday June 18
England U21 1-2 Germany U21 | group stage
Nwaneri started, played 62 minutes
Saturday June 21
England U21 (Nwaneri) 3-1 Spain U21 | quarter-final
Nwaneri played eight minutes
Wednesday June 25
England U21 2-1 Netherlands U21 | semi-final
Nwaneri played the final seven minutes
Saturday June 28
England U21 3-2 Germany U21 | final
Nwaneri came on in extra-time, played 30 minutes
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