.jpg) Lewis-Skelly withArsenal in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Myles Anthony Lewis-Skelly | ||
| Date of birth | (2006-09-26)26 September 2006 (age 19) | ||
| Place of birth | Denmark Hill, London, England[1] | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2] | ||
| Position | Left-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Arsenal | ||
| Number | 49 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2015–2024 | Arsenal | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2024– | Arsenal | 37 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021–2022 | England U16 | 5 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | England U17 | 21 | (2) |
| 2023–2024 | England U18 | 4 | (0) |
| 2024 | England U19 | 5 | (0) |
| 2025– | England | 6 | (1) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22:17, 8 January 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22:00, 14 October 2025 (UTC) | |||
Myles Anthony Lewis-Skelly (born 26 September 2006) is an English professionalfootballer who plays as aleft-back forPremier League clubArsenal and theEngland national team.
Lewis-Skelly has been with Arsenal since the age of eight, making hisfirst-team debut with the club in September 2024, during the2024–25 season.
Having representing England at multiple youth levels, Lewis-Skelly was selected for the senior squad in March 2025 for2026 FIFA World Cup qualification, making his debut and scoring his first international goal againstAlbania.
Myles Anthony Lewis-Skelly[3] was born on 26 September 2006, inDenmark Hill, London. His parents are both British-born of mixedCaribbean descent.[4]
During his time atArsenal's Academy,Hale End, Lewis-Skelly attendedAldenham School inHertfordshire, playing simultaneously for his school and academy team.[5]
Lewis-Skelly joined the academy ofPremier League side Arsenal as a child at the age of eight. He progressed through the academy alongside friend and teammateEthan Nwaneri, and the pair made their under-18 debut together in a 6–1 win overReading, with both players scoring.[6]
Lewis-Skelly drew acclaim for his performances in Arsenal's2022–23 FA Youth Cup campaign, in which they reached the final before being defeated byWest Ham United. In the fifth-round game played on 6 February 2023, he was deployed in a defensive midfield role as Arsenal beatWatford 4–2,[7] before agreeing a scholarship deal with the club later in the same month, keeping him atHale End for another two years, during which time he would become eligible for a professional contract.[8]
His performance in the quarter-final win againstCambridge United earned the praise of U-18 coach and former Arsenal midfielderJack Wilshere, who stated that Lewis-Skelly was capable of "things you can't coach".[9] In the semi-final againstManchester City, he scored the winning goal in the final minute ofextra time, as Arsenal went on to win 2–1.[10][6]
On 5 October 2023, Arsenal announced that Lewis-Skelly had signed his first professional contract with the club.[11] He made his senior debut for the club on 22 September 2024 in a 2–2 draw away atManchester City, coming on forJurriën Timber in second-half injury time.[12] In the same match, he received a yellow card by refereeMichael Oliver before his debut.[13] Three days later, Lewis-Skelly was handed his first senior start in a 5–1 win overBolton Wanderers in theEFL Cup.[14] On 11 December, he made his firstChampions League start in a 3–0 win overLigue 1 sideMonaco, becoming the youngest player to start for Arsenal in the competition since 2011.[15] He was handed his first Premier League start in a 0–0 draw againstEverton three days later.[16]
On 25 January 2025, Lewis-Skelly was controversially shown a straight red card by referee Michael Oliver againstWolverhampton Wanderers after a foul onMatt Doherty was deemed serious foul play.[17] Arsenal went on to win the match 1–0.[18] It was reported on 28 January that Lewis-Skelly would not serve a three-match suspension after Arsenal's appeal against his red card at Wolves was upheld by anFA's independent regulatory commission.[19][20] The written reasons published by the regulatory commission stated that "the Commission members were unanimous in their opinion that the Referee had made an obvious error in sending off MLS for the challenge that he had made.[21][22] MLS had stepped across his opponent and tripped him up, possibly deliberately, but in doing so he had obviously not endangered the safety of his opponent or used excessive force or brutality, nor had he 'lunged' in at his opponent."[21][22]
On 2 February, Lewis-Skelly scored his first goal for Arsenal in a 5–1 victory against Manchester City at theEmirates Stadium. He celebrated by performingErling Haaland'smeditation celebration; in the reverse fixture in which Manchester City had drew 2–2 earlier in the season, Haaland had reportedly asked "who the fuck" he was.[23][24] In a game against West Ham on 22 February, Lewis-Skelly saw his initial yellow card upgraded to a red following a VAR check, for denying a goalscoring opportunity on the halfway line. Arsenal went on to lose the game 1–0.[25]
On 19 June, it was announced that Lewis-Skelly was one of six nominees for the PFA Young Player of the Year award.[26] A week later, on 26 June, the club announced he had signed a new long-term contract.[27]
Lewis-Skelly's parents are both British, and his grandparents are of mixed Caribbean heritage (Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, and St Lucia), and he is eligible to represent both England and Barbados at international level. During his youth career with Arsenal, he trained with theBarbados national football team.[7] Having represented England at under-16 level, Lewis-Skelly was called up to the under-17 squad for the2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship.[28] In England's second game of the tournament, Lewis-Skelly scored after seven minutes in an eventual 4–1 win over theNetherlands.[29]
On 6 September 2023, Lewis-Skelly made hisEngland U-18 debut during a 2–0 defeat toFrance inLimoges.[30] A month later, on 2 November, he was included in the England squad for the2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[31] On 7 September 2024, Lewis-Skelly made hisEngland U-19 debut during a 1–1 draw away toCroatia.[32]
On 14 March 2025, Lewis-Skelly received his firstEngland senior call-up for the2026 FIFA World Cup qualification matches againstAlbania andLatvia under head coachThomas Tuchel.[33] Starting as a left-back in the match against the former on 21 March, Lewis-Skelly scored the first goal of the match in the 20th minute and was awardedman of the match.[34] At 18 years and 176 days old, he became the youngest England player to score on his senior debut, breaking the record previously held byMarcus Rashford.[35]
Predominantly a central midfielder, capable of playing in both attacking and defensive roles, Lewis-Skelly has also filled in atleft-back for Arsenal's under-21 side and first team, and for the England national football team.[6][36] The football websiteGoal described him as "excellent with the ball at his feet", with "impressive technique", and "an engine needed to be able to get from box to box".[6] Lewis-Skelly has garnered stylistic comparisons to the likes ofArturo Vidal andMichael Essien, all-action midfielders capable of imposing themselves onto games.[37][38]
Lewis-Skelly's mother is Marcia Lewis, who launched No1Fan.club in 2022, a service to assist families with children in academy football, offering workshops on topics about parenting a young person going through aprofessional academy.[39] "We get parents from grassroots who want that peek over the curtain of what is in an academy. Their kids have been scouted, what does that mean?" Lewis told theBBC.[40]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Arsenal U21 | 2022–23 | — | — | — | — | 2[a] | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| 2023–24 | — | — | — | — | 2[a] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | — | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
| Arsenal | 2024–25 | Premier League | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10[b] | 0 | — | 39 | 1 | |
| 2025–26 | Premier League | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7[b] | 0 | — | 25 | 0 | ||
| Total | 37 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 17 | 0 | — | 64 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 37 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 68 | 1 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2025 | 6 | 1 |
| Total | 6 | 1 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 21 March 2025 | Wembley Stadium,London, England | 1 |  Albania | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification | [43] |
Arsenal U21
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