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Morgan Rogers
Personal information
Full name
Morgan Elliot Rogers
Date of birth
26 July 2002
Place of birth
Halesowen, England
Height
6 ft 2 in (1.87 m)
Positions
Attacking midfield-winger
Team information
Current team
Chelsea
Number
17
Youth career
West Bromwich Albion
2010-2019
Senior career*
West Bromwich Albion
2019
0x apps 0x goals
Manchester City
2019-2023
0x apps 0x goals
→ Lincoln City (loan)
2021
25x apps 6x goals
→ Bournemouth (loan)
2021-2022
15x apps 1x goal
→ Blackpool (loan)
2023
20x apps 1x goal
Middlesbrough
2023-2024
26x apps 2x goals
Aston Villa
2024-2026
85x apps 21x goals
Chelsea
2026-
2x apps 1x goal
International career‡
England U15
2016-2017
6x apps 5x goals
England U16
2017-2018
8x apps 5x goals
England U17
2018-2019
15x apps 9x goals
England U18
2019-2020
8x apps 1x goal
England U20
2021-2022
4x apps 1x goal
England U21
2024
7x apps 4x goals
England
2024-
22x apps 1x goal
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21:27, 30 August 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:05, 18 July 2026 (UTC)
Morgan Elliot Rogers is an English professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Premier League club Chelsea and the England national team. A versatile player across attacking positions, Rogers is known for his strength, attacking runs, ability to score from a distance, and ball control.
Born in Halesowen in the Dudley Metropolitan Borough, Rogers is a product of the West Bromwich Albion academy. He signed for Manchester City in 2019, but did not make an appearance for the club.
After loan spells at Lincoln City, Bournemouth, and Blackpool, he joined Middlesbrough in 2023. After half a season at the club, Rogers signed for Aston Villa for a reported fee of £8 million in 2024.
Following a breakout season with Villa in which he was named their young player of the season, Rogers won the PFA Young Player of the Year award in 2025. In July 2026, he joined Chelsea for a fee of £117 million, a record for an English player.
Rogers has represented England at international levels from under-15 to senior, making his senior international debut in 2024. In May 2026, he made the squad for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Early life
Born in Halesowen, Rogers is the middle child in a family of three brothers born to Deborah and Howard Rogers.
He is of Jamaican descent through his mother.
He attended Colley Lane Primary and Sandwell Academy, and was part of the Sandwell team that won the National Schools Cup in 2017, scoring and assisting in the final.
Rogers was a childhood fan of West Bromwich Albion and a childhood friend of fellow footballer Jude Bellingham.
Club career
West Bromwich Albion
Rogers joined West Bromwich Albion at the age of seven, after being spotted by a club scout.
He made his professional debut for West Brom on 6 February 2019, coming on as an 82nd-minute substitute for Wes Hoolahan against Brighton & Hove Albion in the FA Cup.
Manchester City
Rogers signed for Manchester City on 1 August 2019.
Lincoln City (loan)
On 4 January 2021, Rogers signed for Lincoln City on loan until the end of the season. He made his debut for the club against Peterborough United a few days later, coming off the bench. He scored his first professional goal against Portsmouth in a 1:0 win on 26 January.
Three goals in seven games during March contributed to his winning the EFL Young Player of the Month award during his loan spell.
Bournemouth (loan)
On 23 August 2021, Rogers signed for Bournemouth on loan until the end of the season.
Rogers found his first-team opportunities at Bournemouth limited, and was confined to mostly substitute appearances during the season.
He scored his only goal for the club on 15 January 2022, in a 3:2 Championship defeat against Luton Town.
Blackpool (loan)
On 4 January 2023, Rogers joined Blackpool on loan for the remainder of the season.
He scored his only goal for the club in a 1:0 win against Norwich City on 8 May 2023.
Middlesbrough
On 7 July 2023, Rogers signed for Championship club Middlesbrough for an undisclosed fee.
He scored his first goal for the club on 29 July, a late equaliser to make it 2:2 in a pre-season friendly against Auxerre.
He scored his first competitive goal for the club on 29 August in a 3:1 EFL Cup win against Bolton Wanderers.
Rogers scored five times during Middlesbrough's run to the EFL Cup semi-finals, making him the competition's top goalscorer for the season.
Aston Villa
On 1 February 2024, 21-year-old Rogers signed for Premier League club Aston Villa for an undisclosed fee, reported to be £8m, potentially rising to £15m with performance-related add-ons. Manchester City were entitled to 25% of the fee, due to a sell-on clause in the original transfer to Middlesbrough.
On 3 February, Rogers made his Premier League debut as a late substitute in a 5:0 victory away at Sheffield United.
On 6 April 2024, Rogers scored his first goal for Aston Villa in a 3:3 draw against Brentford.
On 29 January 2025, he netted his first UEFA Champions League goals by scoring a hat-trick, including two in the first five minutes, in a 4:2 victory over Celtic in which he was named player of the match.
In doing so, he became the second-youngest English player to score a hat-trick in the competition.
On April 10, 2025, Aston Villa lost 3:1 to Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League quarterfinal first leg; Rogers scored Aston Villa's only goal.
After a breakout 2024-25 season in which he scored 14 goals and provided 15 assists across all competitions, Rogers was named Aston Villa's Young Player of the Season at the club's end-of-season awards.
On 19 June 2025, it was announced that Rogers was one of six nominees for the PFA Young Player of the Year award, which he then went on to win, becoming the fifth Aston Villa player to win the award since its inception.
On 10 November 2025, Rogers signed a contract extension with Aston Villa until 2031.
On 20 May 2026, he scored in a 3:0 win over SC Freiburg in the Europa League final as his club won the competition for the first time in its history.
UEFA subsequently named Rogers the Europa League Player of the Season
Chelsea
On 21 July 2026, Rogers joined Premier League club Chelsea. The fee of £117 million for Rogers became the record for an English footballer.
On 24 August 2026, Rogers scored his first Premier League goal for Chelsea with a 3:2 victory over Fulham in the opening round.
International career
Youth
Rogers has represented England at all international levels, from under-15 to senior.
He represented the England under-16 team at the 2018 Montaigu Tournament.
In September 2018, Rogers scored a hat-trick for the England under-17 team in a game against Belgium.
The following month saw him score against the United States as well as scoring the final goal in a 3:1 victory against Brazil. In March 2019, Rogers scored twice in an elite qualifier against Switzerland.
In April 2019, Rogers was included in the England squad for the 2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship.
Rogers made his England under-18 debut as a 64th-minute substitute during a 3:2 win over Australia on 6 September 2019.
On 6 September 2021, Rogers made his debut for the England U20s during a 6:1 victory over Romania U20s at St. George's Park.
On 22 March 2024, Rogers made his debut for the England U21s during a 5:1 victory over Azerbaijan in Baku during the 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification.
Senior
On 11 November 2024, Rogers was called up to the England senior team for the first time for upcoming UEFA Nations League fixtures against Greece and the Republic of Ireland.
The 22-year-old made his senior debut on 14 November as a second-half substitute in a 3:0 away victory against Greece. Rogers scored his first England goal in a 3:0 friendly win over Wales at Wembley on 9 October 2025.
On 22 May 2026, Rogers was selected in the 26-man squad for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Style of play
Rogers is a versatile player who primarily operates as a number 10 at Aston Villa but can also play as a winger, striker, or attacking midfielder.
Tactically, he is known to take long-distance shots and engage in an aggressive style of attacking play, driving at opponents and breaking defensive lines.
He has received praise for his physical strength, powerful runs, tactical intelligence, ability to score from a distance, dribbling, and work ethic.
His strength on the ball and dangerous runs have drawn media comparisons to Jamal Musiala, Ronaldo, and Wayne Rooney.
Rogers himself has expressed admiration for Musiala, as well as Florian Wirtz and Villa teammate Jadon Sancho.
Described throughout 2025 as one of the best young players in the Premier League, Rogers was described by media outlets as one of the best attacking midfielders in the world during the 2025-26 season, with both FourFourTwo and Sports Illustrated ranking him eighth in his position.
Sports Illustrated described Rogers as an "anomaly" among attacking midfielders due to his physical strength, while ESPN included Rogers at twelfth on their 2025 FC 100 list of the best attacking midfielders in the world, writing that Rogers "has it all; youth, power, intensity, skills, hunger, energy, confidence".
In the same year, GiveMeSport wrote that his ball control was "one of, if not the best in the league".
Owing to Rogers' performances, some media sources opined that Rogers could start for England at the 2026 World Cup in the number 10 role, potentially keeping Jude Bellingham and Cole Palmer out of the starting eleven.
Bellingham went on to be England's starting number 10 while Palmer was not selected in the squad.
After scoring, Rogers will often celebrate with an "ice cold" celebration where he crosses his arms and rubs his shoulders, a move later popularised by Rogers' former Manchester City and current Chelsea teammate Cole Palmer.
Palmer has attributed this move to Rogers, saying, "My boy Morgz did one for Middlesbrough, so I told him I'd do it too if I scored.