After getting surgery on his left shoulder, Jude Bellingham, the midfielder for England and Real Madrid recently scored in the 57th minute and got Man of the Match, with an 8.5 match rating on Wednesday in a Champions League match against Juventus.

Bellingham is a young midfielder who started his career at the age of 16 with Birmingham City and was in their academy since 2010 at the age of eight. He played one season with Birmingham City playing 44 matches and scoring four goals showcasing his talent. He then moved to one of the biggest clubs in Germany, called Borussia Dortmund and played there for three seasons. He started to prove that he was the best young star at that time winning Bundesliga player of the season. He played a total of 132 matches and scored 24 goals. Most recently he moved to Real Madrid and in his first season he played at a false nine as their previous striker, Karim Benzema (a french striker who has been there for a while), left to go to Saudi Arabia. Bellingham scored a total of 23 goals with 13 assists. In his first season, he won the champions league with Real Madrid, led England to the Euro Final, and got 3rd in the ballon d’or rankings. In his second season, he didn’t do too well in stats compared to his last season but he did show very good performances despite his shoulder playing 52 matches with 14 goals and 13 assists.

This injury was sustained in November of 2023 during a match against Rayo Vallecano and he has been playing with the injury ever since. He played two seasons with this injury with one being a champions league winning season with Real Madrid and making the Euros Final with England, he played through the whole 24/25 season with this injury and this season during the Club World Cup, he got a break undergoing the surgery he needed. 

His first game back was against Marseille (a team in France), but never got any playing time as he was on the bench the whole game. The first game he started was the loss against Atletico Madrid but got subbed off in the 70th minute. In five matches that he has played he just scored his first goal back against Juventus while doing his iconic celebration that everyone loves. He has made an impactful return getting high match ratings for the games, he started and shown that without the pain in his shoulder he can be a big player for the Real Madrid campaign.