Ainsley Maitland-Niles
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Ainsley Cory Maitland-Niles (born 29 August 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or right-back for Ligue 1 club Lyon.
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Full name | Ainsley Cory Maitland-Niles[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1997-08-29) 29 August 1997 (age 26)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Goodmayes, England | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.77 m)[3] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Right-back, defensive midfielder[4] | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Lyon | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 98 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
2003–2014 | Arsenal | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2014–2023 | Arsenal | 72 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | → Ipswich Town (loan) | 30 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2021 | → West Bromwich Albion (loan) | 12 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2022 | → Roma (loan) | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2022–2023 | → Southampton (loan) | 22 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2023– | Lyon | 19 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
2014 | England U17 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | England U18 | 4 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | England U19 | 11 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | England U20 | 16 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | England U21 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2020 | England | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:04, 21 April 2024 (UTC) |
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Maitland-Niles spent the 2015–16 season on loan at Ipswich Town from Arsenal, and the second half of the 2020–21 and 2021–22 seasons on loan at West Bromwich Albion and Roma respectively. During the 2022–23 season, he was at loan at Southampton, before he joined Lyon after his contract at Arsenal expired. Internationally, he has represented England from under-17 at senior level.