Early life
Goodman was born in Essex. [2] He moved to Canada with his parents at the age of five. [3] As a youth, Owen represented clubs South Simcoe United and County FC, both based in Alliston, Ontario. [2]
He returned to the United Kingdom from Ontario in 2015, at the age of thirteen. [4] [5] He started playing with the Crystal Palace academy from under-13 level. [6]
International career
Goodman is eligible to play for England, and Nigeria. [4] [16] He has expressed his dream of representing Canada's senior national team in the future. [17]
Even with his expressed dream if representing Canada. Canada head coach Jesse Marsch has squashed the possibility that Owen Goodman, of Huddersfield Town in the English third tier, might play for Canada, despite the 21-year-old’s expressed hope that he could one day do so, having lived in the country for several years as a child. “Owen Goodman is not eligible. I’ve seen different reports but through everything we’ve done, he is not eligible (for Canada),” Marsch said. [18]
Goodman was called up to the England U-18 side in 2021. [19] In April 2022, Goodman accepted a call-up to the Canada under-20 team for two friendlies against Costa Rica. [20] Goodman was subsequently called-up to a Nigeria U-20 training camp in January 2023 but ultimately declined. [21] He played for the England U-20 against USA U-20 on 25 March 2023. [22] In October 2023, he was called up to the England U-20 side for matches against Portugal U-20 and Romania U-20. [23]
On 23 May 2025, Goodman was named to the England U21 pre-EURO training squad. [24]
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