| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Seth Somapalan Ridgeon [1] | ||
| Date of birth | 12 September 2008 | ||
| Place of birth | England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.71 m) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Fulham | ||
| Number | 99 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2017– | Fulham | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2025– | Fulham | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2023–2024 | England U16 | 7 | (2) |
| 2024–2025 | England U17 | 15 | (1) |
| 2025– | England U18 | 4 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals as of 18 November 2025 | |||
Seth Somapalan Ridgeon (born 12 September 2008) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Fulham.
Ridgeon was born on 12 September 2008. Born in England, he is of Sri Lankan descent through his mother. His father is former athlete Jon Ridgeon. [2]
Ridgeon joined the youth system of Fulham at the age of eight. [3] In 2025, he was promoted to the club's senior team. [4] He was an unused substitute during the 2025–26 EFL Cup quarter-final defeat against Newcastle United. [5]
Ridgeon is an England youth international. During May 2025, he captained England U17 at the 2025 UEFA European Under-17 Championship. [3] [6] Later that year he also led England at the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup starting all five of their games at the tournament including the round of sixteen defeat against Austria. [7] [8]
Ridgeon plays as a midfielder. English news website Total Football Analysis wrote in 2025 that his "data portrays him as a technically gifted, intelligent, all-around midfielder whose strengths lie in his ability to consistently make the right decisions, his rich passing range, and his capacity to glide through pressure with ease". [9]