Jarrod bowen

Jarrod Bowen is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for Premier League  side West Ham United and the England national team.

Bowen was born in Leominster, on 20th december 1996 Herefordshire. Growing up, his idol was David Beckham and he supported Manchester United.

After unsuccessful trials at Aston Villa and Cardiff City, Bowen started his career as a scholar at Hereford United. At the age of 17, Bowen was given his Hereford United first team debut by manager Peter Beadle after impressing for the youth team that season.He scored his first career goal on 21 April 2014 in Hereford's 3–2 home victory over Alfreton Town.

After Hereford were expelled from the Football Conference in June 2014, Bowen signed for Premier League club Hull City in July. After impressing during pre-season in 2016, he signed a new two-year contract with Hull on 7 November 2016. 

At the annual end of season awards ceremony on 8 May 2018, Bowen won both the Hull City Supporter's Player of the Year and Players' Player of the Year awards.

Bowen was nominated for the EFL Championship Player of the Month award for December 2018, subsequently winning the award in January 2019. He scored 22 goals in all competitions during the 2018–19 season, which saw him finish as Hull's top scorer again.

Bowen joined West Ham United on a permanent transfer on 31 January 2020, with the Premier League club paying an initial £18 million for the forward, with up to £7 million in potential add-ons