Amario Cozier-Duberry

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Amario Cozier-Duberry
Personal information
Full name Amario Oswald Gerardo Cozier-Duberry [1]
Date of birth (2005-05-29) 29 May 2005 (age 18) [2]
Place of birth London, England [2]
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Winger, attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Arsenal
Number 45
Youth career
0000–2019 Chettle Court Rangers FC
2019– Arsenal
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022– Arsenal 0 (0)
International career‡
2021 England U16 1 (1)
2021–2022 England U17 8 (2)
2022 England U18 3 (1)
2023– England U19 8 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:53, 5 November 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:41, 24 November 2023 (UTC)

Amario Oswald Gerardo Cozier-Duberry (born 29 May 2005) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger or attacking midfielder for Premier League club Arsenal. [2] [3] [4]

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Early life

Cozier-Duberry was born in London, England. He went on trial with numerous London clubs, with none of them accepting him. He went on to join Chettle Court Rangers when he was 8, playing through the under-11s to under-15s. After Cozier-Duberry won a youth tournament with Chettle Court Rangers in Enfield, Arsenal offered him a 10-week trial which he accepted. After 10 weeks with the academy, he permanently joined Hale End at age 14 in October 2019. [2] [4]

Club career

Arsenal

Cozier-Duberry came off the bench in his EFL Trophy debut, donning the number 91, in a 2–1 loss to Swindon Town. [5] [6] Cozier-Duberry signed his professional contract with the first team in early June 2022, taking the number 85. [7] He scored his first EFL Trophy goal in a 3–1 victory at the Sixfields Stadium, against Northampton in early October 2022. [8] [9]

Cozier-Duberry was on the bench against Zurich, West Ham, Everton, Brentford, and Manchester City, with the games being on 9 September, 26 December, 4, 11 and 15 of February, with his most recent two being consecutive games. [10] [11] [12] [13] His home debut for the senior team occurred in a friendly against Juventus, when at the 63rd minute, he was subbed on to replace Granit Xhaka. [14] [15] Arsenal under-18 coach Jack Wilshere describes him to be, "in some moments, he's (Cozier-Duberry) unplayable. You give him the ball, and he can make things happen." [16]

Cozier-Duberry played in all 6 of Arsenal's FA Youth Cup games, starting in each one. He scored 5 goals and set up 3 assists on a fantastic run to the final, capped off with Cozier-Duberry's shot being parried by Mason Terry into the path of Omari Benjamin to open the scoring for Arsenal in the 2023 FA Youth cup final, in a thriller which ended in a 5–1 loss to West Ham, capping off a great campaign with the under-18s with an unpleasant loss. [17] He managed a fine tally of 7 goals and 5 assists for Arsenal in the Premier League 2, topping both stats, with his strikes against both Newcastle United and Brighton nominated for Arsenal's goal of the month, in January and April respectively. [18] [19] [20]

Cozier-Duberry was named in a preseason squad touring across the United States with matches with the MLS All-Stars, Manchester United, and Barcelona. [21] He was subbed in versus the latter at the 85th minute mark, wearing number 45. [22]

International career

Born in England, Cozier-Duberry is of Montserratian descent. [23] He made one appearance for the England under-16s against Wales U16s scoring once, in a 3–2 loss. [24] Cozier-Duberry netted twice in 4 appearances for the England U17s, as they were qualifying for the U17 euros. Cozier-Duberry has netted once in 3 Costa Calida Supercup appearances for the England U18s. [4] [25] [26] He was called up to play for the under-19s, where he played in three U19 Euros qualifiers, against Iceland, Hungary, and Turkey, netting once against the latter. [27] [28] [29] He was called up by the England U19s once more in September in two friendlies versus Germany U19 and Switzerland U19, with Cozier-Duberry scoring against the latter. [30] [31]

Style of play

Growing up, Cozier-Duberry admired Arjen Robben, mainly because ability with his left foot and tendency to cut inside, something Cozier-Duberry has taken after. He is touted to play like Bukayo Saka, a Hale End graduate, and Moussa Diaby, a prolific winger for Aston Villa. [32] [33]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 22 August 2023
ClubSeasonDivisionLeague FA Cup League Cup OtherTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Arsenal U21 2021–22 [34] ————1 [lower-alpha 1] 010
2022–23 [35] ————2 [lower-alpha 1] 222
2023–24 [36] ————1 [lower-alpha 1] 010
Total———4242
Arsenal 2022–23 Premier League 0000000000
2023–24 Premier League0000000000
Career total0000004242
  1. 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

Honours

Arsenal U21

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