Marli Salmon
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 29 August 2009 | ||
| Place of birth | Leytonstone, England[1] | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.86 m) | ||
| Positions | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Arsenal | ||
| Number | 89 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Arsenal | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2025– | Arsenal | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| England U16 | |||
| 2025– | England U17 | 4 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals as of 15:14, 31 March 2026 (UTC) | |||
Marli Salmon (born 29 August 2009) is an English footballer who plays as a centre-back or a right-back for Premier League club Arsenal.[2]
Club career
In March 2026, Salmon was called up for Arsenal's first-team FA Cup fifth round against Mansfield making his first start for the club. This followed an earlier pre-season tour to Singapore and Hong Kong, in July 2025 becoming one of Arsenal's youngest players at the age of 15. He played six times in the Premier League 2 in the 2024–25 season, as well as twice in the UEFA Youth League.[3]
Salmon made his Arsenal first-team debut on 10 December 2025 as an 83rd minute substitute (replacing Ben White) in a 3–0 UEFA Champions League away win over Club Brugge.[3]
International career
On 28 October 2025, Salmon made his England U17 debut during a 1–0 defeat to Scotland as part of a 2026 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification match in Airdrie.[4]
Just days later, Salmon was a late call up for England's squad at the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[5]
Personal life
Marli Salmon grew up in Woodford. His father's side of the family is Jamaican, and his mother's side is Mauritian.[6]
Career statistics
- As of match played 7 March 2026[7]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Arsenal | 2025–26 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Career total | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
- ↑ Appearance in UEFA Champions League
References
- ↑ "Marli Salmon". arsenal.com. 4 November 2025. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
- ↑ "Marli Salmon Arsenal Defender, Profile & Stats | Premier League". premierleague.com. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
- 1 2 "Who is Arsenal's teenage debutant Marli Salmon". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
- ↑ Hunt, Holly (28 October 2025). "Report: England MU17s 0-1 Scotland". EnglandFootball.com. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
- ↑ Veevers, Nicholas (21 October 2025). "England squad named for FIFA U17 World Cup 2025 in Qatar". EnglandFootball.com. Retrieved 10 November 2025.
- ↑ "Young Gun: Marli Salmon". Arsenal F.C. 22 September 2025. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
- ↑ Marli Salmon at Soccerway. Retrieved 11 January 2026.