Elliot Anderson

Newcastle United

Anderson first joined Newcastle United at the age of eight having previously been at Wallsend Boys Club and signed his first professional contract with the club in November 2019, signing another long-term deal a year later on his eighteenth birthday. On 9 January 2021, Anderson made his first-team debut in a 2–0 defeat to Arsenal in the third round of the FA Cup. On 18 January, Anderson made his Premier League debut against the same opposition in a 3–0 defeat, as an 87th-minute substitute.

Bristol Rovers (loan)

On 31 January 2022, Anderson joined League Two club Bristol Rovers on loan until the end of the 2021–22 season. He made his debut on 5 February, impressing off the bench in a 1–1 draw at Sutton United. Anderson opened his account for the club, scoring the first league goal of his career, with the second in a 4–0 away win at Stevenage before assisting Harry Anderson for the third goal four minutes later. Following a 1–0 victory over Colchester United in which Anderson scored the only goal of the game, his third goal for the club and scoring for a second consecutive match, manager and former Newcastle midfielder Joey Barton compared Anderson's movement in the penalty area to that of Diego Maradona. Anderson was awarded the League Two Goal of the Month award for March 2022 for his impressive solo run and finish against Harrogate Town, receiving 50% of the public vote. On 7 May 2022, Anderson was awarded the EFL Young Player of the…

Youth career

Born in England, Anderson is of English and Scottish descent with a grandmother on his father's side born in Glasgow and later residing in Whitley Bay. He was a youth international for Scotland at U16, U17 and U18 level. He switched his allegiance to England in March 2021, making his debut in an unofficial friendly for England under-19s against Arsenal U23s on 27 March 2021. Anderson was selected in the Scotland under-21 squad in November 2021. Anderson received a second call-up for the Scotland U21 squad in March 2022, instead opting to remain with his loan club Bristol Rovers. Anderson made his Scotland under-21 debut on 5 June as they held group leaders Belgium to a 0–0 draw. He withdrew from a later Scotland under-21 squad, as he wanted to keep other representative options open. In August 2023, Anderson received his first call-up to the Scotland national team by head coach Steve Clarke, for a UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying match against Cyprus and a friendly against England, but pulled out due to injury. On 30 August 2024, Anderson received a first call up to the England U21 squad for UEFA Euro U21 qualifying fixtures against Northern Ireland and Austria. Elliot made a further two appearances on the 11 and 15 October 2024. Against Ukraine and Azerbaijan, the latter of which he scored his first goal, in a 7–0 win. Anderson was included in the England squad for the 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. He scored the last goal of their quarter-final…

Club

As of match played 28 August 2026

International

As of match played 18 July 2026

Elliot Junior Anderson was born on 6 November 2002 in Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear. He was a pupil at Valley Gardens Middle School and Whitley Bay High School. His maternal grandfather, Geoff Allen, played as an outside-left for Newcastle United from 1964 to 1968. He has two brothers including elder brother, Wil Anderson, who appeared on the eleventh series of Love Island.