After the defender bagged on his England debut, here is everything you need to know about Southampton’s Stockport-born defender.
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00:00Between Kobe Maneu, Phil Foden and Cole Palmer, Manchester's influence on the national team is pretty pronounced.
00:05But this week, it's another young man from Stockport who caught the eye for his country, scoring against Ireland on his international debut.
00:11That man is Taylor Harwood-Bellis. He may play for Southampton now, but he first learned to play his trade at Manchester City's academy, starting in 2008 at the age of six.
00:20But his association with Manchester goes deeper still. His uncle is Steve Bellis, the club president of Stockport County.
00:27The sporting influence in his family is pretty intense. Uncle Steve has been a prominent figure at Stockport since the 80s and lives and breathes football,
00:35while Harwood-Bellis' twin sister Becky is a basketball player who represented Great Britain as a youth.
00:40The family tie that's made headlines this week, though, was the news that he's engaged to Leah Keane, daughter of Manchester United great Roy Keane.
00:47The former midfielder made a gag about their relationship not being a done deal yet, after the defender's goal against the nation that Keane had once captained.
00:54But one thing is for sure, Harwood-Bellis does look set to be Stockport's next great footballing export.