Mason Mount

In March 2020, Mount was spoken to by Chelsea for ignoring self-isolation rules during the coronavirus pandemic. While the entire squad was made to self-isolate due to the infection of Callum Hudson-Odoi, Mount had gone to play football with friends including West Ham's Declan Rice.

He joined Chelsea at the age of six, and began his senior career on loan to Vitesse in the Dutch Eredivisie and Derby County in the Championship before making his Chelsea debut in 2019.

On 15 July 2019, Mount signed a new five-year deal with Chelsea. He made his competitive debut for Chelsea on 11 August 2019 in a 0–4 away defeat to Manchester United in the Premier League. He scored his first Chelsea goal a week later against Leicester City during Frank Lampard's home debut as manager at Stamford Bridge, a 1–1 draw, and added another in the next game away to Norwich City. On 17 September, he suffered an ankle injury against Valencia in the Champions League opener.

On 27 May 2019, Mount was included in England's 23-man squad for the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.

Mount made his debut for the England senior team on 7 September 2019 as a 67th-minute substitute in England's 4–0 home win over Bulgaria in UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying. He scored his first goal for England on 17 November in a 4–0 away win against Kosovo in UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying.

During Vitesse's Eredivisie European play-off semi-final first leg against ADO Den Haag on 9 May 2018, Mount scored his first hat-trick, as Vitesse won 5–2 away. In the second leg, Mount scored in a 2–1 win as Vitesse won 7–3 on aggregate. In the first leg of the final against Utrecht, Mount opened the scoring but was booked and therefore suspended for the second leg. Mount made 39 appearances in all competitions for Vitesse, scoring 14 times, before returning to Chelsea.

Mount joined Championship club Derby County on 17 July 2018 on a season-long loan. He scored a 60th-minute equaliser on his debut for Derby on 3 August 2018, during a 2–1 away victory over Reading.

Following his impressive season with Vitesse, Mount was invited by manager Gareth Southgate to train with the senior team for a week ahead of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. He was called up to the senior team for the UEFA Nations League matches against Croatia and Spain in October 2018.

Mount joined Dutch Eredivisie club Vitesse on 24 July 2017 on a season-long loan. He made his first-team debut on 26 August, as a 77th-minute substitute during Vitesse's 2–1 home defeat against AZ. The following month, he was given his first start in Vitesse's KNVB Cup first-round defeat away to fifth-tier team Swift, playing the full 90 minutes of the 0–0 draw, which Swift won in a penalty shoot-out. He scored his first goal for Vitesse on 1 October in the 76th minute of a 1–1 home draw with Utrecht. Mount went onto appear in the Eredivisie Team of the Week on several occasions and win the Vitesse Player of the Year award.

Mount was included in the under-19 team for the 2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship. He provided the assist for Lukas Nmecha to score the winning goal against Portugal in the final. He was subsequently named Golden Player of the tournament.

Mount has represented England at under-16, under-17, under-18 and under-19 levels. Mount represented the under-17s at the 2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship.

Mount was sidelined for two months after suffering a hamstring injury in a FA Cup game against Accrington Stanley. He returned in a 6–1 win over Rotherham United, winning a penalty for teammate Martyn Waghorn and later scoring. Two weeks later, he scored his first senior hat-trick in a 4–0 Championship league game against Bolton Wanderers, keeping Derby in contention for the promotion playoff.

Mount was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire. His father Tony was a player and manager at non-league level with local clubs such as Havant Town. He was playing under-6 football in local leagues as a four-year-old and spent one day a week training in the academies of Portsmouth, Southampton and Chelsea. Mount joined Chelsea at the age of six, in 2005. He made his under-18 debut as an under-15 during the 2013–14 season and added several more appearances in the following season. Mount went on to play for both under-18 and under-21 teams during the 2016–17 season, in which he scored 10 goals in 30 appearances. He signed a new four-year contract with Chelsea in July 2017.

Mason Tony Mount (born 10 January 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Chelsea and the England national team.