Djed Spence
Diop Tehuti Djed-Hotep Spence (born 9 August 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Championship club Nottingham Forest on loan from Middlesbrough. Early life. Spence is the younger brother of actress Karla-Simone Spence. He is of Kenyan descent. Club career. Middlesbrough. Spence signed for Middlesbrough on 1 July 2018, having previously been with Fulham's academy. He made his debut for Middlesbrough in the EFL Cup on 14 August 2018, appearing as a substitute versus Notts County at the Riverside Stadium. Spence made his league debut for Middlesbrough in a  1–0 win over Charlton Athletic on 7 December 2019, scoring his first league goal in a 1–0 win against Huddersfield Town on 26 December 2019. On 11 January 2020 Spence won EFL Young Player of The Month, following his league debut, first goal and three clean sheets. Nottingham Forest (loan). On 1 September 2021, it was announced Spence would join Nottingham Forest on loan for the remainder of the season. He scored his first goal for Forest in a 3-0 win over Birmingham City on 2 October 2021. Spence impressed in FA Cup victories over Premier League clubs Arsenal  and Leicester City, scoring the fourth in a 4–1 victory over the latter, that saw him linked with a transfer to some of the biggest clubs in the world including Arsenal, Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur and FC Bayern Munich. Spence was awarded the EFL Championship Player of the Month award for March 2022 as well as being nominated for the Goal of the Month award following his long range strike against Queens Park Rangers which he was ultimately awarded. Having also been nominated for the Championship Young Player of the Season, Spence made it a hat-trick of awards for  March 2022 when he won the EFL Young Player of the Month award for the second time in his career. International Career. In March 2022, Spence earned a first international call up to the England Under-21 squad for the upcoming Under-21 European Championship Qualifying matches against Andorra and Albania. He made his debut as a substitute during a 3-0 victory away to the latter on 29 March 2022. Honours. Individual