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Bellingham praises young trading card designer

![A boy with dark hair and a white football shirt on with both arms raised in the air](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/836/cpsprodpb/85f9/live/3912eb90-355c-11f0-bf15-094eef773db0.jpg)Image source, Topps

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Archie describes himself as a Jude Bellingham superfan

**An 11-year-old who won a competition to design a football trading card has been praised for his efforts by Jude Bellingham.**

Archie, from Telford in Shropshire, was one of more than 2,000 entrants in the contest run by Topps, and he said: "I was very happy and super excited when my mum told me I had won. I couldn't believe it was real."

He said his design featured a flaming backdrop, because "he (Jude) was playing on fire".

The Stourbridge-born footballer congratulated Archie and said: "It's beautiful. I love the colours, I love everything about it."

The competition had challenged children to design a card featuring the England and Real Madrid midfielder.

Topps said the card designed by Archie "perfectly captures Bellingham's blazing form" and it will now be produced as a one-of-a-kind trading card.

![A photo of a picture card with a footballer with dark hair in a white shirt with flames behind him and to the right a drawing of the same footballer with flames behind him](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/943/cpsprodpb/7de3/live/5dacabf0-34ce-11f0-8ca3-49a2defac508.jpg)Image source, Topps

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The trading card produced by Topps (left) and Archie's original design (right)

Archie said he was a Bellingham super fan and liked to replicate his goal celebration on the playground.

He said: "I wish I could be like him when I'm older."

Rebecca, Archie's mother, said: "He smiled from ear to ear and thought I was joking when I told him he had won.

"Once I showed him, he started jumping about the bedroom. I couldn't be prouder of him."

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