Todd Owen Cantwell (born 27 February 1998) is an English professional

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who plays as a

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for club Rangers. Cantwell began his career at

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, joining the club at under-10 level in 2008 and making his first-team debut in January 2018. He made 129 appearances for Norwich over six seasons and had loan spells at

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and

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. He joined Rangers in January 2023. Cantwell played youth international football for England at under-17 and under-21 levels.

Club career

Norwich City

Cantwell was born in

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, and attended Northgate High School. He joined the Norwich City Academy at under-10 level in 2008. He was shortlisted for the

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player of the season award for the 2016–17 season. In October 2017, he was named as a substitute for two

matches, but did not make an appearance. He made his senior debut in January 2018, in an

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match against

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. In the same month, he was loaned to Dutch club

for the rest of the season. Cantwell made his first start for Norwich City in the team's first round

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match against

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on 14 August 2018. He made his Norwich City league debut in September 2018 against

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. In December 2018, he scored his first senior goal in a 3–1 victory over

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. He had his contract extended by Norwich at the end of the 2018–19 season, after the club exercised a one-year option. On 17 August 2019, he assisted two

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goals, as Norwich beat

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3–1. On 31 January 2022, Cantwell joined

on loan until the end of the season. Bournemouth chose not to buy him at the end of his loan deal, and so he returned to Norwich. He signed a one-year contract extension with Norwich for the 2022–23 season.

Rangers

On 23 January 2023, Cantwell joined

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club Rangers for an undisclosed fee. He scored his first goal for the club on 18 March 2023 in a 4-2 win against

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International career

Cantwell represented the England under-17 team at the 2014 Nordic tournament, making his debut against

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and scoring in a draw against

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. He scored one goal in four appearances in total at under-17 level. On 30 August 2019, Cantwell was included in the England under-21 squad for the first time and made his debut as a 61st-minute substitute for Morgan Gibbs-White during the 2021 U21 EURO 2–0 qualifying win over Kosovo at

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on 9 September 2019. In March 2021, he was included in the England squad for the group stage matches of the

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. He was a late call-up to replace

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, who was ruled out by injury. Cantwell made four appearances in total for the under-21 team.

Career statistics

Honours

Norwich City *

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: 2018–19,

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References

External links

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at the Rangers F.C. website {{DEFAULTSORT:Cantwell, Todd 1998 births Living people People from Dereham Footballers from Norfolk English footballers Association football midfielders Norwich City F.C. players Fortuna Sittard players AFC Bournemouth players Rangers F.C. players Eerste Divisie players English Football League players Premier League players Scottish Professional Football League players England youth international footballers England under-21 international footballers English expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands English expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands