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Meet Chelsea kid Tudor Mendel-Idowu, 17, who attends Eton College, was on Child Genius TV show and is studying Latin

, Meet Chelsea kid Tudor Mendel-Idowu, 17, who attends Eton College, was on Child Genius TV show and is studying Latin

MEET Tudor Mendel-Idowu, who surely must be the UK’s brightest footballer.

The Chelsea academy prospect, 17, is blossoming in the U18s this season – with five goals and three assists in nine games.

Tudor Mendel-Idowu is a rising star with Chelsea’s U18 side

Mendel-Idowu is also a student at prestigious Eton College

However, if he doesn’t make the grade as a player – he can count on his education.

Mendel-Idowu is a star pupil at the prestigious Eton College, where Prince William and Harry attended.

Better still, he’s a King’s Scholar – meaning he’s one of the most academically gifted boys in the country.

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Early bloomer

As early as aged eight, Mendel-Idowu was juggling academia with playing football.

He took part in the Child Genius of the Year in 2014, alongside his 11-year-old sister Hazelle, that featured on Channel 4.

The competition was overseen by Mensa, and featured 20 highly-gifted youngsters between the ages of seven to 12, who face two gruelling rounds: Logic and Reasoning and Memory Recall – where they have just one hour to commit 104 randomly shuffled playing cards to memory.

While his sister was eliminated in the second round, brainy Tudor finished second overall.

At the same time, he discovered a flair for the beautiful game as various clubs declared their interest.

“Like every kid, I played football from a very young age,” he told Chelsea’s website.

“It would have been around the age of seven or eight that I realised I had a special talent. About the same time, I saw my academic gift coming to fruition as well.

“There were different top academies across the UK that approached me. Chelsea were the ones who showed the most interest and essentially being the top academy, they really wanted to get me, and did in the end.”

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, Meet Chelsea kid Tudor Mendel-Idowu, 17, who attends Eton College, was on Child Genius TV show and is studying Latin
At age eight Mendel-Idowu appear on Channel 4’s Child Genius of the Year

, Meet Chelsea kid Tudor Mendel-Idowu, 17, who attends Eton College, was on Child Genius TV show and is studying Latin
Mendel-Idowu finished runner-up in the competition overseen by Mensa

Runs in the family

Intelligence and being a brilliant footballer (he’s been capped by England at U15 and U17 level) is in Mendel-Idowu’s blood.

His grandfather on his mother’s side played internationally for his country, Nigeria.

While on his father’s side, his other grandad Dr Fola Kayode Mendel-Idowu was a gifted academic who specialised in bio-aeronautics.

He would make history as Africa’s first flying doctor.

“My parents have always said I am a sort of fusion of these two extraordinary individuals,” he recently told FIFA.com.

, Meet Chelsea kid Tudor Mendel-Idowu, 17, who attends Eton College, was on Child Genius TV show and is studying Latin
This campaign Mendel-Idowu has scored five times for Chelsea’s U18s in nine games

, Meet Chelsea kid Tudor Mendel-Idowu, 17, who attends Eton College, was on Child Genius TV show and is studying Latin
Talented midfielder Mendel-Idowu has been capped by England U17s

Astonishingly, Tudor is a King’s Scholar at Eton.

“King’s Scholars are the top fourteen brightest students in the UK, if not the world, admitted once per year at the age of 13,” he explained.

“It’s decided after a rigorous examination process over two weeks, covering papers in a variety of subjects: Maths, Latin and Divinity to name a few.”

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Currently, he’s studying Latin, Greek and Modern History for his A-levels.

He said: “Students who study these subjects have a wide range of options. I’m looking at Classics courses which opens other pathways like Philosophy, Law, Literature and Archaeology.

“Foreign policy and international relations have always interested me too. I can really go in any of these directions.”

, Meet Chelsea kid Tudor Mendel-Idowu, 17, who attends Eton College, was on Child Genius TV show and is studying Latin
Mendel-Idowu is juggling a football career with academia

, Meet Chelsea kid Tudor Mendel-Idowu, 17, who attends Eton College, was on Child Genius TV show and is studying Latin
Bright Mendel-Idowu has big ambitions to be a first class player

But he won’t neglect his football, which he still holds a massive ambition in.

“I want to be competing at the highest level. I have the same expectations for myself in football as I have as an academic,” Tudor revealed.

“I want to be at the top. Playing in, and winning Champions Leagues. Playing at a World Cup. Maybe even a World Player of the Year Award – we’ll see!”

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