Max Bird


Max Bird is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for EFL Championship club Derby County. He made his first team debut for in September 2017, aged 16.

Playing career

Having progressed through the Derby County Academy, Bird made his debut for the first team against Barnsley in the EFL Cup on 12 September 2017. Aged 16 at the time, he became Derby's eighth-youngest player. Shortly afterwards, he signed a new contract running until 2020.
Bird's first league appearance for Derby County came in the closing seconds of a 2-1 win over Swansea City on 1 December 2018, replacing Mason Mount. He made his first start on 2 March 2019 in a 4-0 away defeat to Aston Villa, playing the full 90 minutes of the game.

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