If you’re a Bellingham and your surname starts with a ‘B’, scoring on your Borussia Dortmund debut is apparently in the bloodline.
Jobe Bellingham Scores On Dortmund Full Debut
Jobe Bellingham already knew the comparisons to big brother Jude were going to follow him around like a shadow with a megaphone. And on his first start for Borussia Dortmund, he didn’t exactly shut them down, he fed them.
Four years, nine months and one week after Jude bagged a debut goal in a comfy 5-0 German Cup win, Jobe did his own version of it. A little more dramatic, a little more tense, and a lot more Club World Cup-y.
This wasn’t a stroll through Duisburg. This was a 4-3 slugfest against South Africa’s Mamelodi Sundowns, and Jobe waited until the 45th minute to strike, exactly 15 minutes longer than Jude needed back in September 2020. But hey, good things take time, right?
Same Bellingham energy, new Bellingham delivery
Jude went on to score 24 goals in 132 games before packing his bags for Madrid in 2023. But Jobe’s goal showed the same family instinct, that knack for showing up at just the right time in the box like he’s got football GPS in his boots.
The goal in Cincinnati was a beauty. Anticipation? Check. Poise? Check. Quick feet and a ruthless finish? Double check. He timed his run like clockwork, cushioned the ball away from his marker, and drilled it home, helped by a small deflection, but who’s counting?
It capped off a debut performance that felt way beyond his 19 years.
And according to Jobe himself, this isn’t just raw talent, it’s hours of sweaty training sessions finally paying off.
“It’s a really nice bonus. I am glad we won but there are still a lot of things for me to improve on personally and for the team. I am really pleased with it,” Bellingham told Dazn.
“I practise that so many times, not that exact finish, but arriving late on the edge of the box as a midfielder is something you need to be really good at.”
“If you can score, if you can contribute those kind of goals a certain amount per season then you are doing really well.”
“I was really pleased because it was something I practised as a kid and at Sunderland so many times, during training, after training. So yeah, I am really proud of it.”
He may have come from Sunderland, but his performance screamed Dortmund DNA. Smart runs, technical control, confident decision-making, all the stuff BVB fans go nuts for.
So no, Jobe isn’t just “Jude’s little brother.” He’s carving his own space in yellow and black, and if this debut is anything to go by, the comparisons might soon flip the other way around.
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