Nottingham Forest star Djed Spence made his England Under-21s debut in their 3-0 European Championship qualifying win over Albania on Tuesday evening.
Spence replaced Valentino Livramento shortly after half-time at the Elsaban Arena as the Young Lions closed the gap to leaders Czech Republic with two games in hand.
England have four games left to play in Group G, two in hand over Czech Republic. The sides will meet in June and a win would see them go top of the group, establishing themselves favourites to book a spot in next year's Euro 2023.
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Spence who secured his first England cap, will be looking for further call-ups from manager Lee Carsley in what is a overly competitive squad.
Speaking of the youngster after the game, the England boss said: "It was really good to get the three or four debuts. It’s great seeing Keane play, Djed Spence as well, they deserve it because it’s always difficult at the end of these camps with the players who haven’t got on at all, like I said at the start of the week, congratulations on even being in the squad because it’s tough and it’s a good squad to get into.
"We’re missing a lot of good players and ultimately we’ll make sure we pick the strongest squad we can for the summer."
