Dilan Markanday
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Dilan Kumar Markanday[1] | ||
Date of birth | 20 August 2001 | ||
Place of birth | Barnet, England | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Blackburn Rovers | ||
Number | 18 | ||
Youth career | |||
Tottenham Hotspur | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021–2022 | Tottenham Hotspur | 0 | (0) |
2022– | Blackburn Rovers | 1 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 January 2022 |
Dilan Kumar Markanday (born 20 August 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger for EFL Championship club Blackburn Rovers.
Career[]
Markanday is a youth academy graduate of Tottenham Hotspur. On 19 January 2021, he extended his contract with the club until June 2022.[2] He made his professional debut on 21 October 2021 in a 1–0 UEFA Europa Conference League away defeat against Vitesse.[3] In doing so, he became the first British Asian, as well as the first player of Indian descent, to appear for Tottenham's men's first team in a competitive match. [4]
On 18 January 2022, EFL Championship club Blackburn Rovers announced the signing of Markanday on a three-and-a-half-year deal, with an option to extend for twelve months.[5]
Personal life[]
Born in England, Markanday is of Indian origin.[6] He attended the Haberdasher's Boys' School in Elstree.[7]
Career statistics[]
- As of 19 January 2022[1]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Tottenham Hotspur | 2021–22 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Blackburn Rovers | 2021–22 | EFL Championship | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
Career total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
- ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa Conference League
References[]
- ^ a b Dilan Markanday at Soccerway
- ^ "Tottenham U23 midfielder Dilan Markanday signs contract extension". 19 January 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- ^ "Vitesse vs. Tottenham Hotspur - 21 October 2021". Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- ^ "Tottenham Hotspur Twitter". Retrieved 23 October 2021.
- ^ "Blackburn Rovers announce signing of Tottenham's Dilan Markanday". 18 January 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
- ^ Ingale, Shreyash (4 April 2020). "5 unknown Indian origin players". IFTWC. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- ^ "Dilan Markanday Player Profile". Tottenham Hotspur. Retrieved 2021-12-17.
External links[]
- Tottenham Hotspur Profile
- Dilan Markanday at WorldFootball.net
- 2001 births
- Living people
- English people of Indian descent
- Footballers from the London Borough of Barnet
- Association football forwards
- English footballers
- Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players
- Blackburn Rovers F.C. players
- British sportspeople of Indian descent