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 | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Team 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 | 24 | (1) |
2023 | → Aberdeen (loan) | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 April 2024 |
Dilan Kumar Markanday (born 20 August 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger for EFL Championship club Blackburn Rovers.
Career[edit]
Tottenham Hotspur[edit]
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]
Blackburn Rovers[edit]
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] He scored his first goal for the club on 10 August 2022 in a 4–0 EFL Cup win over Hartlepool United.[6]
On 31 January 2023, Markanday joined Scottish Premiership club Aberdeen on a loan deal until the end of the season.[7]
Markanday scored his first goal in English League football and also Blackburn's first goal of the season in the 20th minute of their 2–1 win over West Bromwich Albion on 5 August 2023.[8]
Personal life[edit]
Markanday was born to Indian parents Deepa and Arun Markanday at Barnet in London, England. At the age of 15 in 2017, Markanday joined the youth system of the London-based club, Tottenham Hotspur.[9] He attended the Haberdashers’ Boys' School in Elstree.[10]
Career statistics[edit]
- As of match played 21 April 2024[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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
2022–23 | EFL Championship | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | — | 6 | 2 | ||
2023–24 | EFL Championship | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | — | 27 | 3 | ||
Total | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 5 | ||
Aberdeen (loan) | 2022–23 | Scottish Premiership | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |
Career total | 27 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 5 |
- ^ Appearance in UEFA Europa Conference League
References[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Blackburn 4-0 Hartlepool". BBC. 10 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
- ^ "Blackburn Rovers winger Dilan Markanday becomes Aberdeen's third deadline day addition". 1 February 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
- ^ "Blackburn Rovers 2 - 1 West Bromwich Albion". BBC Sport. 5 August 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
- ^ "'First British-Asian to play for Tottenham Hotspur' - 5 things you should know about Spurs' Dilan Markanday | Goal.com". www.goal.com. 27 October 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
- ^ "Dilan Markanday Player Profile". Tottenham Hotspur. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
External links[edit]
- Tottenham Hotspur Profile
- Dilan Markanday at WorldFootball.net
- 2001 births
- Living people
- English people of Indian descent
- Sportspeople of Indian descent
- Footballers from the London Borough of Barnet
- Men's association football forwards
- English men's footballers
- Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players
- Blackburn Rovers F.C. players
- British Asian footballers
- Scottish Professional Football League players
- Aberdeen F.C. players
- English Football League players