Dilan Markanday
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | Right winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Chesterfield (on loan from Blackburn Rovers) | ||
| Number | 24 | ||
| 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) |
| 2024– | → Chesterfield (loan) | 21 | (6) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:20, 30 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
Dilan Kumar Markanday (born 20 August 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays as a right winger for EFL League Two club Chesterfield, on loan from 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]
On 15 August 2024, Markanday joined League Two club Chesterfield on a season-long loan deal.[9]
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.[10] He attended the Haberdashers' Boys' School in Elstree.[11]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of match played 21 December 2024[1]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | 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 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 5 | ||
| Aberdeen (loan) | 2022–23 | Scottish Premiership | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||
| Chesterfield (loan) | 2024–25 | EFL League Two | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 21 | 7 | ||
| Career total | 46 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 60 | 12 | ||
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Winger secured on loan". chesterfield-fc.co.uk. 15 August 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
- ^ "'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
- Aberdeen F.C. players
- Chesterfield F.C. players
- British Asian footballers
- Scottish Professional Football League players
- English Football League players
- 21st-century English sportsmen