Dilan Markanday

Dilan Kumar Markanday (born 20 August 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger for Scottish Premiership club Aberdeen, on loan from EFL Championship side Blackburn Rovers.

Dilan Markanday
Personal information
Full name Dilan Kumar Markanday[1]
Date of birth (2001-08-20) 20 August 2001
Place of birth Barnet, England
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Aberdeen
(on loan from Blackburn Rovers)
Number 10
Youth career
Tottenham Hotspur
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2022 Tottenham Hotspur 0 (0)
2022– Blackburn Rovers 2 (0)
2023– → Aberdeen (loan) 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 February 2023

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] 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]

Personal life

Born in England, Markanday is of Indian origin.[8] He attended the Haberdasher's Boys' School in Elstree.[9]

Career statistics
As of 21 December 2022[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Tottenham Hotspur 2021–22 Premier League 0000001[lower-alpha 1]010
Blackburn Rovers 2021–22 EFL Championship 200000—20
2022–23 EFL Championship 000042—42
Total 2000420062
Career total 2000421072
  1. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa Conference League

References
  1. Dilan Markanday at Soccerway
  2. "Tottenham U23 midfielder Dilan Markanday signs contract extension". 19 January 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  3. "Vitesse vs. Tottenham Hotspur - 21 October 2021". Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  4. "Tottenham Hotspur Twitter". Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  5. "Blackburn Rovers announce signing of Tottenham's Dilan Markanday". 18 January 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  6. "Blackburn 4-0 Hartlepool". BBC. 10 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  7. "Blackburn Rovers winger Dilan Markanday becomes Aberdeen's third deadline day addition". 1 February 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  8. Ingale, Shreyash (4 April 2020). "5 unknown Indian origin players". IFTWC. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  9. "Dilan Markanday Player Profile". Tottenham Hotspur. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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