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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.
| 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) | 12 | (5) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:50, 26 October 2024 (UTC) | |||
Tottenham Hotspur
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
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]
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]
- As of match played 26 October 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[lower-alpha 1] | 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 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | ||
| Career total | 39 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 10 | ||
- Appearance in UEFA Europa Conference League
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