Dilan Markanday

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Dilan Markanday
Personal information
Full name Dilan Kumar Markanday [1]
Date of birth (2001-08-20) 20 August 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Barnet, England
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Right winger
Team information
Current team
Leyton Orient
(on loan from Blackburn Rovers)
Number 44
Youth career
Tottenham Hotspur
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021–2022 Tottenham Hotspur 0 (0)
2022– Blackburn Rovers 24 (1)
2023Aberdeen (loan) 3 (0)
2024–2025Chesterfield (loan) 22 (6)
2025–Leyton Orient (loan) 3 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 January 2025 (UTC)

Dilan Kumar Markanday (born 20 August 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays as a right winger for EFL League One club Leyton Orient, on loan from EFL Championship club Blackburn Rovers.

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Career

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] On 16 January 2025, he was recalled and loaned out to League One side Leyton Orient until the end of the season. [10]

Personal life

Markanday was born in Barnet, Greater London, and is of Indian descent, born to parents Deepa and Arun. At the age of 15 in 2017, Markanday joined the youth system of the London-based club, Tottenham Hotspur. [11] He attended the Haberdashers' Boys' School in Elstree. [12]

Career statistics

As of match played 21 December 2024 [1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Tottenham Hotspur 2021–22 Premier League 0000001 [a] 010
Blackburn Rovers 2021–22 EFL Championship 20000020
2022–23 EFL Championship10104262
2023–24 EFL Championship2112042273
Total24130840000355
Aberdeen (loan) 2022–23 Scottish Premiership 30000030
Chesterfield (loan) 2024–25 EFL League Two 1960021217
Career total467308410216012

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