Dylan Watts

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Dylan Watts
Personal information
Full name Dylan Billy Watts [1]
Date of birth (1997-04-11) 11 April 1997 (age 28) [1]
Place of birth Dublin, Republic of Ireland [2]
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) [1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Shamrock Rovers
Number 7
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2016 UCD 37 (4)
2016–2018 Leicester City 0 (0)
2018Bohemians (loan) 20 (1)
2018– Shamrock Rovers 193 (20)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:47, 25 July 2025 (UTC)

Dylan Watts (born 11 April 1997) is an Irish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Shamrock Rovers. He has also played for UCD, Leicester City and had a loan spell with Bohemians.

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Career

Watts played two seasons in the League of Ireland First Division for University College Dublin where he made 22 appearances in the 2015 season and 15 appearances in the 2016 season. [1] He then moved to Leicester City's U23 team. [2] He didn't make any first team appearances for Leicester City. [1] He was loan to Bohemians where he scored one goal in 20 appearances during the 2018 season. [1] He left Bohemians part way through the 2018 season and joined Shamrock Rovers. [1] He scored his first European goal in the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League first qualifying round win over Hibernians of Malta. [3] Watts netted again in the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League win over KF Shkupi [4] On 7 November 2024, Watts scored in a 2–1 victory over The New Saints in the UEFA Conference League. [5] Watts was voted PFAI Player of the Year for the 2024 season by his fellow professionals in the league. [6]

Career statistics

As of match played 24 July 2025 [1] [7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cup Europe OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
UCD 2015 LOI First Division 22200104 [a] 0272
2016 LOI First Division1520010162
Total37400204000434
Leicester City U232016–171 [b] 010
2017–181 [b] 010
Total2020
Bohemians (loan) 2018 LOI Premier Division 2010022223
Shamrock Rovers 2018 LOI Premier Division11400002 [a] 0134
2019 LOI Premier Division32310104 [a] 0393
2020 LOI Premier Division183402 [a] 01 [c] 0253
2021 LOI Premier Division292116 [d] 01 [c] 0373
2022 LOI Premier Division3122013 [e] 21 [c] 0474
2023 LOI Premier Division212103 [f] 01 [c] 0262
2024 LOI Premier Division3041013 [g] 31 [c] 0457
2025 LOI Premier Division210102 [h] 00 [i] 0240
Total19320111104554025626
Career total25024111524556032333
  1. 1 2 3 4 Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
  2. 1 2 Appearances in the EFL Trophy
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Appearances in the President of Ireland's Cup
  4. 2 appearances in the UEFA Champions League; 4 appearances in the UEFA Europa Conference League
  5. 4 appearances, 1 goal in the UEFA Champions League; 4 appearances, 1 goal in the UEFA Europa League; 5 appearances in the UEFA Europa Conference League
  6. 2 appearances in the UEFA Champions League; 1 appearances in the UEFA Europa Conference League
  7. 4 appearances in the UEFA Champions League; 3 appearances, 1 goal in the UEFA Europa League; 6 appearances, 2 goals in the UEFA Conference League
  8. 1 appearance in the 2024–25 UEFA Conference League campaign; 1 appearance in the 2025–26 UEFA Conference League campaign
  9. Appearances in the Leinster Senior Cup

Honours

Shamrock Rovers

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "D. WATTS". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Dylan Watts » Club matches". World Football. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  3. "History: Shamrock Rovers 3-0 Hibernians: UEFA Champions League 2022/23 Qualif. 1". UEFA.com.
  4. "History: Shamrock Rovers 3-1 Shkupi | UEFA Europa League 2022/23". UEFA.com.
  5. UEFA.com. "Shamrock Rovers vs The New Saints". UEFA . Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  6. "Shamrock Rovers footballer Dylan Watts: 'My time in England was tough'". The Irish Times.
  7. Newberry, Niall (23 July 2023). "Ten-man Dundalk FC have dumped Shamrock Rovers out of the Sports Direct FAI Cup". Dundalk Democrat. Oriel Park: Iconic Media. Retrieved 25 September 2023.