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 27) [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)
2018 → Bohemians (loan) 20 (1)
2018– Shamrock Rovers 172 (20)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 January 2025

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 F.C. [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]

Career statistics

As of match played 19 December 2024 [1] [6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
UCD 2015 LOI First Division 22200104 [a] 0—272
2016 LOI First Division1520010——162
Total37400204000434
Leicester City U232016–17————1 [b] 010
2017–18————1 [b] 010
Total————2020
Bohemians (loan) 2018 LOI Premier Division 2010022——223
Shamrock Rovers 2018 LOI Premier Division11400002 [a] 0—134
2019 LOI Premier Division32310104 [a] 0—393
2020 LOI Premier Division18340—2 [a] 01 [c] 0253
2021 LOI Premier Division29211—6 [d] 01 [c] 0373
2022 LOI Premier Division31220—13 [e] 21 [c] 0474
2023 LOI Premier Division21210—3 [f] 01 [c] 0262
2024 LOI Premier Division30410—13 [g] 31 [c] 0457
2025 LOI Premier Division0000—0 [h] 00 [i] 000
Total17220101104354023226
Career total22924101524356029933
  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. ↑ Appearances in the UEFA Conference League
  9. ↑ Appearances in the Leinster Senior Cup

Honours

Shamrock Rovers

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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. ↑ https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2034956/
  4. ↑ https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2035361/
  5. ↑ UEFA.com. "Shamrock Rovers vs The New Saints | UEFA Conference League 2024/25". UEFA.com. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  6. ↑ 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.
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