Isobel Dalton

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Isobel Dalton
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Personal information
Full name Isobel Dalton
Date of birth (1997-09-09) 9 September 1997 (age 28)
Place of birth Barnsley, England
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Perth Glory
Number 23
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015 Lindsey Wilson College 23 (7)
2016-2019 Buffaloes 26 (0)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014 Brisbane Roar 1 (0)
2014-2015 Bristol City 1 (0)
2019 Nottingham Forest
2019–2020 Brisbane Roar 24 (0)
2020–2021 Napoli 4 (0)
2021–2023 Lewes 36 (3)
2023– Perth Glory 38 (3)
International career‡
2012 Australia U-17 8 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14 December 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 26 October 2021

Isobel "Izzy" Dalton (born 9 September 1997) is an Australian soccer player, who plays for Perth Glory in the Australian A-League Women competition. She has represented Australia in the Australia women's national under-17 soccer team. [1]

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Playing career

Bristol Academy

Izzy began her professional career at Bristol Academy (now Bristol City) during the 2014/15 season. Dalton made her FA WSL debut against Arsenal under manager Willie Kirk.

Brisbane Roar

Dalton has had three stints at Brisbane Roar during the 2014–15, 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons. [2] Making her debut on 8 November 2014, in a 3–0 win over Adelaide United, since her debut she has made 24 more appearances for the side. Dalton recently topped the league with the most assists in the 2020/21 season with a total 7, while the team went on to finish 2nd in the regular season. She also won Brisbane Roar Player of the Year in the same season.

University of Colorado, Boulder

After spending 2015 at Lindsay Wilson College in Kentucky, scoring 7 times with 3 assists, Dalton switched to the University of Colorado Boulder to play for the Colorado Buffaloes, being awarded an honorable mention in the 2018 Pac-12 All-Academic team. [3] Dalton graduated from the University of Colorado with a Bachelor of Science in sociology in May 2019.

Nottingham Forest

Following her graduation in 2019, Dalton had a brief spell at Nottingham Forest. However by November, she chose to leave the club, having been offered a professional contract with Brisbane Roar. [4]

Napoli Femminile

In the 2020–21 season Dalton made the move to Italian giants Napoli, playing in the Serie A. She was soon joined by fellow Australians Alexandra Huynh and Jacynta Galabadaarachchi. [5]

Lewes FC Women

Dalton joined the 'Equality FC' based club in the summer of 2021 off the back of an award-winning season spent with Brisbane Roar. Dalton appeared 36 times for the club, scoring 3 goals, and appeared in the FA Cup Quarter-Final clash against Manchester United, in March 2023. Dalton departed the club in the summer of 2023 to pursue new opportunities.

Perth Glory

In June 2023, it was announced that Dalton signed for Australian club Perth Glory on a two-year contract. [6]

At the conclusion of the 2023–24 season, Dalton was awarded Perth Glory A-League Women's Goal of the Season, for her injury time equaliser against Canberra United in a match that ended 2–2.

Dalton was named co-captain on 15 October 2024 along with Onyinyechi Zogg. [7]

Dalton took out the Most Glorious Player Award off the back of the 24/25 season

References

  1. ↑ "U-17s off to winning start". Matildas. 9 November 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "Dalton loving life back in Queensland". Brisbane Roar FC. 11 December 2019. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  3. ↑ "Isobel Dalton - Soccer". University of Colorado Athletics. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  4. ↑ info@nottinghamsport.com (6 November 2019). "Dalton Leaves Forest". the Nottingham Sport. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
  5. ↑ Davidson, John (19 October 2020). "Meet the Aussie trio at Napoli". SBS News. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  6. ↑ garethmorgan (20 June 2023). "Highly-rated midfielder added to Glory ALW squad". Perth Glory. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  7. ↑ Morgan, Gareth (15 October 2024). "Taggart, Dalton and Zogg to lead Glory in 2024/25 A-Leagues season". Perth Glory. Retrieved 15 October 2024.


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