Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall

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Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall
Manchester United v Leicester Dewsbury Hall.jpg
Dewsbury-Hall with Leicester City in 2022
Personal information
Full name Kiernan Frank Dewsbury-Hall [1]
Date of birth (1998-09-06) 6 September 1998 (age 26) [2]
Place of birth Nottingham, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.76 m) [3]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Chelsea
Number 22
Youth career
2006–2017 Leicester City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2024 Leicester City 103 (15)
2020 → Blackpool (loan) 10 (4)
2020–2021 → Luton Town (loan) 39 (3)
2024– Chelsea 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:00, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

Kiernan Frank Dewsbury-Hall (born 6 September 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Chelsea.

Contents

Career

Leicester City

Early career

Dewsbury-Hall was born in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, and grew up in Shepshed, Leicestershire. [4] [5] He joined the Leicester City Academy in 2006 aged eight from Shepshed Dynamo Warriors of the Leicester Mutual League, [6] [7] who he played for at under-8 and under-9 levels. [8] [9] He signed his first professional contract with the club in 2017 and in 2019 was named as the Development Squad Player of the Year. [5]

Loans and first-team breakthrough

Dewsbury-Hall made his first-team debut in a 1–0 FA Cup victory over Brentford on 25 January 2020, coming on as a substitute for Kelechi Iheanacho. [10] Two days later, he joined Blackpool on loan for the rest of the 2019–20 season. [11] He scored a consolation goal on his debut the following day in a 2–1 away defeat to Wycombe Wanderers, after replacing Grant Ward at half-time. [12]

Dewsbury-Hall signed a new four-year contract with Leicester on 16 October 2020 and joined Luton Town on a season-long loan. [13] At the end of the season, he won four awards at Luton's end of season awards ceremony, including Players' Player of the Season. [14]

He made his Premier League debut on 28 August 2021, coming on as a substitute for James Maddison in a 2–1 away win at Norwich City. [15] On 10 December, he scored his first goal for Leicester City, in a 3–2 defeat at Napoli in a Europa League group stage match. He scored his first Premier League goal on 10 April 2022, in a 2–1 home win against Crystal Palace. [16] On 24 June 2022, Dewsbury-Hall signed a new long term contract with Leicester City lasting until 2027. [17]

On the opening game of the 2023–24 season, he scored twice against Coventry City, winning the match for Leicester in the 87th minute. [18] Being a mainstay in Enzo Maresca's side, Dewsbury-Hall guided his team back to the Premier League as champions. He won Leicester's Players' Player of the Season and Men's Player of the Season awards. [19] He was also included in the EFL Championship Team of the Season, after scoring 12 goals and providing a further 14 assists. [20]

Chelsea

On 2 July 2024, Dewsbury-Hall joined club Chelsea for a reported fee of £30 million. [21] [22] The move reunited Dewsbury-Hall with former Leicester City manager Enzo Maresca, who made the switch to Chelsea earlier in the summer. [23] On 18 August, he made his debut for the club, as a substitute, in a 2–0 loss against Manchester City in the league. [24]

Style of play

Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall is known for his box-to-box style of play, covering large areas of the pitch. [25] He has strong passing skills, good ball control, and contributes both defensively with effective tackling and offensively by creating opportunities. [26] His high stamina allows him to press opponents and recover the ball consistently. [27]

Personal life

Born in England, Dewsbury-Hall is of Irish descent. [28]

Career statistics

As of match played 8 February 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup EFL Cup Europe OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Leicester City U21 2017–18 [29] ————3 [a] 030
2018–19 [30] ————3 [a] 030
2019–20 [31] ————5 [a] 252
Total————112112
Leicester City 2019–20 [31] Premier League 001000——10
2020–21 [32] Premier League00—10——10
2021–22 [33] Premier League281103011 [b] 21 [c] 0443
2022–23 [34] Premier League3122010——342
2023–24 [35] Championship 44122030——4912
Total1031560801121012917
Blackpool (loan) 2019–20 [31] League One 104————104
Luton Town (loan) 2020–21 [32] Championship39310———403
Chelsea 2024–25 [36] Premier League6010208 [d] 200172
Career total158228010018412220628
  1. 1 2 3 Appearances in EFL Trophy
  2. ↑ Four appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League, seven appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa Conference League
  3. ↑ Appearance in FA Community Shield
  4. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Conference League

Honours

Leicester City

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/07/2017 and 31/07/2017". The Football Association. p. 10. Archived from the original on 24 October 2019.
  2. ↑ "Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  3. ↑ "Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall". Chelsea FC. 29 November 2024. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  4. ↑ "'I Want To Build The Story I Have With Leicester City' – Dewsbury-Hall's Foxes Emergence". Leicester City F.C. 22 November 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  5. 1 2 Blackwell, Jordan (25 January 2020). "Who is Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall? The Leicester City youngster who could make debut at Brentford". Leicestershire Live. Local World. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  6. ↑ "Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall". Leicester City F.C. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  7. ↑ Warrington, Pete (28 December 2016). "Shepshed footballer on the verge of realising a dream..." Loughborough Echo. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  8. ↑ Ward, John (27 March 2006). "League Summary: U8's". BBC Leicester. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  9. ↑ Ward, John (20 November 2006). "League Summary: U9s". BBC Leicester. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  10. ↑ Blackwell, Jordan; Kemble, Jamie (25 January 2020). "Brentford 0–1 Leicester City – Match report and reaction as Iheanacho sends Foxes through". Leicestershire Live. Local World. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  11. ↑ Scrafton, Matt (27 January 2020). "Blackpool make yet another January signing with loan capture of highly-rated Leicester City youngster". Blackpool Gazette. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  12. ↑ "Wycombe Wanderers 2–1 Blackpool: Chairboys win after delayed kick-off". BBC Sport. 28 January 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  13. ↑ Blackwell, Jordan (16 October 2020). "Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall commits future to Leicester City before Championship loan move". Leicestershire Live. Local World. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  14. ↑ "Luton Town Supporters' Trust 2020–21 season presentation evening". Luton Town FC. 31 May 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  15. ↑ Oscroft, Tim (28 August 2021). "Norwich City 1–2 Leicester City: Albrighton gives Foxes win". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  16. ↑ "Dewsbury-Hall gets 1st EPL goal, Leicester beats Palace 2–1". The San Diego Union-Tribune . Associated Press. 10 April 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  17. ↑ "Dewsbury-Hall signs new long term deal". Leicester City F.C. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  18. ↑ "Live Commentary – Leicester vs Coventry | 06.08.2023". Sky Sports.
  19. 1 2 3 "Award Braces For Dewsbury-Hall & Rantala". Leicester City FC. 30 April 2024. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  20. ↑ "See who made the EFL Team of the Season line-ups". EFL. 14 April 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  21. ↑ "Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall: Chelsea sign Leicester City midfielder for £30m on six-year contract". BBC Sport. 2 July 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  22. ↑ "Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall To Join Chelsea". LCFC. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  23. ↑ "In pictures: Dewsbury-Hall on day one". Chelsea F.C. 2 July 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  24. ↑ "Match report: Chelsea 0–2 Man City". 18 August 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  25. ↑ Scarnage, Uttiyo (2 July 2024). "Dewsbury-Hall explains what Chelsea fans can expect from him, names one club legend he aims to emulate". Tribuna.com. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  26. ↑ "Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall: Why Leicester starlet is destined for a bigger stage". www.sportinglife.com. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  27. ↑ Kasirye, Gillian; Burke, Elias; more. "Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall to Chelsea: The Athletic 500 transfer ratings". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  28. ↑ Cooney, Gavin (17 March 2024). "O'Shea has many qualities to succeed as Irish boss – but he must deal with severe midfield limitations". The 42.
  29. ↑ "Games played by Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  30. ↑ "Games played by Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  31. 1 2 3 "Games played by Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  32. 1 2 "Games played by Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  33. ↑ "Games played by Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  34. ↑ "Games played by Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  35. ↑ "Games played by Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  36. ↑ "Games played by Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
  37. ↑ "Championship: 2023/24: Current table". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
    "Leicester: Squad details: 2023/24". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
  38. ↑ Hafez, Shamoon (7 August 2021). "Leicester City 1–0 Manchester City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  39. ↑ "2021/22 Europa Conference League Team of the Season". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 27 May 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  40. ↑ "See who made the EFL Team of the Season line-ups". EFL. 14 April 2024. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  41. ↑ "PFA Championship Team of the Year". PFA. 20 August 2024.
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