Personal information | |||
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Full name | Tyler-Jay Robert Dibling [1] | ||
Date of birth | 17 February 2006 | ||
Place of birth | Exeter, England [2] | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) [3] | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Everton | ||
Number | 20 | ||
Youth career | |||
Axminster Town | |||
2011–2013 | Millwey Rise | ||
2012–2013 | Southampton | ||
2013–2014 | Exeter City | ||
2014–2022 | Southampton | ||
2022 | Chelsea | ||
2022–2023 | Southampton | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2023–2025 | Southampton | 35 | (2) |
2025– | Everton | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2021–2022 | England U16 | 4 | (1) |
2022–2023 | England U17 | 15 | (3) |
2023 | England U18 | 5 | (0) |
2024– | England U19 | 6 | (1) |
2024– | England U21 | 2 | (0) |
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13:27, 17 August 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 20:43, 25 March 2025 (UTC) |
Tyler-Jay Robert Dibling (born 17 February 2006) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger for Premier League club Everton.
Born in Exeter, Dibling started his career with local side Axminster Town AFC, where his father Sam played for the men's team. [4] He joined Millwey Rise FC at the age of five, spending two years with the youth side. [5]
He joined Southampton in 2012, also spending a year with Exeter City at the age of seven, before signing a professional contract with The Saints in October 2021. [4] [5] In April 2022, he scored a hat-trick of near-identical goals in a Premier League 2 game against Newcastle United, with a video of the goals going viral. [2]
Having been named on the bench for a Premier League game against Brentford, in which he did not feature, Dibling drew attention from Newcastle United and Chelsea. [2] [6]
He joined the latter in July 2022, after ten years with Southampton, with the promise of a professional contract once he turned seventeen. [2] [7] [8] However, after failing to settle at Chelsea, making only two appearances for the club's under-18 side, he returned to Southampton in September 2022. [2]
Dibling signed a scholarship deal with Southampton on 17 September 2022, stating that the club felt like a "second home" to him. [9] [10] [11] He is seen as one of the brightest prospects in Southampton's academy. [2] [12] On 22 February 2023, Dibling signed his first professional contract. [13] On 18 December 2023, he signed a new contract, keeping him at the club until 2026. [14]
Dibling made his first professional appearance on 8 August 2023 in a 3–1 defeat to Gillingham in the EFL Cup, replacing Jayden Meghoma in the 85th minute. [15] On 13 January 2024, he made his first league appearance for the club in a 4–0 victory against Sheffield Wednesday, coming on as a substitute for Ryan Fraser in the 88th minute. [16]
On 17 August 2024, Dibling made his first Premier League appearance in a 1–0 away defeat against Newcastle United after he replaced Joe Aribo in the 70th minute. [17] [18] On 21 September, he scored his first professional goal in a 1–1 draw against Ipswich Town. [19]
On 25 August 2025, Dibling joined Everton on a four-year contract, [20] for a reported transfer fee of an initial £35 million plus £5m in potential add-ons. [21]
Dibling has represented England at the under-16, under-17 and under-18 levels. [1] On 17 May 2023, Dibling was named in the England squad for the 2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship. [22] He made his England under-18 debut on 6 September 2023 during a 2–0 defeat to France in Limoges. [23] On 2 November 2023, Dibling was included in the England squad for the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup. [24] He scored in their opening group game against New Caledonia. [25]
On 4 September 2024, Dibling made his England U19 debut during a 2–2 draw to Italy. [26] On 8 November 2024, he was named in the England U21 squad to face Spain and the Netherlands in friendlies. [27] He made his England U21 debut on 15 November 2024 in a 0–0 draw with Spain. [28] [29]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Southampton U23 | 2022–23 [31] | — | — | — | 2 [a] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
Southampton | 2023–24 [32] | Championship | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |
2024–25 [33] | Premier League | 33 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | 38 | 4 | ||
2025–26 [34] | Championship | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||
Total | 35 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | 44 | 4 | |||
Everton | 2025–26 [34] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
Career total | 35 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 4 |
England U18