| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dilan Kumar Markanday[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 20 August 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Barnet, England | ||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Blackburn Rovers | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Tottenham Hotspur | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2022 | Tottenham Hotspur | 0 | (0) |
| 2022– | Blackburn Rovers | 18 | (1) |
| 2023 | → Aberdeen (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 February 2024 | |||
Dilan Kumar Markanday (born 20 August 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger for EFL Championship side Blackburn Rovers.
Markanday is a youth academy graduate of Tottenham Hotspur. On 19 January 2021, he extended his contract with the club until June 2022.[2] He made his professional debut on 21 October 2021, in a 1–0 UEFA Europa Conference League away defeat against Vitesse.[3] In doing so, he became the first British Asian, as well as the first player of Indian descent, to appear for Tottenham's men's first team in a competitive match.[4]
On 18 January 2022, EFL Championship club Blackburn Rovers announced the signing of Markanday on a three-and-a-half-year deal, with an option to extend for twelve months.[5] He scored his first goal for the club on 10 August 2022 in a 4–0 EFL Cup win over Hartlepool United.[6]
On 31 January 2023, Markanday joined Scottish Premiership club Aberdeen on a loan deal until the end of the season.[7]
Markanday scored his first goal in English League football and also Blackburn's first goal of the season in the 20th minute of their 2–1 win over West Bromwich Albion on 5 August 2023.[8]
He was born as Dilan Kumar Markanday on August 21, 2001, to Indian parents Deepa and Arun Markanday at Barnet in London, England. At the age of 15 in 2017, Markanday joined the youth system of the London-based club, Tottenham Hotspur.[9] He attended the Haberdashers’ Boys' School in Elstree.[10]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Tottenham Hotspur | 2021–22 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Blackburn Rovers | 2021–22 | EFL Championship | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
| 2022–23 | EFL Championship | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | — | 6 | 2 | ||
| 2023–24 | EFL Championship | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | — | 18 | 3 | ||
| Total | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 5 | ||
| Aberdeen (loan) | 2022–23 | Scottish Premiership | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |
| Career total | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 5 | ||