Stuart Dallas

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Stuart Dallas
Personal information
Full nameStuart Alan Dallas[1]
Date of birth (1991-04-19) 19 April 1991
Place of birthCookstown, Northern Ireland
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing positionWinger, attacking midfielder
Club information
Current clubBrentford)
Number15
Youth career
2007–2010Coagh United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2010–2012Crusaders67(24)
2012–Brentford9(0)
2013→ Northampton Town (loan)12(3)
National team‡
2010Northern Ireland Juniors3(1)
2011Northern Ireland U212(0)
2010Northern Ireland U231(0)
2011Northern Ireland1(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:40, 29 April 2013 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:48, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

Stuart Alan Dallas (born 19 April 1991) is a footballer who currently plays for Brentford in League One.[2] He has been capped internationally for Northern Ireland.

Club career

Crusaders

Dallas attended Cookstown High School and Cookstown Primary School during his education, and played for local side Coagh United as an amateur. After a fine season in 2009–10, he signed for Crusaders that summer and made his debut against Donegal Celtic on 7 August 2010.[3] He scored his first goals against Coleraine on 21 August,[4] and his first goal at Seaview proved to be the winning goal in a 5–4 victory over Glenavon.[5]

He continued his good form with a goal against Linfield at Seaview, to help the Crues beat the Blues at home for the first time in 11 years.[6] In his first year at Crusaders, Dallas received 6 prizes at the Annual Player of the Year awards ceremony. He was chosen as both the Northern Ireland Football Writers' Association Player of the Year and Young Player of the Year for the 2010–11 season.[7] He made two appearances in Crusaders' Europa League second qualifying round matches against Fulham early in the 2011–12 season, starting both games as Crusaders lost 7–1 on aggregate. Dallas' final goal for Crusaders was the winning goal against Portadown on 2 January 2012,[8] and his final match was the 2012 Setanta Sports Cup final victory over Derry City, in which he scored in the penalty shootout.[9]

Brentford

On 12 April 2012 it was announced that Dallas signed a pre-contract with Football League One side Brentford and he joined the club that summer.[2][10] He made his debut for the club in a 1–0 Johnstone's Paint Trophy win over Crawley Town on 9 October, coming off the bench after 75 minutes to replace Scott Barron.[11] His first start came in a 4–2 FA Cup replay win at home to Bradford City on 18 December.[12] He made 11 appearances over the course of the 2012–13 season season and scored no goals. Dallas' first three appearances of the 2013–14 season came in cup competitions and he set up two goals in a 5–3 Johnstone's Paint Trophy victory over AFC Wimbledon on 3 September 2013. Dallas signed a new two-year contract on 13 November, which will keep him at Griffin Park until the end of the 2015/16 season.[13]

Northampton Town (loan)

Dallas signed on a month's loan for League Two side Northampton Town on 5 October 2013 and went straight into the squad for the Cobblers' match that day against AFC Wimbledon. After replacing Chris Hackett in the 57th minute, he scored Northampton's second goal in a 2–0 victory.[14] He bagged his second Northampton goal in his third match for the club, following up fellow Brentford loanee Luke Norris' opener in a 3–2 defeat to Rochdale on 22 October.[15] On 5 November, Dallas' loan was extended until 1 January 2014.[16] He scored the only goal of the game against Accrington Stanley on 30 November.[17] An injury suffered to Brentford's on-loan Cardiff City winger Kadeem Harris[18] meant that Dallas was recalled early from his loan on 23 December.[19] He made 12 appearances for Northampton and scored three goals. Of his time at Northampton, Dallas said "On a personal note my loan spell was OK. I was playing every week. It was a good experience but results did not go our way and it was hard, when you are at the bottom everything seems to go against you".[20] He also remarked that the training was less intense than he was used to at Brentford.[20]

International career

Due to his early season form for Crusaders, he received a call-up to the Northern Ireland U23 along with team-mates Chris Keenan, Martin Donnelly and Jordan Owens. He played the full 90 minutes in a 2–0 defeat to Portugal.[21] At the end of the 2010–11 season, along with team mates Colin Coates and Jordan Owens, he received a call-up to the full Northern Ireland squad, for 2011 Nations Cup games against Republic of Ireland and Wales.[22] He made his debut against the Welsh in Dublin, coming on in the 60th minute.[23] He has also represented the U21 side.[24]

Honours

Club

Crusaders

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Player Details: Stuart Dallas". English National Football Archive. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17696770
  3. ↑ "Donegal Celtic 1-3 Crusaders". BBC News. 7 August 2010. 
  4. ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/irish/8929831.stm
  5. ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/irish/8990511.stm
  6. ↑ "Crusaders 2-1 Linfield". BBC News. 13 November 2010. 
  7. ↑ Crusaders' Stuart Dallas earns N Ireland writers double
  8. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/16378303
  9. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18033244
  10. ↑ http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/local/rising-crusaders-star-dallas-is-buzzing-after-sealing-brentford-switch-16144659.html
  11. ↑ http://www1.skysports.com/football/live/match/274748/report
  12. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20710465
  13. ↑ http://www.brentfordfc.co.uk/news/article/stuart-dallas-contract-13.11.13-1171947.aspx
  14. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24349578
  15. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24529767
  16. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24823485
  17. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/25063620
  18. ↑ http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/on-loan-cardiff-city-winger-suffers-6439041
  19. ↑ http://www.brentfordfc.co.uk/news/article/stuart-dallas-recalled-23.12.13-1251762.aspx
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 http://www.brentfordfc.co.uk/news/article/stuart-dallas-quotes-swindon-26.12.13-1257241.aspx
  21. ↑ http://www.irishfa.com/news/item/6022/under-23s-lose-in-lisbon/
  22. ↑ "Trio handed first call-up for NI". BBC News. 17 May 2011. 
  23. ↑ "Wales 2–0 N Ireland". BBC Sport. 27 May 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2011. 
  24. ↑ Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack, eds. (2012). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2012–2013 (43rd ed.). London: Headline. p. 973. ISBN 978-0-7553-6356-8. 

External links

Brentford F.C. – current squad
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