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Dylan Watts (born 11 April 1997) is an Irish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Shamrock Rovers. He has also played for UCD, Leicester City and had a loan spell with Bohemians.
Career
Watts played two seasons in the League of Ireland First Division for University College Dublin where he made 22 appearances in the 2015 season and 15 appearances in the 2016 season. He then moved to Leicester City's U23 team. He didn't make any first team appearances for Leicester City. He was loan to Bohemians where he scored one goal in 20 appearances during the 2018 season. He left Bohemians part way through the 2018 season and joined Shamrock Rovers.
He scored his first European goal in the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League first qualifying round win over Hibernians F.C.
Watts netted again in the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League win over KF Shkupi On 7 November 2024, Watts scored in a 2-1 victory over The New Saints in the UEFA Conference League.
Career statistics
- As of match played 13 June 2024
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| UCD | 2015 | LOI First Division | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 27 | 2 | |
| 2016 | LOI First Division | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 2 | |||
| Total | 37 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 4 | ||
| Leicester City U23 | 2016–17 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 2017–18 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| Bohemians (loan) | 2018 | LOI Premier Division | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 22 | 3 | ||
| Shamrock Rovers | 2018 | LOI Premier Division | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 13 | 4 | |
| 2019 | LOI Premier Division | 32 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 39 | 3 | ||
| 2020 | LOI Premier Division | 18 | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 3 | ||
| 2021 | LOI Premier Division | 29 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 3 | ||
| 2022 | LOI Premier Division | 31 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 4 | ||
| 2023 | LOI Premier Division | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 2 | ||
| 2024 | LOI Premier Division | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Total | 157 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 201 | 19 | ||
| Career total | 214 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 34 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 268 | 25 | ||
Honours
Shamrock Rovers
- League of Ireland Premier Division: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
- FAI Cup: 2019
- President of Ireland's Cup: 2022, 2024