Dwight McNeil
| Dwight McNeil | ||
 Dwight McNeil (2018)
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| Personnel | ||
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| Surname | Dwight James Matthew McNeil | |
| birthday | November 22, 1999 | |
| place of birth | Rochdale , England | |
| size | 183 cm | |
| position | wing | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| –2014 | Manchester United | |
| 2014-2018 | Burnley FC | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 2018– | Burnley FC | 43 (4) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) 2 |
| 2019– | England U20 | 6 (1) |
| 2019– | England U21 | 3 (0) |
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1 Only league games are given. As of January 4, 2020 2 As of January 4, 2020 |
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Dwight James Matthew McNeil (born November 22, 1999 in Rochdale ) is an English football player who is under contract with the first division club Burnley FC . The winger is currently England's U-21 international .
Career
society
McNeil's father Matty already played football professionally, but mainly in lower English leagues . Dwight McNeil began playing football at Manchester United before joining Burnley FC's youth academy in 2014 . After completing his football training with the juniors, he signed his first professional contract with the Clarets on April 10, 2018 . On the final day of the 2017/18 season , he made his debut in a 2-1 home defeat against AFC Bournemouth for the first team when he came on as a substitute for Aaron Lennon in the closing stages . His first game of the season in the next season 2018/19 , which was also his debut in the starting lineup, he played on September 2, 2018 in a 2-0 home defeat by Manchester United. Then he came back to the league only at the end of December of the same year . His club had slipped to a relegation zone during this time. He scored his first goal of his professional career in a 2-0 home win against West Ham United on December 30th. In the following games he sat down in the starting lineup of coach Sean Dyche and contributed to the fact that Burnley could free himself from the acute danger of relegation. He concluded the season with three goals and five assists in 21 missions.
National team
On March 21, 2019, McNeil made his debut for the England U-20 national team in a 3-1 loss to Poland .
McNeil has been England's U-21 international since October 2019 .
Web links
- Dwight McNeil in the database of weltfussball.de
- Dwight McNeil in the database of transfermarkt.de
- Dwight McNeil in the soccerway.com database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Squads for 2016/17 Premier League confirmed In: Premier League from September 1, 2016 (accessed April 20, 2019)
- ↑ Dwight McNeil In: Burnley FC (accessed April 27, 2019)
- ↑ Burnley prospects sign professional deals In: Lancashire Telegraph, April 10, 2018 (accessed April 27, 2019)
- ↑ Burnley 1-2 AFC Bournemouth In: British Broadcasting Corporation, May 13, 2018 (accessed April 27, 2019)
- ↑ Burnley 0-2 Manchester United In: British Broadcasting Corporation, September 2, 2018 (accessed April 27, 2019)
- ↑ Burnley 2-0 West Ham United In: British Broadcasting Corporation, December 30, 2018 (accessed April 27, 2019)
- ↑ Dwight McNeil - Performance data 18/19 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed on July 19, 2019)
- ↑ Paul Simpson's Young Lions Suffer Defeat Against Poland at St. George's Park In: The Football Association, March 21, 2019 (accessed April 27, 2019)
- ↑ Dwight McNeil - international match career In: transfermarkt.de (accessed on January 4, 2020)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | McNeil, Dwight |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | McNeil, Dwight James Matthew (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 22, 1999 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rochdale , England |