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Dylan Duffy

Dylan Arthur Duffy is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Chesterfield.

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Dylan Duffy
Personal information
Full name Dylan Arthur Duffy1
Date of birth (2002-11-28) 28 November 2002
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)2
Position Winger
Team information
Current team
 Chesterfield
Number 11
Youth career
2017–2019 Shamrock Rovers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020 Shamrock Rovers II 9 (1)
2021 Shamrock Rovers 3 (0)
2022 University College Dublin 31 (3)
2023–2025 Lincoln City 49 (3)
2025 → Chesterfield (loan) 1 (0)
2025– Chesterfield 52 (4)
International career
2023 Republic of Ireland U21 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21:00, 15 May 2026 (UTC)

Dylan Arthur Duffy (born 28 November 2002) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Chesterfield.

Career

After playing for Shamrock Rovers and University College Dublin,2345 Duffy signed for English club Lincoln City in January 2023.678910

Having been injured when he signed for the club,11 he made his debut for Lincoln on 25 March 2023, coming on as a substitute for Danny Mandroiu in the 79th minute of a 2–1 league defeat to Fleetwood Town.12 He scored his first goal for the Imps away to Wycombe Wanderers on 22 April 2023.13

On 27 January 2025, Duffy joined Chesterfield on loan for the remainder of the season.1415 On 31 January, after one appearance, the move was made permanent with Duffy signing a two-and-a-half year deal for an undisclosed fee.16

International career

He was called up to the Republic of Ireland U21 for the first time on 6 June 2023 with Lincoln City teammate Sean Roughan.17 Duffy made his Republic of Ireland U21 debut on 16 June 2023, in a 2–2 draw with Ukraine U21 in a friendly played in Bad Blumau, Austria.18

Betting offences

On 11 July 2024, it was revealed that Duffy had been charged by the Football Association with multiple alleged breaches of its gambling laws.19 On 26 September 2024, he was fined £4,000 of which half was suspended for 12 months, having admitted to the charge at the first opportunity and also being fully co-operative throughout the investigation with the Football Association.20

Career statistics

As of match played 15 May 2026
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Shamrock Rovers II 2020 League of Ireland First Division 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1
Shamrock Rovers 2021 League of Ireland Premier Division 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
University College Dublin 2022 League of Ireland Premier Division 31 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 34 4
Lincoln City 2022–2321 EFL League One 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
2023–2422 EFL League One 34 2 1 0 2 0 4a 0 41 2
2024–2523 EFL League One 8 0 0 0 1 0 4a 0 13 0
Total 49 3 1 0 3 0 8 0 61 3
Chesterfield (loan) 2024–2523 EFL League Two 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Chesterfield 2024–2523 EFL League Two 17 2 0 0 0 0 2b 0 19 2
2025–2624 EFL League Two 35 2 2 0 1 0 3c 1 41 3
Total 52 4 2 0 1 0 5 1 60 5
Career total 145 11 6 1 4 0 13 1 168 13
  1. Appearance(s) in the EFL Trophy.
  2. Appearances in the EFL League Two play-offs.
  3. Two appearances in the EFL Trophy, one appearance in the play-offs
References

References

  1. "EFL - Squad List 2024/25" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
  2. Dylan Duffy at Soccerway
  3. Dempsey, Andrew (17 July 2022). "21 Under 21: Most exciting League of Ireland players Under-21".
  4. "Dylan Duffy | Stats | History | Career Details | Images | extratime.com - The Home of Irish Football - Extratime.com". www.extratime.com.
  5. "Dylan Duffy gifts point for UCD at home". independent.
  6. "Lincoln City sign Irish forward Duffy from UCD". BBC Sport.
  7. "League One's Lincoln City complete move for UCD attacker Dylan Duffy". independent.
  8. Kilbane, Ryan (2023), Dylan Duffy departs UCD to join League One side Lincoln City, web: ExtraTime, retrieved 13 March 2023
  9. Wllaston, Stee (2023), Lincoln City in transfer deadline day striker swoop, web: Lincolnshire Live, retrieved 13 March 2023
  10. McCadden, Mark (2023), Lincoln duo make Drogheda United switch, as Imps snap up UCD striker, web: Irish Mirror, retrieved 13 March 2023
  11. "MK: "My plan is absolutely to get him on the pitch sooner rather than later."". Vital Lincoln City. 18 March 2023.
  12. "Fleetwood 2–1 Lincoln: Jayden Stockley earns win for Cod Army". Sky Sports. 25 March 2023. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
  13. "Wycombe 0–2 Lincoln". BBC. 22 April 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  14. "Spirities sign winger on loan". Chesterfield FC. 27 January 2025. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
  15. "Chesterfield sign Lincoln winger Duffy". BBC. 27 January 2025. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
  16. "Duffy signed permanently". chesterfield-fc.co.uk. 31 January 2025. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
  17. "Crawford Names 26-Man Squad for Friendlies in Austria". FAI. 6 June 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  18. "REPORT | U21 | Ireland 2-2 Ukraine | Football Association of Ireland". www.fai.ie.
  19. "Lincoln's Duffy charged with betting on games". BBC. 11 July 2024. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  20. "Lincoln player Duffy fined after betting on games". BBC. 11 July 2024. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
  21. "Games played by Dylan Duffy in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  22. "Games played by Dylan Duffy in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  23. "Games played by Dylan Duffy in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
  24. "Games played by Dylan Duffy in 2025/2026". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 January 2026.