Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall

Kiernan Frank Dewsbury-Hall (born 6 September 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Leicester City.

Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall
Dewsbury-Hall playing for Leicester City in 2022
Personal information
Full name Kiernan Frank Dewsbury-Hall[1]
Date of birth (1998-09-06) 6 September 1998[2]
Place of birth Nottingham, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[3]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Leicester City
Number 22
Youth career
2006–2017 Leicester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017– Leicester City 58 (3)
2020 → Blackpool (loan) 10 (4)
2020–2021 → Luton Town (loan) 39 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:20, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

Career

Dewsbury-Hall was born in Nottingham and grew up in Shepshed, Leicestershire.[4][5] He joined the Leicester City Academy in 2006 aged eight from Shepshed Dynamo Warriors of the Leicester Mutual League,[6][7] who he played for at under-8 and under-9 levels.[8][9] He signed his first professional contract with the club in 2017 and in 2019 was named as the development squad player of the year.[5] Dewsbury-Hall made his first-team debut in a 1–0 FA Cup victory over Brentford on 25 January 2020, coming on as a substitute for Kelechi Iheanacho.[10] Two days later, he joined Blackpool on loan for the rest of the 2019–20 season.[11] He scored a consolation goal on his debut the following day in a 2–1 away defeat to Wycombe Wanderers, after replacing Grant Ward at half time.[12]

Dewsbury-Hall signed a new four-year contract with Leicester on 16 October 2020 and joined Luton Town on a season-long loan.[13] At the end of the season, he won four awards at Luton's end of season awards ceremony, including Players' Player of the Season.[14]

He made his Premier League debut on 28 August 2021, coming on as a substitute for James Maddison in a 2–1 away win at Norwich City.[15] On 10 December, he scored his first goal for Leicester City, in a 3–2 defeat at Napoli in a Europa League group stage match. He scored his first Premier League goal on 10 April 2022, in a 2–1 home win against Crystal Palace.[16]

On 24 June 2022, Dewsbury-Hall signed a new long term contract with Leicester City lasting until 2027.[17]

Career statistics
As of match played 8 May 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Leicester City 2019–20[18] Premier League 001000——10
2020–21[19] Premier League 00—10——10
2021–22[20] Premier League 281103011[lower-alpha 1]21[lower-alpha 2]0443
2022–23[21] Premier League 3022010——332
Total 583405011210795
Leicester City U21 2017–18[22] ————3[lower-alpha 3]030
2018–19[23] ————3[lower-alpha 3]030
2019–20[18] ————5[lower-alpha 3]252
Total ————112112
Blackpool (loan) 2019–20[18] League One 104————104
Luton Town (loan) 2020–21[19] Championship 39310———403
Career total 10710505011212214115
  1. Four appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League, seven appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa Conference League
  2. Appearance in FA Community Shield
  3. Appearances in EFL Trophy

Honours

Leicester City

Individual

References
  1. "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/07/2017 and 31/07/2017". The Football Association. p. 10. Archived from the original on 24 October 2019.
  2. "Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  3. "Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall: Profile". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  4. "'I Want To Build The Story I Have With Leicester City' – Dewsbury-Hall's Foxes Emergence". Leicester City F.C. 22 November 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  5. Blackwell, Jordan (25 January 2020). "Who is Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall? The Leicester City youngster who could make debut at Brentford". Leicestershire Live. Local World. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  6. "Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall". Leicester City F.C. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  7. Warrington, Pete (28 December 2016). "Shepshed footballer on the verge of realising a dream..." Loughborough Echo. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  8. Ward, John (27 March 2006). "League Summary: U8's". BBC Leicester. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  9. Ward, John (20 November 2006). "League Summary: U9s". BBC Leicester. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  10. Blackwell, Jordan; Kemble, Jamie (25 January 2020). "Brentford 0–1 Leicester City – Match report and reaction as Iheanacho sends Foxes through". Leicestershire Live. Local World. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  11. Scrafton, Matt (27 January 2020). "Blackpool make yet another January signing with loan capture of highly-rated Leicester City youngster". Blackpool Gazette. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  12. "Wycombe Wanderers 2–1 Blackpool: Chairboys win after delayed kick-off". BBC Sport. 28 January 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  13. Blackwell, Jordan (16 October 2020). "Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall commits future to Leicester City before Championship loan move". Leicestershire Live. Local World. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  14. "Luton Town Supporters' Trust 2020-21 season presentation evening". Luton Town FC. 31 May 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  15. Oscroft, Tim (28 August 2021). "Norwich City 1–2 Leicester City: Albrighton gives Foxes win". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  16. "Dewsbury-Hall gets 1st EPL goal, Leicester beats Palace 2-1". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Associated Press. 10 April 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  17. "Dewsbury-Hall signs new long term deal". Leicester City F.C. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  18. "Games played by Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  19. "Games played by Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  20. "Games played by Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  21. "Games played by Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  22. "Games played by Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  23. "Games played by Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  24. Hafez, Shamoon (7 August 2021). "Leicester City 1–0 Manchester City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  25. "2021/22 Europa Conference League Team of the Season". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 27 May 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
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