Dele Alli
Bamidele Jermaine Alli (/ˈdɛli ˈæli/ DEL-ee AL-ee; born 11 April 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Premier League club Everton.
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Alli with Tottenham Hotspur in 2020 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Bamidele Jermaine Alli | ||
| Date of birth | 11 April 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Milton Keynes, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Everton | ||
| Number | 20 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| City Colts | |||
| 2007–2011 | Milton Keynes Dons | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2015 | Milton Keynes Dons | 62 | (18) |
| 2015–2022 | Tottenham Hotspur | 181 | (51) |
| 2015 | → Milton Keynes Dons (loan) | 12 | (4) |
| 2022– | Everton | 13 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | → Beşiktaş (loan) | 13 | (2) |
| International career | |||
| 2012–2013 | England U17 | 9 | (0) |
| 2014 | England U18 | 2 | (0) |
| 2014 | England U19 | 4 | (0) |
| 2015 | England U21 | 2 | (0) |
| 2015–2019 | England | 37 | (3) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:31, 26 February 2023 (UTC) | |||
Born and raised in Milton Keynes, he joined the youth system at Milton Keynes Dons aged 11 and broke into the first team five years later, during the 2012–13 season. Over the next two-and-a-half years he made 88 official appearances for the team, scoring 24 goals. He signed for Tottenham Hotspur in February 2015 for an initial fee of £5 million, being loaned back to the Dons for the remainder of the season. In each of his first two campaigns at White Hart Lane, Alli was voted the PFA Young Player of the Year and made the PFA Team of the Year. He joined Everton in January 2022 and later that year joined Beşiktaş on loan.
Dele played for the England U17, U18 and U19 teams, before making his senior debut in 2015. He was selected for UEFA Euro 2016 and the 2018 FIFA World Cup, scoring in the latter and helping England to the semi-finals.