Dylan Lawlor

Dylan Lawlor
Personal information
Full name Dylan Rhys Lawlor[1]
Date of birth (2006-01-01) 1 January 2006
Place of birth Caerphilly, Wales
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position Defender
Team information
Current team
 Cardiff City
Number 48
Youth career
2013-2025 Cardiff City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2024– Cardiff City 32 (2)
International career‡
2022–2023 Wales U17 9 (1)
2023–2025 Wales U19 3 (0)
2025– Wales U21 1 (0)
2025– Wales 6 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 26 April 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 20:55, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

Dylan Rhys Lawlor (born 1 January 2006) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a defender for EFL Championship club Cardiff City and the Wales national team.

Club career

A central defender, he was born in Caerphilly, Wales and attended Ysgol Gyfun Cwm Rhymni (a Welsh-medium secondary school).[2] He joined Cardiff City at the age of seven.[3][4] He was one of a number of young Welsh players at Cardiff City name-checked by Cardiff U21 boss Darren Purse in May 2024 as having high potential.[5] That season, he had captained the Cardiff City U21 team.[6]

He made his senior debut for Cardiff City under manager Omer Riza, starting their 2-0 FA Cup defeat on 28 February 2025 against Aston Villa, as a 19 year-old.[7][8]

Having established himself as a starting centre-back under new manager Brian Barry-Murphy in the early weeks of the 2025–26 season, he was named EFL Young Player of the Month for August 2025.[9] He continued to impress over the first few months of the season, reportedly drawing interest from Bundesliga club Bayern Munich ahead of the January transfer window.[10]

International career

Born in Wales, Lawlor is of partial Irish descent and could have qualified to play for Ireland.[11] He has captained Wales at under-16 and under-19 level.[6] In March 2023, he scored a late header to ensure Wales Under-17s qualified for the European U17 Championships for the first time, in a 2–2 draw with Montenegro U17.[12] On 6 June 2025 Lawlor made his Wales under-21 debut in a friendly match against Norway.[13]

Lawlor was called up to the Wales senior squad for the first time for the World Cup qualifying match against Belgium on 9 June 2025.[14] On 4 September 2025 he made his international debut for Wales in the starting line-up for the World Cup qualifying match 1-0 win against Kazakhstan.[15] Lawlor was awarded the Man-of-the-Match award for his performance.

Career statistics

As of match played 2 May 2026
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Cardiff City 2024–25[16] Championship 101000—20
2025–26[17] League One 32210202[a]0373
Career total 332202020393
  1. ↑ Appearances in EFL Trophy

International

As of match played 2 June 2026[18]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Wales 202530
202630
Total60

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "EFL - Squad List 2024/25" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
  2. ↑ "Craig Bellamy: 'Dim eistedd nôl' yn erbyn Gwlad Belg". Newyddion S4C. 9 June 2025. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
  3. ↑ "LAWLOR'S PRIDE AT MAKING HIS CITY BOW". The League Paper. 2 March 2025. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  4. ↑ Francis, Bryana (23 April 2024). "Cardiff City's exciting crop of young talent ready to bang the door down next season". Walesonline. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  5. ↑ "Cariff future in a good place - Purse". BBC Sport. 28 May 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  6. 1 2 Francis, Bryana; Williams, Glen (25 April 2024). "Tonight's Cardiff City news as another player out for the season and Liverpool star reveals 'excitement' over youngster". Walesonline. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  7. ↑ Williams, Glen (28 February 2025). "Cardiff City player ratings as star plays out of his skin and teenage debutant impresses at Aston Villa". Wales online. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  8. ↑ "New crop of youngsters, "good for Cardiff and good for Wales" - Riza". BBC Sport. 28 February 2025. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  9. 1 2 "Dylan Lawlor named EA Sports FC Young Player of the Month". www.efl.com. 12 September 2025. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  10. ↑ Pritchard, Dafydd (26 December 2025). "Bayern target Lawlor 'should stay at Cardiff to play'". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
  11. ↑ Williams, Glen (23 May 2025). "Cardiff face battle to keep hold of rising talent as top clubs show interest". Wales Online.
  12. ↑ "Cymru U17 Come From Behind to Seal Place in #U17EURO Finals". Faw.cymru. 28 March 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  13. ↑ "Wales Football - dragonsoccer - Welsh International Football". dragonsoccer.co.uk.
  14. ↑ "Neco Williams out of Belgium World Cup qualifier as Wales call up Dylan Lawlor". BBC Sport. 6 June 2025.
  15. ↑ "Kazakhstan 0-1 Wales: Kieffer Moore goal gives visitors World cup qualifying win". BBC Sport.
  16. ↑ "Games played by Dylan Lawlor in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
  17. ↑ "Games played by Dylan Lawlor in 2025/2026". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
  18. ↑ "Dylan Lawlor". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
This page is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.